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Northern Ireland elections: then what?

In front | ANALYSIS
Firmly in the past: IRA mural denounces police (Photo: campsmum/ Flickr)

Assembly elections took place on March 7, ahead of a March 26 deadline to restore the power-sharing process

by Paul Hagan // 06/03/07

FEATURE

Batman, goats and internet in Cavas do Monte, Portugal

The living conditions in the north Portuguese mountaintops of S. Pedro do Sul have hardly changed in hundreds of years. Bit by bit, however, the uniting, modernising world is moving in, and the children are moving out

by Laura Daub // 26/03/08

OPINION
China becomes an export powerhouse (Derek T Green Flickr)

Europe meets Asia: reviving the Silk Road

As trade flourishes between the EU and Asia and regional integration accelerates, the Asian highway opens new routes to the East

by Clea Caulcutt // 05/09/06

ANALYSIS
Thuy Thanh Phan, Head of the Mission of Vietnam to the EC meets Benita Ferrero-Waldner, commissioner for external relations (EU commission)

ASEAN and the EU: singing from different hymnals

As regional integration accelerates in Asia, ASEAN might one day resemble the former EEC. I talked to Ludo Cuyvers, professor of economics at the University of Antwerp, who says such comparisons are premature.

by Kevin Byrne // 05/09/06

On the bumpy road to Europe? EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn chats with Miroljub Labus, the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (EU commission)

Membership brinkmanship in the Balkans

For years we promised to accept the Balkan states’ bid to enter the EU. As politicians slow down the integration process, the region is further destabilised

by Jens Tönnesmann // 01/08/06

Building Europe one step at a time (EP)

Why Europe should dare to be dull

Over a year after the French and Dutch referenda said no to the constitution, commentators continue to talk about a ‘crisis.’ Yet the European project is alive and well. Andrew Moravcsik tells us why

by Andrew Moravcsik // 25/07/06

ANALYSIS
Barcelona, Gaudí and the revolution (Ilaria La Commare)

Homage to Catalonia

Catalonia’s draft statute changes Spain’s fiscal system.

by Fabio De Franceschi // 17/01/06

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Tories Consider Blocking Welsh, Scottish Votes

Quite a conundrum now affects the United Kingdgdom, ten years after devolution first gave constituent countries their own parliaments. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all now have their own seperate governments, legislating on matters that affect only their territory. But England, the constituent country where the vast majority of British ...

by gulfstreamblues // 01/07/08




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