The year is 2017, and the place, the small town of Amer in the Province of Girona, some 120 kilometres north east of Barcelona. Far from the hustle and bustle of politics, Carles Puigdemont, the…
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders UK and Transparency International UK urge Azerbaijan to lift journalist’s travel ban Azerbaijan authorities should lift a travel ban against award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, UK-based rights groups urged…
Norway’s ambitious west coast road scheme By any definition, Norway’s plan to develop a continuous Coastal Highway between Kristiansand in the south and Trondheim in the north is a massive undertaking. The route of the…
Catalonia and the rest of Spain have seldom seen eye to eye. The hostility began long before the Spanish civil war. The 18th century War of the Spanish Succession saw Catalonia choose the losing side…
In the deepening conflict between Iran and the United States, the European Union seems well and truly caught in the middle. In Brussels, talks appear to be the only feasible option at the moment. But…
In 2015, two Lithuanian young men, Pijus Beizaras and Mangirdas Levickas turned to a non-governmental organisation, the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Association, of which they are both members, asking it to complain…
Founded in 2002 by the city-state of Monaco, Monaco Ports (SEPM), manages the ports of the Principality (Hercule and Fontvielle) as well as the new floating breakwater. In 2016, in response to the ever-increasing demand…
The Poles can never have had much doubt that blaming Russia for the Second World War would upset Vladimir Putin. It was rather like poking a tiger with a pointed stick: it could never end…
· Three years after the last ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, government representatives from the 22 Member States met in Seville, Spain, and committed a total of almost 14.4 billion…
On 16 December an investigation by the Financial Police Division of Hellenic Police (Διεύθυνση Οικονομικής Αστυνομίας της Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας), the Central Office to fight Against Environmental and Public Health Crime (OCLAESP) and French Customs (Direction…
The EU is boosting its support with new programmes worth €389 million The European Commission is today adopting new cooperation programmes worth €389 million in support of the Kingdom of Morocco, in order to support reforms, inclusive…
For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission proposes to modernise Cohesion Policy, the EU’s main investment policy and one of its most concrete expressions of solidarity. Regional Development and Cohesion Policy beyond 2020:…
A 10 floors glued-laminated timber tower to be built in Monaco! Upbrella Construction will provide the patented Upbrella construction system for the construction of a glued-laminated timber residential building in Monaco. The project’s 10 floors…
The Poles can never have had much doubt that blaming Russia for the Second World War would upset Vladimir Putin. It was rather like poking a tiger with a pointed stick: it could never end…
