Back in late 2012, the European Commission put forward the notion of reindustrializing Europe. The main goal of that policy is to increase the industrial sector’s share in the European economy from 15.6% in 2012 to 20% in 2020. The target...
March 27, 2014 5:53 pm / 9 comments
The European Commission, through its Directorate for Research and Innovation, has published the latest results of a comparison of innovation performance among EU member states. Compared to the rest of the world, the countries of the EU as a whole...
March 17, 2014 3:26 pm / 2 comments
Gun crisis: a time to act… starting by looking into the valid data
“Another mass shooting occurred in the United States, this time in…” This line unfortunately recurred in the media 16 times altogether in 2012, leaving 88 victims...
March 16, 2014 3:16 pm / 63 comments
At the turn of 2013 and 2014, the world community is facing numerous problems. That’s indisputable. For nearly two years, the people of the country that used to be the most stable part of the Middle East have suffered from the bloody and...
March 11, 2014 5:24 pm / 647 comments
An extra-terrestrial observer would have noticed a global financial and economic crisis on planet Earth. Many earthlings would say this is a mess we humans have put ourselves into. And, although there are wide differences regarding how the situation...
March 5, 2014 1:23 pm / no comments
Free trade is an important component of economic freedom. As such, trade liberalization does not only enrich choices in our supermarkets and lower prices of the products we find there, but also leads to more jobs, higher living standards, economic...
March 5, 2014 1:09 pm /