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China In Africa: Reproducing Dependency?
The huge growth of Chinese political and business interests in Africa is conceivably the most significant development for the continent’s international relations since the ending of the Cold War. Published trade figures alone...
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...
Daily News Roundup – 3 July 2012
Europe Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigns The boss of Barclays plc, Bob Diamond, has resigned from the bank with immediate effect less than a week after Barclays was fined for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates. He b...
COP20: Day two sees things heat up
It was another hot day at Cuartel General del Ejército, the military barracks where this years COP is being held. Due to a last minute venue change, many of the buildings on site have been constructed in the past six weeks and...
‘An Extensive Human Rights Abuse That The EU Cannot Afford To Overlook’ – Estimating The Financial Cost Of Violence Against Women
A new survey published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the first week of March revealed one in three women in Europe have suffered some form of violence, sexual or physical, in her lifetime. The rep...
Greece-Germany: Politics of EURO 2012 Quarter Final
Once the Euro 2012 quarterfinal between Greece and Germany had been set an article was posted on UEFA’s website with the cruelly ironic headline, “Greece Hope to Profit from German Lessons”. As if the European community...
