Photo by Amit Lahav on Unsplash Around 10,000 young people from the EU and beyond last weekend discussed Europe’s future, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the 2024 European elections. On Friday 9 June and Saturday 10 June, the European Youth Event 2023 (EYE2023) featured more than 300 in-person and hybrid activities – debates, discussions, networking…
Year: 2023
Conference of Maritime Regions
Photo by Giuseppe Mondì on Unsplash Regional politicians have gathered in Firenze for the summer meeting of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions CPMR Political Bureau, hosted by Regione Toscana (Italy). One year ahead of the European elections, regional leaders have reflected on their contributions to bring back prosperity to the continent in a context of recovery, and…
Uzbekistan’s New Constitution is the Legal Basis for the Electoral System
Photo by Abdy Ta on Unsplash Elections are one of the main features of a democratic State through which the development and prospects of the country are revealed. This is the basic form of expression of the will of the people, the direct participation of citizens in the management of the affairs of the state. On the other…
Service? Or Self-Service?
Photo by Zachary Kadolph on Unsplash The first three initials of Boris Alexander De pfeffel Johnson badged him as BAD at birth, but few could have imagined the damage he would inflict on the country as a whole and on trust in politicians in particular. His sudden resignation as an MP was triggered by receipt of the report…
Hello Sunshine
Photo by Vivint Solar on Unsplash It is good news that the UK should have plenty of sunshine this summer – potentially more than much of southern Europe. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that June, July and August should each be hotter than average. This should be a great opportunity to harness more solar power:…
NDICI-Global Europe Programme Under Scrutiny
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash The EU’s main tool for implementing EU cooperation with partner countries has “deficiencies” in the methods for allocating funds and impact monitoring, according to a key report by the European Court of Auditors. With a budget of €79.5 billion between 2021 and 2027, the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument –…
Making Space Matter
Photo by Andrea Ferrario on Unsplash A senior European Space Agency official has called for improvement in the space industry’s relationship with citizens. The call came at the “Making Space Matter” summit in Brussels on Tuesday. Frederic Nordlund, Head of the External Relations Department at the European Space Agency (ESA), told the event, “We need to work effectively with…
Emergency Aid to Kherson
Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash The EU says that the destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has led to “devastating humanitarian and ecological consequences.” While evacuations of affected populations are underway, Ukraine has requested international EU assistance in the form of equipment and machinery for relief efforts. In an immediate response, the EU on Wednesday issued…
Socio-Economic Aspects of Uzbekistan’s Constitutional Reform
Photo by Dmitriy Efimov on Unsplash According to the updated Constitution, “Uzbekistan is a sovereign, democratic, rule-of-law, social and secular state with a republican form of government.” For the first time in the history of our country, it is fixed in the Constitution that Uzbekistan is a social state, writes Obid Khakimov. A social state is a model…
Ukraine Will Soon Join NATO
A senior NATO official told a Brussels conference she is confident war-torn Ukraine will soon join the western alliance. Burcu San, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO, said the country was under a “brutal, unprovoked attack” and it was in the interests of the West to help Ukraine.” “It very much feels threatened so we must help Ukraine…