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Outcomes of the Eastern Partnership Brussels Summit for Azerbaijan

20/12/2017 Inside Europe

[authorbox authorid="57" title="The Author"] B efore the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Brussels Summit (November 2017), there were many polemics associated with competing language of the summit’s declaration on unresolved conflicts and the new EU-Azerbaijan agreement. The…

No, Europe Should ‘NOT’ Work With Rouhani Administration

16/12/2017 Beyond Europe, Iran

Vocal Europe

[toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe[/toggler] N obody can question the few benefits of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal between…

Meet the leader France was waiting for 30 years

15/12/2017 Inside Europe

Richard Senneville

[authorbox authorid="65" ] The French Revolution 2.0 Only 6 months after becoming the youngest French President under the 5th Republic, Emmanuel Macron is proving to the French people and the world that he’s not in…

Innovation allows longer lives for all of us – Let’s not stop it halfway through

13/12/2017 The Opinion

Frederik Cyrus Roeder

G ood news! Living in the 21st century means living in the most healthy and technological most advanced times humanity has ever seen. Newly found cures and treatments allow humans to combat formerly lethal…

A Post-Brexit Silicon Britain? Why Not!

12/12/2017 Business

Richard Mason

[dropcap size=small]W e have had a lot of doom and gloom this year. London-based banks worrying us with talk of moving to Frankfurt, uncertainty on migration to and from the continent; for a while,…

The Döner debate is emblematic for the need for evidence-based policy-making

08/12/2017 Business

Bill Wirtz

I n a recent move by Social Democrats and Greens in the European Parliament, there has been a call to phase-out the use of phosphate in the fast-food product döner kebab. This was, at…

MEPs strongly criticize EU’s policy on Iran and call for focus on human rights

07/12/2017 Beyond Europe, Iran

Vocal Europe

A politically diverse group of senior MEPs criticized, in a panel debate held yesterday, the European Union’s current policy on Iran. On the eve of Human Rights Day, they called for a new approach…

The European Security and Defence Union: how should it look like?

13/11/2017 Inside Europe

Vocal Europe

S ince 2015, the European Union (EU) has been discussing the idea of creating a European Security and Defence Union (ESDU). Although details are scarce, this means deepening cooperation between EU member states in…

Former Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Speaks at Free Iran Protest

22/09/2017 Inside Europe

Joseph Hammond

[authorbox authorid="47" ] F ormer Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi called for an end to the Iranian nuclear deal known as the GCPOA at a rally held in New York this week. “In the European Parliament,…

Cold Confrontation: The New Normal in EU-Russia Relations

14/09/2017 Beyond Europe, Russia

Vocal Europe

T he Euromaidan protests in 2013 triggered a series of events which led to the deterioation of EU-Russia relations. A look into three parameters of the relationship: narrative, power and the future November 2017 will…

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