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Ukraine underwent some serious changes since the beginning of 2014. Its people forced the then acting President Victor Yanukovych to flee the country and demanded fundamental changes in almost all spheres of political...
October 10, 2014 9:48 am / 6 comments
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Fairytales are an inseparable part of not only child’s world, but even many grown-ups believe in fairytales. There is an interesting category in this genre, the so-called European fairytales, in which grown-ups...
October 7, 2014 9:29 am / no comments
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The protests in Hong Kong over the past week have captivated the world and led to whispers of a Chinese “Maidan,” a street protest that leads to major (and overdue) political change. Discontent with Beijing’s handling...
October 6, 2014 2:00 pm / 3 comments
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From time to time, our media report that Slovakia has once again fallen in another competitiveness ranking. The papers write about it for a day or two, the TV stations show a few reports, opposition...
October 6, 2014 10:48 am / no comments
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With the Ukraine crisis escalating, Russia is in extremely bad lights in the Western world. President Obama’s ineptitude to handle the bully that Putin became has put Russia in a position which is starting to resemble...
September 6, 2014 1:26 pm / 1 comment
Having seen a troubled accession period to the EU, Macedonia looks at though it might be swinging further towards ethnic nationalism and authoritarianism.
In April this year, general elections to elect the President and members of Parliament...
September 1, 2014 10:50 am / no comments
At the quarter-century mark of the Visegrad states’ freedom from the USSR, Johannes Wachs examines the Group’s role in today’s European Union.
2014 marks both the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the tenth year...
August 25, 2014 8:30 am / 1 comment
The EU’s new economic Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine could have a major geopolitical impact on Europe’s relationship with Russia.
“The EU stands by your side, today more than ever before”
Herman Van Rompuy, European Council...
August 17, 2014 4:04 pm / 1 comment
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The free movement of persons, goods, workers and capital within the European Union is one of the fundamental principles of the European Community. However, finding a job in another EU country can be difficult – the...
August 14, 2014 11:15 am / 1 comment
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Contrary to the opinion of many sceptics, civic budgeting in Łódź turned out to be a great success in 2013. 908 projects were submitted by the residents of the city and 129.000 votes were casted what has...
August 12, 2014 7:21 am / no comments