by Katerina Panagi The turn of the new year marked a historic milestone for the Republic of Cyprus as it assumed the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second time since its accession (Cyprus in the EU). Under the evocative motto, “An Autonomous Union, Open to the World,” Cyprus is …

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Eurochild urges the European Commission to propose an overall EU target for the eradication of poverty, including a specific target related to child poverty. This synthesis report draws on the analysis carried out by Eurochild members of the national action plans for social inclusion (NAPs/inclusion) 2008-2010.

A potential re-examination of Britain’s membership in the European Union may create opportunities to strengthen Commonwealth ties, writes Jake Elson, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Bunbury in Australia.  May 20, 2015 may well go down in British history for two reasons. One, David Cameron’s shock majority, which avoided the need to form a coalition with either the …

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Eyes were on Britain as it voted to leave the European Union, but Ruth Adeyi, 23, a Correspondent from London, UK, reports there has been a measure of regret and political rancour since that historic vote. The political landscape is being reshaped by the divide of those who voted ‘leave’ versus ‘remain’. On both sides …

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