featured | International Political Forum

Daily News Roundup – 1 October 2012

Europe Eurozone unemployment reaches new heights Unemployment in the eurozone hit a fresh high of 18.2 million in August, according to the EU statistics agency. The number of people out of work rose by 49,000, but re...

by Richard Scott-Jones

Full Story »

The CUTting-edge of Russian Universities

The Ministry of Education has come up with fifty criteria evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of Russian universities in order to unite the more successful universities with the “weak” ones, cutting the number of the ...

by Ekaterina Mordvinova

Full Story »

Daily News Roundup – 16 July 2012

Europe Athletes arriving in London for Olympics With 11 days to go until the Olympic Games are to start, thousands of athletes and officials have begun arriving at London’s Heathrow airport, which is expecting its busiest day...

by Richard Scott-Jones

Full Story »

Daily News Roundup – 11 October 2012

Middle East Russia attempt to export ‘defence equipment’ to Syria A plane carrying Russian-made ‘defence equipment’ bound for Syrian Defence Ministry has been intercepted in Turkish airspace. The Turkish Prime Minister,...

by Tom Dunbar

Full Story »

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

Full Story »

Yoga and the Quest for a European Future

On April 18th 1951, six European nations signed the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in order to resolve the thorny German Question. By putting the European coal and steel production under a si...

by Gilles Pittoors

Full Story »