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Paying the price for Germany’s economic miracle

Growth heading up – unemployment and the deficit going down…
02/02 16:14 CET
Hungary, a country divided

As the last opposition radio station in Budapest loses its licence, many fear the country is slipping from a liberal, to an authoritarian…
27/01 16:37 CET
UK-EU: should I stay or should I go?

The age old debate of Britain’s place at the heart of Europe is heating up once again. Last month Eurosceptics praised Prime…
19/01 15:43 CET
Kirkuk: financing the future

Kirkuk lies on the well of Iraqi oil. The ethnically diverse city contains 40 per cent of the country’s oil exportation, while…
12/01 17:31 CET
Pension reforms for Slovenia’s aging population

Slovenia’s population is aging, and aging fast. Last year the…
05/01 17:45 CET
A wage for living

It is Christmas time again. Despite the crisis, British people are spending nearly 84 billion euros on seasonal shopping, up 1 per cent from…
22/12/11 17:41 CET
Occupy Wall street takes its case to Main Street

It has been almost three months since demonstrators first came to America’s financial heart to ‘occupy’ Wall Street. But…
15/12/11 17:08 CET
Portuguese youth exodus

The queues outside African and South American consulates in Lisbon are getting longer by the day as more Portuguese are hoping to try their…
08/12/11 17:17 CET