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EU Presidency: Congratulations pour in for new EU president

Congratulations pour in for new EU president

From now on the US knows who to call if President Obama wants to phone Europe – the old so-called Kissinger question attributed to the former US secretary of state is finally answered. And…

EU Presidency

EU Presidency: Pro-Europe Ashton gets to sit at EU high-tablePro-Europe Ashton gets to sit at EU high-table EU Commission: Citizens’ initiative, fleshing out the Lisbon TreatyCitizens’ initiative, fleshing out the Lisbon… : Anna Lindh journalism prize in MonacoAnna Lindh journalism prize in Monaco
The choice of Catherine Ashton could be seen as a nod towards understated efficiency rather than the influence of a high-profile big-name diplomat…
With the Lisbon Treaty about to come into effect, new light is being shed on what it means when it talks about the Citizens’ Initiative. The European…
The Anna Lindh Foundation for intercultural dialogue has held the awards ceremony for the fourth Euromediterranean prize for journalism in Monaco.
  1. Havel’s democracy speech wins warm EP ovation
  2. Auditors’ Court approves EU accounts, with a sting in the tail
  3. Age discrimination feels worse with recession
  4. Herbal drug mix alert
  5. Internet access protection wins telecoms deal
  6. EU-Cuba improvements hinge on Havana’s rights record

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European Elections: How to boost the European vote

How to boost the European vote

Question: “Hello, I’m from Germany and I would love to know what the European parliament could have done to better motivate people to vote in the parliamentary elections.” Answer: “Hi, my…

European Elections

European Elections: Migration solidarityMigration solidarity European Elections: Non-Christians in EUNon-Christians in EU European Elections: EU energy independenceEU energy independence
The question: “Which role do you think the EU should have in managing and assisting the migrants and refugees, especially coming from the…
The question: “Is Europe ready to integrate a non-Christian country like Turkey into the EU?” The response, from Poul Nyrup…
The question: “What are your solutions for assuring Europe’s independence in terms of energy supply?” The response, from Philippe Lamberts…
  1. Lisbon not automatic door-opener
  2. EU-Mideast relations
  3. Roma on EU agenda
  4. Climate change efforts
  5. The 2-city parliament
  6. Court power and politics

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Controversy: Minaret debate angers Swiss muslims

Minaret debate angers Swiss muslims

In Switzerland populist right-wingers and Christian Fundamentalists say minarets are not Swiss and in the run-up to a referendum on whether or not to ban the construction of them, have wall-papered…

Controversy

Africa: Kenyans fight drought with stone-age technologyKenyans fight drought with stone-age technology Independence: Mitrovica: Kosovo’s divided cityMitrovica: Kosovo’s divided city Economy: Latvia blues, from military-political to economicLatvia blues, from military-political to economic
Kenya, and other Horn of Africa countries, have been suffering a drought of rare intensity. Now, urgent efforts are underway to save the people from…
The 2008 declaration of independent statehood in the Balkans has stoked tensions between Kosovan Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica. What are the…
Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, today Latvians are facing another battle… for economic survival.
  1. Zimbabwe: a long way from food security
  2. Velvet generations
  3. Hungary reflects on the fall of the Berlin Wall
  4. Training for Armenia
  5. Cyprus – digging up the past together
  6. The sex trade: the dark side of tourism in Brazil

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: Neukölln puts accent on integration

Neukölln puts accent on integration

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, more than 38 per cent of the Berlin city district of Neukölln is made up of immigrant familes and the unemployment rate in the immigrant community is…

Society: Take the European Route of Roma Culture and Heritage!Take the European Route of Roma Culture and… : Two sides of the wallTwo sides of the wall Festival: Big deals are done at Europe’s Cartoon ForumBig deals are done at Europe’s Cartoon Forum
The story of Europe’s Roma people is a road movie, criss-crossing Europe since their arrival from India hundreds of years ago, but their story is…
Twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, two families reflect on the changes they have seen since the reinforced concrete that divided a…
A Cartoon Forum may sound like fun and games but big business was the order of the day as movers and shakers of the animation world got together in…
  1. Striving for a multicultural society
  2. Ireland’s Lisbon Treaty vote approaches
  3. German elections
  4. Norway crowns Oslo its intercultural capital
  5. europeans: Europe’s green footprint
  6. Intercultural Lyon, republican contortionism

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Terrorism: Mauritania’s battle with a new wave of terrorism

Mauritania’s battle with a new wave of terrorism

The terrorism that Tunisia experienced in the 1980s erupted in Algeria in the 1990s. The wave of terrorist activity later spread west to Morroco. Then in 2005 Mauritania to the south became engulfed…

