According to data from the Federal Ministry of Statistics, presented in Wiesbaden, in the first half of the current year about 157,000 new small enterprises were registered in Germany – 7.5% more…
Two outwardly contradictory reports came almost simultaneously from France. The lower house of the French parliament banned wearing 'clothing that fully covers the face' in public places. The upper…
Negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union began in October 2005. At that time, analysts assumed that at least 10 years would pass before a final decision was made. Specialists…
At the highest level of German-Turkish relations at the end of last month, a heated discussion broke out over the establishment of schools with Turkish as the language of instruction for people of…
Recently, in the North Rhine-Westphalian university city of Paderborn, a federal teachers' conference was held, gathering about 200 teachers from all over Germany. The reader should not be surprised…
A new International School of Business will be established at the Far Eastern Federal University. This decision was made at a recent meeting of the Presidium of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian…
Member of the Executive Board of the German Federal Bank Thilo Sarrazin has sparked a new round of debate on integration issues by demanding a complete ban on wearing Muslim headscarves in German…
With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on December 1, 2009, the European Union will for a long time put an end to the search for a path of internal reforms. This quest lasted almost eight…
Only on the second attempt were Irish voters able to overcome their distrust of European integration and support the Lisbon Treaty – the key document defining future transformations within the…
Many German citizens are disappointed with the results of the country's reunification. In particular, only 46% of residents of the former GDR believe that their living conditions have improved over…
On January 1, 2009, the Czech Republic became the new chair of the European Union. The country's presidency will last six months.
On December 15, Montenegro submitted an application to join the European Union. The republic's Prime Minister Milo Đukanović handed the application to the president of the EU presidency country…