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• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Eurovision 2012: Pro-democracy campaigners arrested in Baku as song contest begins

  

  Yesterday – Eurovision 2012 kicks off in Baku, Azerbaijan today and the song contest’s glittering final will be held on Saturday night. With an anticipated audience of 300 million people, Azerbaijani authorities are working hard to promote a positive image (...) by Emily Hoquee

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Does Iceland represent the real issues of the European Union?

  

  29 April 2012 – Iceland, as the rest of the Western world, entered a mad race for financialisation between 2003 and 2007. Its financial dimension, which was completely out of proportion, exploded in 2008 soon after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The national (...) by Pascal Malosse

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  The European Wave

  

  28 March 2012 – During the last weeks we have witnessed how Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus since 20 July 1994, has been empowered as a result of the political situation in Moscow caused by Vladimir Putin’s dubious victory in the last Russian (...) by Pedro Cristobal Bocos

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Serbia’s flirt with EU is turning into a full-blown relationship

  

  25 March 2012 – After three years of difficult, tough negotiations and painful concessions from Serbia, the EU has finally granted it formal EU candidate country status. However, this is only the first major step towards Serbia’s full EU membership as there are (...) by Andrea Petkovic

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Croatian Citizens Endorse European Integration

  

  25 January 2012 – While 66 per cent of Croatian voted in favor of the country’s accession to the European Union, enthusiasm was tempered by fears that the accession will end up in loosing country’s sovereignty, natural resources as well as the have negative impact (...) by Andrea Petkovic

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  EU Referendum: Croatia Remains Divided

  

  22 January 2012 – After many delays, Croatia finally closed its almost six years of long accession talks with the European Union and it is expected that the country will formally become the 28th EU member state on 1 July 2013 if Croatians vote in favor of the EU (...) by Andrea Petkovic

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Does Switzerland get a new policy towards Europe?

  

  7 January 2012 – As EU leaders try to save the Euro and the European Union in 2011, Swiss politicians have been busy running a federal election on national issues. At last, a New Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, has been elected. Will he be able to lead the (...) by Sven Bisang

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Serbia’s EU Bid and the delays

  

  16 December 2011 – After Serbia presented its application for the EU membership in December 2009 and after it finally extradited all war criminals earlier this year thus proving that it fully cooperated with the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, it (...) by Andrea Petkovic

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Yulia Timoshenko found guilty : a parody of justice with consequences on the EU-Ukraine relationship

  

  15 October 2011 – This Tuesday, October the 11 is a sad day for democracy in Ukraine. As it was feared, Yulia Timoshenko the former prime minister of Ukraine and leader of the Orange Revolution has been sentenced to 7 years of jail for “abuses of power”. A parody (...) by quentin boulanger

• Enlargement & Neighbours

  Young democracy needs time

  

  12 October 2011 – Ulrike Lunacek an Austrian politician. Ms. Lunacek used to be a Member of Parliament of the National Council of Austria, and since 2009 is a Member of the European Parliament for Austria, and a member of the Austrian party - The Green (...) by Sara Avdi

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