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When Going Home Is Not an Option: Youth Poverty Across the European Union

Case Studies in Crises: Ireland, Spain and Greece

by Brian Mitchell

Ireland, Spain and Greece are three of the five countries (the others two being Portugal and Italy) which comprise the delightfully insulting acronym “PIIGS”.

 

Will All EU Member States Eventually Use the Euro?

by Brian Mitchell

On 1 January 2011, Estonia will become the 17th country to officially adopt the Euro as its currency. Introduced in 1999, and brought into general circulation in 2002, the Euro is now the currency of 329m EU citizens.

 

EU Parliaments and Summer Recesses: A Lose-Lose Situation

by Brian Mitchell

A common complaint at this time of the year is that politicians get too much time off. Across Europe, national parliaments shut down for the summer period, for anything up to 3 months.

 

From America: How the Lonesome Travel

by Sean Fagan

They’ve done their time. They have acquired educations, married, and raised families. They have navigated the often choppy waters of adolescence, adulthood, survived their tenure in corporate America, or grew and sold businesses of their own.

 

Financial Spread Betting

by Brian Mitchell

“When I was young, people called me a gambler. As the scale of my operations increased I became known as a speculator. Now I am called a banker. But I have been doing the same thing all the time”.- Sir Ernest Cassel, private banker to King Edward VII

 

Many Choices, No Solution

Getting a job is not as easy as ABC, 123

by Magdalena Kalata

A higher education has long been considered a standard and clear road to a better life.

 

What is the Economic Sentiment Indicator?

by Brian Mitchell

According to figures recently released by Eurostat, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) has recorded a small increase in the Eurozone area for July 2010. What does this result indicate to the European business community?

 

Chick-Lit: The Multi Million Euro Industry Damned with Faint Praise

by Sile Murphy

The "women"s’ section of any bookstore is instantly recognisable. Placed just inside the door to maximise passing trade, tables are piled high with pink or pastel books

 

Belgian Politics: A harbinger for the Future of the EU

How the political crisis in Wallonia and Flanders may foretell the fate of the Union

by Sile Murphy

 

The Risks and Opportunities of e-Waste

by Joey De Keyser

40 million tons- that is the amount of electronic waste the global electronics market spits out annually, the United Nations University estimates.

 

The Debt of Football: Will It Lead to the Death of Football?

by Brian Mitchell

On the night of 15 May 2010, Real Mallorca, the surprise package of Spain’s La Liga season, were just seconds away from finishing their campaign in fourth position behind Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia.