January

Eurosphere agenda: Corruption costing bloc $162 billion annually…

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MAIN FOCUS: Heavy cost of corruption for Europe | 04/02/2014   Corruption costs the EU economy around 120 billion euros per year, the EU’s first Anti-Corruption Report published  on Monday reveals. According to a Eurobarometer survey, more than half of the respondents believe that bribery has increased in the last three years. Commentators call on … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Background reading for a European Parliament election year..””EU job market open for Romanians and Bulgarians…

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Background reading for a European Parliament election year One of the more useful pieces I found over the festive period,  thanks to Craig Willy ? a rare outsider to the European system who actually understands how it works, and as such an excellent guide who comes with limited baggage (and some occasionally forceful and thought-provoking … Read more