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Radi-Aid: Africa for Norway {Video}

Brr..it’s COLD in Norway! The charity aid single has been flipped on its head! Radi-Aid: Africa for Norway is a campaign by The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund, that aims to challenge...
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Europe

Europe and the Bull, or the Failing Politics Behind the Crisis

The mythological princess Europa was recently chosen to become the new face of the euro. Fitting, after all, because it is she who gave her name to the continent. The story goes as follows. Zeus, the king of the gods, was enrap...
by Gilles Pittoors
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Europe

Violence Against Women

“Written declaration on the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence   The European Parliament, – having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure, A....
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Europe

A Union in Peril

An election season clears. The excitement of change with President Obama’s reelection settles. China’s once-a-decade power transition remains stable following the Bo Xilai affair. Attention returns to the old continent, as ...
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Calls for independence gain momentum in Europe

Early in 2012, British Prime Minister David Cameron surprised everybody by agreeing to hold a referendum for Scottish independence before the end of his mandate. A few weeks ago, Alexander Salmond, the leader of the Scottish Na...
by Lorenzo Piccoli
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A Mutual Split: Turkey and the EU

Orhan Pamuk’s article, “Europe is turning away from Turkey, and the rest of the world”, pleas for a Europe which engages with Turkey on the basis of enlightenment principles, rather than old-fashioned notions of Islamic e...
by Liam Murray
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Belgium

Over-Capacity, or what does the closing of Ford Genk teach us about Europe?

On Wednesday October 24th, the employees of the Ford factory in Genk, Belgium were given the news that the factory will be closed, and all employees will have to find another job by 2014. This obviously directly affects the 4.2...
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Italian politics in 2013: will it look like 1994?

Italian politics has always been a puzzle for foreign observers. For that matter, even Italian experts often have a hard time anticipating political developments in the country. The elections that are due for Spring 2013 are no...
by Lorenzo Piccoli
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Belgium

The Lion’s Claws, or Flemish Nationalism in a European Perspective

“So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause.” It is a sad time indeed. Flanders fell to the claws of populist nationalism, and if Belgian politicians continue their current strategy, so will Belgium in a ...
by Gilles Pittoors
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