by Alexandre Barray
Next month, the tenth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will take place in Brussels. American and European negotiators hope to conclude the negotiations by the end…
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by Christos Mouzeviris
Following an overwhelming support for a YES vote, Ireland became the first country to do so by a popular vote. It is astonishing to think, that equality was given to…
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by Isabelle Panasi
It has already been four years that Syria has gone to war. In March 2011, the rebellion’s movement started. A large number of citizens asked the departure of Bashar…
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by Kathrin Beck
Stormy times in Berlin. In the ten years since her first election in 2005, the Chancellor has experienced many uncomfortable situations – and survived. Bank bailouts, the euro crisis,…
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by Eren Alp
With only a few days to go before Turkey’s pivotal parliamentary elections, the main opposition party, the CHP, announced on the 21st of May its plans to build a…
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by Marco Trifuoggi
Once the news of the US Senate denying Trade Promotion Authority to President Obama on started to spread, many began to wonder if that could have been the end for…
DISCLAIMER: all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Naveed Ahmad
Tehran seems in festive mood over the likely nuclear deal. US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian…
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by Christos Mouzeviris
Last year’s European Parliament elections sent a clear message to the continent’s establishment. Apart from a very low voter turnout, the citizens turned to populist, radical political parties, significantly altering…
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by M. Behzad Fatmi / @BehzadFatmi
Islamic State to Iran is what Al Qaeda has been to America. The analogy might not resonate well…
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by Isabelle Panasi
This 11 million-inhabitant-European country trembled under the weight of the terrorist threat. The facts proceeded in Verviers, on January 15th, 2015, where a gun battle took place between the…