With deep sorrow just learned about Lithuania’s honorary consul in Lugansk Mr Mykola Zelenec kidnapped &brutaly killed by terrorists there. — Linas Linkevicius (@LinkeviciusL) August 22, 2014
What lies behind Europe’s murky oil deals with Azerbaijan?
Molly Scott Cato, MEP for South West UK, Green Group Beyond hosting the Eurovision song contest or Formula One, few of us in Britain, I suspect, know much about Azerbaijan. In fact, you may find yourself asking whether it really …
Catalonia and Jordi Pujol
Alejandro Quiroga is a Reader of Spanish History at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology in Newcastle University and a Ramón y Cajal Fellow at Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Spain). His research interests include Spanish history and politics, …
MEP #icebucketchallenge
The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one’s head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations to research. Ingrid Van Engelshoven is a …
Questioning the merits of a referendum on British membership of the EU
John McCormick is Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics at the Indianapolis campus of Indiana University. He has published extensively on the politics of the EU, his most recent book being Why Europe Matters: The Case for the European Union. His …
The UK’s increasingly hostile approach to immigration
Ruth Grove-Whiteis Policy Director at Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN) and responsible for developing the network’s responses to Government policy and legislation. She leads on MRN parliamentary work and representing the organisation in the media and at public events. Ruth graduated with an …
Study reveals that EU is part of most Europeans’ everyday life
University of York, David Garner Senior Press Officer The EU is becoming part of most Europeans’ everyday life irrespective of social class, according to a study in six countries. Data collected by researchers in six EU member states — Denmark, …
State governance for happiness of its citizens
Patrick Flavin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Baylor University. Alexander C. Pacek is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Benjamin Radcliff is Professor in the Department of Political Science …
EU support for Kurdish forces in Iraq
Brendan O’Leary has been Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania since 2003. He was an advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government during the making of Iraq’s Constitution. He was previously a Professor of Political Science at LSE, …
Serbia & Montenegro Russia’s Trojan horse into the EU?
Dimitar Bechev (D.Phil, Oxford) teaches international politics at Sofia University and is affiliated with the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia. His former posts include the directorship of the European Council on Foreign Relations’ office in Bulgaria and lectureships at …