Last Wednesday, Transparency International updated Corruption Perceptions Index. The index covers perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries. Top performers share key characteristics: high levels of press freedom; access to budget information so the public knows where money comes from and how it is spent; high levels of integrity among people in power; and judiciaries […]
The “Europe 2020” strategy has opened a new era in the EU multisectoral development. It utterly contributed to setting up the new developing agenda of the Union. As claimed before, the strategy was about delivering a growth that was smart, through more effective investments in education, research and innovation; sustainable, thanks to a decisive move towards […]
Since the last time we talked about the oil price trends and its interconnected economical and political causes and effects, the oil price further slumped to its lowest level since September 2003. Wood Mackenzie, an industry consultancy, has estimated that at $30 a barrel only 6% of global production covers its operating costs. This means […]
In her article published by the Economist, Alina Inayev, of the Black Sea Trust, defined Moldova an “activated ticking bomb”. In facts, Moldova is sinking in a wide and sticky crisis, risking to undermine the difficult relations between Brussels and Moscow, at the borders of the EU. The crisis arose due to the settlement of […]
Five million jobs in the world’s leading economic countries could disappear over the next years because of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”. This is the great concern that has been highlighted by the World Economic Forum in a report published ahead of the 2016 Davos Economic Forum, in Switzerland from January 20th to 23rd. The impact […]
The European Union is in danger. If someone had some doubt about it, the last happenings in the political realm make it clear for all. Germany vs Italy, France vs England, East vs West, South vs North. Is this a Union? What are the elements that link these countries together? The opinion of this magazine […]
In September 2015, the Commission obtained the approval from the Council of a very ambitious relocation plan. After very difficult negotiations, it was decided that 66.000 potential beneficiaries of international protection would have been relocated in 2015 from Italy and Greece (15.600 from Italy and 50.400 from Greece), while 54.000 would have been relocated in […]
After sanctions against the Islamic Republic are lifted, Tehran re-approaches to Europe. Rouhani’s visit to Paris is aimed at forging economic and trade relations and it is expected to result in the signing of major business contracts, on the heels of multi-billion-dollar deals in Italy. “Everyone understood that the nuclear negotiations represented a win-win situation […]
Sweden intends to expel up to 80,000 refugees and migrants who arrived in 2015 and whose applications for asylum have been rejected. “We are talking about 60,000 people, but the number could climb to 80,000″, the Interior Minister Anders Ygeman declared. Along with Germany, the Scandinavian country is a prime destination for refugees and other migrants […]
Libya’s internationally recognised Parliament based in Tobruk has voted against the UN-backed unity government with rival authorities based in Tripoli. The appointment of a government of national unity is the attempt of the international community to resolve the divisions between the two parliaments currently present in the country, (Tripoli and the internationally recognized Tobruk) and […]
