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Television is supposed to be window to the world. Nevertheless, European news continues to be dominated by national protagonists. Among EU countries, only Germany, Austria, Great Britain and Slovakia are an exception, but even here the share of non-national protagonists barely exceeds 50%. This is the result of an analysis on television news in 22 old and new EU countries, which Media Tenor conducted in collaboration with the Universities of Amsterdam and Twente, Texas Tech University in Lubbock and Emory University in Atlanta on the occasion of the 2004 European election.