brain drain
Supermarket sweep Athens, or not keeping appearances during a crisis
Her country was degraded, mocked, despised, then forgotten. What does it mean for 25-year-old student Katerina Tzekouand and Costa Andreotis, who works in a museum, to live with the crisis in Athens today?
Coming home to build Kosovo for the EU
Kosovo has been independent for three years. After a decade of abundant humanitarian aid an economic boost has lacked in the country whilst corruption has increased. It doesn't put motivated citizens off though
University-educated flee and woo Lithuania: emigration and erasmus
An increasing number of students are asking professor Žilvinas Martinaitis at the University of Vilnius to let them take their exams at the end of May. This would allow them to go abroad - most popularly, to the UK, Ireland or Scandinavia - to work, and return with some extra money in October, a month after the official term start. Lithuanian and eramus students, professors and politicians explain the phenomenon
brain drain, eucrisis on the ground, money, labour, vilnius, post-soviet states, lithuania
The Italian malaise: 'a country for old folks, run by old folks'
The 27 stories in Italian journalist Sergio Nava's 'Brain Drain' (2009) share one common thread: every single interviewee decided to leave Italy. In the book-cum-blog, the 34-year-old tries to find the origins of an injustice now afflicting young Italians, and speaks of the angst of a generation who have felt forced to export their talent abroad - and successfully at that. Interview
brain drain, italy, labour, expatriation, youth, journalism, labour market
Immigration: the plight of Poles in France
Poland has been an official EU country since 1 May 2004. While Poles have the right to move freely around France, things get a lot more complicated when it comes to getting a job
brain drain, future of europe, men and women, nicolas sarkozy, enlargement, warsaw, strasbourg
‘German businesses want to invest even more’
Corruption stops German businesses settling in Bulgaria. But Mitko Vassilev of Sofia's German-Bulgarian Industry and Trade Council is optimistic
brain drain, corruption, germany, bulgaria, sofia, internal market, economy
Edouard François: urban chameleon
The Parisian architect mixes architecture with ecology: a fashionable fifty-year-old with a diverse background and designer of the offbeat Tower Flower in Paris
brain drain, green cities, paris, brunch, architecture, environment, france
Don't fear the Polish plumber
Integration must happen in-situ, with your neighbours - not with Brussels, says Slovak Ján Figel', European Commissioner for Education, Training and Culture
brain drain, university, bologna process, education system, european commission, europe, life-long learning
My beloved Poland
Many Poles have been forced into exile over the centuries, often because of the sufferings endured by their motherland. This has created a veritable diaspora - both multifaceted and influential.
brain drain, warsaw, london, right-wing, belgium, brussels, lech kaczynski
