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Environment

Can we export this Canary Island energy self-sufficiency plan?

Since last summer, El Hierro, in the Canary Islands, is the first island in the world with a project working to make it energy self-sufficient. A hybrid hydro-wind generation system is currently working to provide the island ...
by Inma López
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Special Features

Wherefore art thou, Tonio?

Can a homophobe be a suitable choice for EU Commissioner? This week saw Tonio Borg, Maltese Commissioner-designate for Health & Consumers, receive a particularly vicious grilling from a joint European parliamentary committe...
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Britain’s Future: Which Side Will They Choose?

In January 2013, David Cameron finally promised an “in” or “out” referendum on the membership of Great Britain within the European Union, after years of scepticism about the relationship between Britain and the other Eu...
by Sunjana Dalal
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Cyprus

Divided by the Attila Line: The Importance of Cyprus to the EU

The island of Cyprus, home to both the Republic of Cyprus and the self-styled TRNC, is in many ways a microcosm of the difficulties facing the EU, both in terms of seeking solutions to economic crisis and with regards to the EU...
by Wilf Mortimer
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Europe

The Mismatch Between the EU and Young People has to be Solved

The European integration project needs a restart. And if that restart is to be credible in the eyes of a new generation it must include input from that generation. This is why I have started a new think-tank in Brussels: the Ne...
by Joop Hazenberg
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Video & Photography

Ice Bucket Challenge, meet Ukraine’s ‘blood bucket’ challenge

A group of European youths are attempting to draw attention to the conflict in Ukraine by putting a gory twist on the infamous Ice Bucket Challenge. This time around, the buckets are filled with metaphorical blood.
by Tetyana Lokot
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Economy

Crisis Response in Developed Countries – The Right Way To Do It

Since the global financial crisis hit in 2007, most developed countries have tried to put in place measures to overcome its effects. From ignoring its existence to stating that there is nothing to worry about, governments have ...
by Codrin Paveliuc-Olariu
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Europe

In Search of a European Idea

If you listen to European leaders today, one would think that the EU and European integration is all about money. How are we going to arrange the Multiannual Financial Framework in a way that everybody is happy, how will we sav...
by Gilles Pittoors
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Economy

Can Europe beat Germany?

The financial situation in Europe is by no means simple. With Greece still recovering from a huge financial meltdown, the debt-ridden governments of both Italy and Spain look to be next in this financial apocalypse. Within the ...
by Nadim Souss
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