Photo by Kyrylo Kholopkin on Unsplash On September 5th, the 32nd edition of the Economic Forum, the largest and most important conference in Central and Eastern Europe, will begin at the Gołębiewski Hotel in Karpacz. The Eastern Studies Institute Foundation, in cooperation with the City of Karpacz and the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, is once again organizing this exceptional…
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash The Bertelsmann Stiftung has appointed manager Saori Dubourg and diplomat Arancha González Laya to its Board of Trustees effective 1 July. Dubourg was previously a member of the Board of Executive Directors at BASF SE. González Laya is dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at the French university Sciences Po…
Photo by Simon Hermans on Unsplash Greens and “progressives” say they have joined forces ahead of the snap elections in Spain on Sunday 23 July. They say they will “strive for a Green, social and feminist Spain.” Sumar’s leader Yolanda Díaz is known for her work as Minister of Labour, and she is now aiming to become Spain’s…
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash The UK has just experienced three by-elections, and the results are very bad for the Conservatives. Spin doctors from the three major parties are now hard at work. Liberal Democrats have no need to spin. Having overturned a massive Conservative majority in the west of England they have now created a massive…
Photo by Charles Smart on Unsplash According to an official statement from the Royal Office of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, the King has received a letter from the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. In this letter, the Israeli Prime Minister has announced the decision of the State of Israel to ‘recognise the sovereignty of Morocco…
Photo by Ryan Jacobson on Unsplash The EESC has decided to start a pilot project to implement the EU Youth Test in its opinions and to set up a new Youth Group, thus delivering on important priorities of its president’s political manifesto. On Wednesday, EESC President Olivier Röpke said: “I have made it my political priority to open the doors of…
Photo by AXP Photography on Unsplash “The 9 July early presidential election was technically well-prepared”, – said Ambassador Urszula Gacek, head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) observation mission during a press conference held today in Tashkent on the preliminary findings following the early presidential election in Uzbekistan. The event was attended by…
Photo by Stock Birken on Unsplash The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just reported that the UK is the only G7 country where inflation has been rising, and one of the three worst amongst the 38-country OECD membership. The question is: why? The UK Office for National Statistics blames three factors: Russia’s invasion of…
Photo by ThisisEngineering RAEng on Unsplash Today in the modern world economy, personnel has become the most valuable asset of any organisation. Human resources are one of the crucial aspects of the effective operation of any organisation. If the process of selection and placement of personnel in the organization is well organised, the work in this organization will…
Photo by Lucas Marcomini on Unsplash For the past ten years, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network has published an annual list of the happiest countries in the world. People in 149 countries were asked to rate their own happiness: criteria included social support, personal freedom, gross domestic product and levels of corruption. Sponsored by the UN it is…
