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The fall of an island »

Having been bailed out by the EU, and with confidence in its banking sector and government decimated, these are trying times for the people of Ireland. Now, The Journal takes a look at the events that led to the economic implosion of the island. Irela...

Sun 09 Jan 2011 by Paul Foy | Read more »

Turkey step closer to EU »

EU Flag

A Turkish reform package has been backed in a national referendum which has been seen by many as the country’s way into the European Union. It puts the country in line with a number of EU policies. In the referendum on the suggested reforms to t...

Wed 29 Sep 2010 by Aleksandra Jurczak | Read more »

The unknown faces of Scottish politics »

European Parliament

Scots will head to the polls on 4 June 2009 to elect their six—formerly seven—representatives in the European Parliament. Despite typically attracting a small proportion of the electorate, the parliament in Brussels has the power to ratify ...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Charlotte Morgenthal | Read more »

Scottish government alcohol initiative suffers setback »

Alcohol

The Scottish government's proposal to impose a minimum price per unit of alcohol looks set to fail as it does not comply with EU rules and is illegal under UK law, according to experts. Plans to change the licensing law were scrutinised by the Law Soc...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Roma in Europe: Racism alive and well »

Gay McDougall

The images earlier this month of far right supporters armed with stones and petrol bombs besieging a Roma community in the town of Litvinov in the Czech Republic are a powerful reminder that violent racism is not a distant memory in the European Union....

Sat 22 Nov 2008 by Gay McDougall | Read more »

Enlargement, not isolation »

The EU

Ask any random person in the streets of Edinburgh whether the EU is good or bad and chances are you will hear a tirade about just how impossible bureaucracy is, even if they know little about the EU. But in the streets of Edinburgh, chances are that th...

Sat 22 Mar 2008 | Read more »

Second class citizens »

Evan Beswick

As part of a series on shift workers, the BBC recently produced an interesting set of photos of a Polish bakery and its team of hardworking migrant workers – interesting not just in its depiction of the finishing touches to savoury cheese twists,...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

Restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians are"wrong and counter-productive" »

The EU

On 1 January 2007, two and a half years after the unprecedented enlargement of 2004, Bulgaria and Romania became the newest members of the EU. However, unlike the other eight former Communist states which joined in 2004, Bulgarian and Romanian migrant ...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

Driven underground: a migrant's tale »

The EU

Sonya came to Britain from Romania with the promise of work and a place to live. Told by a man in her home country that he would find her and her family jobs where they could earn £400 a week, the prospect of life in Edinburgh seemed all too temp...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

News

Campaigner elected Edinburgh rector in one-horse race

Comment

Whose side are you on: Vatican or Benetton?

Features

Madagascar: How an often-overlooked island nation is slowly getting back on its feet

Sport

Gunners win a stunner