Happy new year!

Just a quick message to wish you all a happy new year and to apologise for going AWOL. Present shopping, mulled wine, university assignments and long missed friends all caught up with me in December, meaning that my laptop has felt rather neglected these last few weeks. However, we'll ...

by coffee_girl // 02/01/13.

De Entresuelo a 4°2a

by Nina Behek // 02/01/13. - commentaires

A Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation Is On The Move

Article first published as A Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation Is On The Move on Technorati. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah II had a secret meeting in Jordan during Xmas. After leak to media it was officially confirmed (PM press office) that the two leaders discussed Syria ...

by AriRusila // 02/01/13. - 20 commentaires

Why It Happened In Yugoslavia?

As year 2012 ends the conflicts after the violent dissolution wars of Yugoslavia still are frozen ones it might be right time to summarize why all this happened. An exellent means for this is a Canadian documentary film ”The Weight of Chains”. As opposed to general picture in western ...

by AriRusila // 31/12/12. - 20 commentaires

Britishness and Euroscepticism

By Thomas Bignal A survey published by ComRes only a few weeks ago pointed that 54% of the British public were willing to leave the EU, a number far higher than their other European counterparts. How come the British people are so adamantly opposed to the EU that they would ...

by Pierre-Yves Leveaux // 27/12/12.

In a search for the perfect place

Interview was done by Milan Zalezak Most of the photos are taken by Tomas Dobrovic around the World The story of young Slovak ex-volunteer, who is living his dream Tomas is young Slovak man with one big dream. He wants to find the ideal place to spend the rest of ...

by mladiinfo // 27/12/12.

From Sweden to Brussels: The European dimension of The Hives.

By Marnix de Witte The Hives! This Swedish garage rock band has, during more than fifteen years, established itself as one of the most exciting live rock acts. Their energy and stage performance are unbeatable. Cafebabel asked the band some questions; about Belgium, their experiences throughout Europe, and their Swedish ...

by Pierre-Yves Leveaux // 22/12/12.

2nd European Grid Conference: an innovative way to promote infrastructures

By Carlo Peano On the 5th December 2012 the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) organized the Second European Grid Conference in order to explain the lessons learned by its members during the last few years.

by Pierre-Yves Leveaux // 20/12/12.

From the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf

By Aris Kokkinos To boost growth between the EU and the Arab world is the ambition of many public and private institutions, both in the West and in the East. On December 4, Friends of Europe and Dansk Industri organized a meeting whose purpose was to pave the way in ...

by Pierre-Yves Leveaux // 18/12/12.

Excessive Councils Harming Health of EU?

By Pierre-Yves Leveaux (live from the European Summit), translated by Danica Jorden Following the 17-18 October and 22-23 November Summits on the European Union’s budget, 2012’s last meeting of the European Council opened today in Brussels. Not bad for an event that was supposed to be quarterly.

by Pierre-Yves Leveaux // 14/12/12.

2013, Odd Numbers and High Stakes

By Aris Kokkinos (live from the European Summit), translated by Danica Jorden Even if the European Union paid any attention to the Mayan calendar, it seems the 13th year of the 21st century is as frightening as the online apocalypse. In 2013, the legislative framework for the banking ...

by Pierre-Yves Leveaux // 14/12/12.

India: a vegetarian paradise?

“You are vegetarian? Haha! Really?” Mukesh is sceptical and even a visit to the nearest restaurant where I order veg biryani (fried rice with spices and vegetables) cannot convince him. Most of the time Indians just won't believe that Europeans can completely abstain from eating meat, poultry or fish ...

by Lilian Maria Pithan // 13/12/12.