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An undeclared Apartheid »

Roma Protest for equal rights (top), Anti Roma protestors (bottum)

In 2004, Romanian municipal authorities evicted more than one hundred "gypsies" from their homes in the central region of Harghita County and relocated them to isolated, squalid land on the outskirts of nearby towns. Resettled in a series of small ...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Eloise Nutbrown | Read more »

Fear of voting 'No' leads to 'Yes' vote »

European Flag

For months we’ve been enjoying the political soap opera that accompanies the run-up to every general election. Tories chastise Labour about the state of the nation, Labour retaliate, the Lib Dems make some sort of threat in the faint hope that an...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Shane de Barra | Read more »

UK national university places under threat from EU applicants »

European Flag

British applicants may have a harder time gaining a place at a UK university next year, with Vice-chancellors warning that the increase in the number of EU applicants along with new government legislation may result in the crowding out of qualified Bri...

Sun 13 Sep 2009 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

European Parliament elections: we aren't voting for chickens »

That the upcoming elections for the European Parliament this June are approaching under the radar cannot be much of a surprise. Unlike its domestic counterparts, the European Parliament is far removed from most political debates and the media spotligh...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 | Read more »

European politics: Why don't we care? »

John Edward

What is it about the United States that makes its politics so exciting to us? Is it the shared language? Is it the vast amounts of money and influence at play? Or is it just the sheen of "West Wing"-esque celebrity that just makes it more a...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by John Edward | 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 »

The tabloid agenda »

Gordon Brown is coming to town. Finally. Well, perhaps. A fortnight before Christmas, the prime minister is due in Brussels for the first time since he came to power in the summer. But don’t expect ho-ho-hos and a sack full of prezzies. Oh no, be...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Ian Traynor | Read more »

EU Enlargement: the human cost of our paranoia »

Whilst there are millions of people in this country who would disagree, Britain is far from being the fair and free country of our collective self-perception – the liberal democratic beacon shining on the rest of the world. In accepting the of...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | 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 »

Russia and the West: Towards a New Cold War? »

Dr Luke March

You can barely move these days for images of a malignant and terrifying Russia, whether it be the forlorn face of Alexander Litvinenko dying a lonely death from polonium poisoning in a London hospital, Vladimir Putin in full spy garb adorning the cover...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Dr Luke March | Read more »

Can Europe handle 100 million muslims? »

Turkish secularist protests

“We have a problem with the integration of Muslims which raises the issue of Islam in Europe. To say it is not a problem is to hide from reality. If you let 100 million Turkish Muslims come in, what will come of it?” In asking this questi...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 | Read more »

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