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Amnesty International: 50 Years Protecting Human Rights
This is Amnesty International's year. The year in which this international non-governmental organisation that actively works against injustice is to become a global movement. On its 50th anniversary, Amnesty International has been getting further support from governments, many other international organisations and, most importantly, people all over the world.
Italy: Italian Politics or La Dolce Rissa
© Alessio85, (Flickr, cc)
At the end of May, several Italian municipalities and provinces chose a new council. This led to Silvio Berlusconi's worst setback in years: his party lost his home-town Milan; the centre-left coalition governing Naples was not defeated by his centre-right party, but by the anti-corruption Italia dei Valori. Will Berlusconi, the master of 'peek-a-boo diplomacy', overcome yet another crisis? Only the future can tell.
Germany: Nuclear Phase-Out: A Critical Analysis
On the 30th of May 2011, the German government announced a plan to shut down all nuclear reactors by 2022. Coming in the wake of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, this decision marks a comprehensive policy shift that shall mean focussing more on other renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydroelectric power to fulfil Germany's energy needs. While several people have welcomed this decision, critics have also out rightly rejected it citing several issues arising out of such a phase out.
Greece: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
"WHATS IS THE MAIN EXPORT OF GREECE? UNEMPLOYED GREEKS!" (CURRENT JOKE)
Syntagma square, Athens, "Indignant Citizens" © Rania H (cc, Flickr)
Should I stay or should I go?" That's how the Greek youth feels as far as the current situation is concerned. Paraphrasing a bit the well known song, a 22 year old young graduate has to choose between
- Greece = low salary (best case scenario); else unemployment
- Abroad = away of family and friends
It seems that this is the case not only for the youth as the crisis has affected all generations.
Is the EU a political or an economic block? View from the outside
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union in its creation gave rise to many questions and even unique fields of study and research that had never existed before. One of the questions which the experts still have to answer are as follows: does the European Union represent a political or an economic structure? However obvious the answer to this question may seem, for many Europeans and those living outside the EU's borders it remains unclear.