Terrorism

Terrorism: Terrorism threat in MauritaniaTerrorism threat in Mauritania Mideast: No jump start for peaceNo jump start for peace Mideast: West Bank settlers accused of hounding PalestiniansWest Bank settlers accused of hounding…
Mauritania, a large country next to the Atlantic Ocean, a vast expanse made up of desert, the sand constantly swirling towards the capital…
Middle East peace talks on hold. That’s the disappointing outcome of the recent meeting of Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the United States…
A Palestinian boy who would rather play football watches as illegal Jewish settlers set fire to fields near his home. It is the “price tag”, say the…
  1. Demining Jordan
  2. Rebuilding the Palestinian Authority
  3. EU helps Jordan reform its vocational training system
  4. Women’s rights in Jordan
  5. Saving Morocco’s Maâmora Forest
  6. Jordan’s water shortage is a drop in the ocean

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Society: Discrimination in the EU

Discrimination in the EU

A recent EU survey found almost in one in six Europeans felt they had been discriminated against in the previous 12 months, either because of their origins, age, religious convictions or sexual…

Society

Society: Social Security and MobilitySocial Security and Mobility Food: Food pricesFood prices EU Commission: EU lobby registerEU lobby register
National authorities run their own social security systems but the European Union coordinates them, to ensure that people are covered when they move…
The European Commission has food sales in its sights. Brussels wants to improve the efficiency of the supply chain so that everyone benefits – from…
Who are the lobbyists at work in Brussels and Strasbourg, invited to register publicly a year and a half ago? Has this register of ‘interest…
  1. Poverty and social exclusion
  2. Online shopping
  3. Cross-border inheritance rules shake up
  4. Roma inclusion
  5. Low-carbon energy in the EU
  6. Microcredit in the EU

Latest metropolitans

Economy: Germany and Poland join hands across the Oder

Germany and Poland join hands across the Oder

Its six fifteen a.m. this is Berlin, Bogdan Kazimirek catches the eastbound Eurocity train to Poznan in Poland, the Polish frontier is just 60 kilometres from the German capital. The German and…

Economy

: Leipzig-The birthplace of a peaceful revolutionLeipzig-The birthplace of a peaceful revolution Poland: Poznan prepares for UN Climate ConferencePoznan prepares for UN Climate Conference Poland: The re-invention of Poland’s KatowiceThe re-invention of Poland’s Katowice
Leipzig, the city of Bach and Mendelssohn is also the place that spawned a revolution. On October the 9th 1989, 70,000 citizens defied the guns and…
Global warming is descending on Poland – Poznan to be precise, which is to host the forthcoming United Nations Climate Conference in December. But…
Katowice – surrounded by mountains and built in Poland’s coal mining area. But this Silesian city is about to re-invent itself with a major…
  1. A taste of Lyon, capital of gastronomy
  2. Gijon comes to terms with an ever changing world
  3. “Made in China” does the business in Germany
  4. Hit the North for British ideas on urban renewal

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Travel: Visa-free EU travel for Balkan states?

Visa-free EU travel for Balkan states?

The European Commission has proposed that citizens from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia be allowed to travel freely to the EU member countries without a visa from this coming January. Their outlook…

Travel

Politics: Will the pieces of the Lebanese political jigsaw ever fit?Will the pieces of the Lebanese political jigsaw… Immigration: Malta, immigration and xenophobiaMalta, immigration and xenophobia EU Council: EU is seeking for Council PresidentEU is seeking for Council President
20 years after the civil war, Lebanon is still searching for political balance. Within the small Middle eastern country, political divisons have made…
Crossing the sea to a stormy welcome, African immigrants strike Malta. The Maltese feel stretched to their limits, sensitive to allegations of…
After the Irish ‘Yes’ on the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union is creeping closer to having a stable Council President. Former British prime minister…
  1. Airline passengers rights
  2. Italy’s earthquake homeless await winter
  3. Focus on Millenium Development Goals
  4. Where is Germany going?
  5. Parliament’s challenge to Barroso
  6. British Nationalism and Europe

Latest agora

: Tiananmen Square and the Berlin Wall 20-years on

Tiananmen Square and the Berlin Wall 20-years on

1989 saw two of the most dramatic events in recent world history, in June China ordered the crackdown on pro-democracy students at Tiananmen Square, while five-months later the Berlin Wall fell…

Climate: Climate Change and Development: what global response?Climate Change and Development: what global… Lisbon EU treaty: Will the Lisbon Treaty achieve its goals?Will the Lisbon Treaty achieve its goals? Politics: “What’s left for the Left?““What’s left for the Left?“
Two year ago, Rajendra Kuma Pachauri received the nobel peace prize alongside Al Gore for his work at the head of the international group of experts…
When a EU member state adopts the Lisbon Treaty, the ratification document is sent to Italy. If all 27 documents arrive in Rome, the Treaty will…
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and one week before the general election in Germany, two German politicians discuss the end of…
  1. Europe divided over Barroso
  2. Will globalisation break up Europe or help it close ranks?
  3. What future for Guadeloupe?
  4. Two differing views on Gaza from within Israel
  5. Will Africa pay the price of the rich world’s financial crisis?
  6. USA & Human Rights: views from Europe