"Ideological clashes between Russia and Europe
Ideological clashes between Russia and Europe
The relationship between Russia and Europe reflects a "fundamental clash" between two "incompatible" political visions of the post-cold-war world, writes Ivan Krastev for Open Democracy.
The future of Islam in the European Union
It is only by facing reality and properly taking the European Muslim dimension into consideration that a clash of civilisations may be avoided, claim the authors of a study carried out for the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.
Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
"Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
European Payments Infrastructure overhaul
The introduction of a Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is set to overhaul the eurozone's payments infrastructure by creating a cross-border network to make using banking services as easy as it is at national level - however, uncertainties over the introduction of the new system remain.
EU nanotechnology framework takes shape
Before the end of 2007, the Commission will have completed an inventory of existing EU regulations to see whether specific nanotech legislation is needed. In the meantime, a spokeswoman for Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik said the EU's REACH regulation on chemicals will be applied.
DOSSIER: A Blue Card for qualified workers? | 14/09/2007
EU Commissioner for Justice Franco Frattini has proposed the introduction of a Blue Card. Modelled on the US's Green Card, it is aimed at facilitating the immigration of qualified workers to the EU. But what are the chances of success for this common European immigration policy?
Cocierge.com: Planes, Trains, Buses, and Ferries in Europe
Double Standards and the Popularity of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Joerg Wolf
Davids Medienkritik is concerned about the popularity of conspiracy theories in Germany, while ignoring their popularity in the US. Ray Drake accuses the German TV station ZDF of "fuelling the conspiracy underworld" because of the results of a totally unscientific poll on the ZDF website:
The results (with over 6,000 votes registered) indicate that 65% - or nearly two-thirds - of ZDF participants blame either George W. Bush (26%), US authorities (24%) or the nebulous and ever sinister arms lobby (15%) for 9/11. By comparison, only 27% selected Osama Bin Laden as the culprit and 9% said they didn't know........
France Might Rejoin NATO's Military Command
Omnipresence and Sarkozysm
by Kiki
A debate on Britain and the EU - day 5
The final salvo from a treaty sceptic
A debate on Britain and the EU - the last post
A pro-European's last blast
Putin talks of several possible successors
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, said there were at least five possible candidates to succeed him and that new prime minister Viktor Zubkov was among them....
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