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Why is Europe still an unwelcome continent for Refugees?

11/08/2015 Inside Europe

photo source: eubulletin by Alexandre Barray As many European countries are facing increasing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, tensions are increasing in Europe. The European Commission revealed in a public opinion analysis released in July…

Beyond TTIP – Europe’s other trade policy

05/08/2015 Business

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photo source: timesofisrael by Marco Trifuoggi In recent months, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) between the U.S. and the European Union has been all over the news, mainly because of its controversial ISDS clause; we…

Israel: Threats and Opportunities in Syria

03/08/2015 Israel

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DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe by Thomas Baron The idea that President Assad will step down from power and a secular, peaceful, and…

Picturing the Evil – Europe’s unwanted Misconception of Russia

30/07/2015 Russia

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photo source: telegraph by O. Krumme-Garcia Last Sunday, Russia celebrated its National Navy Day and President Vladimir Putin attended the fleet show in the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia’s exclave at the Baltic Sea, surrounded by the EU and…

Greece’s failure, Europe’s shame!

27/07/2015 Inside Europe

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photo source: businessinsider by Christos Mouzeviris After 5 years being in the media spotlight for its economic woes, the Greek drama reached finally-or hopefully- its crescendo.Lat week on early Thursday hours, the Greek Parliament approved the…

Germany’s Brown Swamp: Neo-Nationalism and Racism on the Move?

24/07/2015 Society

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by O. Krumme-Garcia These days, Europe only had two main subjects: on the one hand, the never ending Greek crisis, which has dominated the entire media coverage for the past weeks and months. On the…

Chaos in Europe – how the European Home turned into a Madhouse

20/07/2015 Inside Europe

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by O. Krumme-Garcia The EU is like a family. You set up a house in which everyone can have his own room and you live together in harmony. For a long while, it went…

Turkish Stream: Greek Lifeline or Russian Trojan Horse?

16/07/2015 Turkey

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photo source: tenva by Eren Alp The term “Grexit”, Greece’s catastrophic exit from the Euro-Zone as a result of its financial woes, is all everyone is talking about. The worst case scenario which sees Greece returning…

Open letter to the People of Belgium

10/07/2015 Society

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by Isabelle Panasi We, the Belgians, do not like our country because if we like it, we would not be constantly protesting as soon as our government wants to venture on the way of the…

Consular Protection to EU citizens in third countries: a loss of interest?

07/07/2015 Inside Europe

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photo source: computing.co.uk by Igor Merheim-Eyre Writing a debut article is never easy, especially when one has to contend with finding an introductory theme for his/her piece. This article is a testament to this, not least in…

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