Eurotopics

Eurotopics (euro|topics) is a European press review which is published by the Federal Agency for Civic Education. The euro|topics online platform reflects the diversity of opinions, ideas and moods in Europe and follows the key debates on political, economic and social issues. The aim is to contribute to the formation of a European public sphere. euro|topics was nominated for the Grimme Online Award in the "Information" category in 2009.^[1]

The daily press review has a correspondent network that stretches right across Europe and scans the press to bring opinion pieces from 30 different European countries (the EU plus Switzerland and Turkey).^[2] It can be read online or as an email newsletter free of charge and in three different languages: German, English and French.

The Network for Reporting on Eastern Europe n-ost has produced the press review since May 2008. From the end of 2005 to April 2008 the press review was published by Perlentaucher Medien GmbH (Berlin) in cooperation with Courrier International (Paris).

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