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Europe’s privileged geopolitical situation is under threat. In the context of globalisation, climate and demographic change and the high cost of energy and food, Europe has to rethink its strategies
But it hadn’t banked on such a large opposition from two thirds of the population and such an angry reaction from its future neighbours. A return to the cold war?
Add a dose of alcohol abuse and hail Europe’s volunteers and globalisation - it’s your latest news from Brussels
The living conditions in the north Portuguese mountaintops of S. Pedro do Sul have hardly changed in hundreds of years. Bit by bit, however, the uniting, modernising world is moving in, and the children are moving out
The five-year-old Euro may be trading above the dollar, but a stronger currency can damage Europe
On the eve of the global Davos Economic Forum, North American intellectual David Calleo describes his vision of the role Europe plays in globalisation
By building pulp mills, Finnish global corporation Botnia 'is willing to export pollution' along the binational stream, Argentina claims. Their announcements of further highway blockades is disrupting trade and travel
Homer's hero is now travelling the length and breadth of the world wide web. With Germany’s six month presidency in full swing, the Goethe Institute has designed a virtual journey for artists. How is Europe searching for itself?
Europeans politicians are catching onto the voters’ awakening interest in the environment. Is ecology compatible with politics?
Dried water, artificial rivers, icebergs in the Thames or space agencies searching for artificial water are just a few of the methods used to fight the current water shortage
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'In the Global South, the reality is cell phones' Mary Joyce is an American researcher and consultant living in Boston, USA. In June 2005, she founded Demologue.com, an online network for worldwide digital activists. This site is not active anymore but Mary now runs a new Blog, Zapboom.com ...
Freedom of movement inside the EU of European citizens is no longer guarenteed as Italian Government issued legislation contrary to this fundamental principle on which the European Union is built. According to this new law, the Italian authorities have already deported tens of Romanian citizens living in the peninsula, even ...
In 2006 China became the world’s top polluter ahead of the United States with 6.2 billion tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions last year, 8 per cent more than the erstwhile leader. Chinese authorities immediately dismissed the report and refused to take countermeasures. Lu Xuedu, from the Ministry of ...
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