Petros Iosifidis outlines the looming challenges to national public service broadcasters in Europe
The 'democratic deficit' aside, the European parliament does a better job than the British one of scrutinising the executive
Growing up in the deeply uncool Dublin of the early 1980s, I became fascinated by images of rain and mud beamed into my family’s home on BBC news bulletins.
Alexander Sergunin is right that Moscow is concerned the EU’s Eastern Partnership is setting out to undermine its sphere of influence. But this is a misperception, responds Sebastian Schaeffer, for it implies a zero sum game. In fact, the EU and Russia are mutually dependent and have overlapping i
Moscow’s attitude towards the EU fluctuates. There are deep-seated doubts that the EU is attempting to undermine Russia’s geopolitical positions in its traditional sphere of interest. Alexander Sergunin examines Russian concerns.
The EU's trade negotiations with India bring back memories of colonial exploitation
Haiti announces that 400,000 people made homeless in last week’s earthquake are to be relocated outside the capital as the situation on the ground begins to slowly improve. The president of Afghanistan unveils a plan aimed to attract Taliban insurgents to the side of the Afghan government. The US
After massive pressure from US diplomats the European Union has agreed to prolong the covert monitoring of international financial transactions. The so called “SWIFT agreement”, named after the Society for
The EU is developing a full spectrum dominance system of surveillance combing domestic and military, according to a new report
David Marquand responds to Eurosceptic attacks on his recent post
openDemocracy asked five of our authors for their takes on the passage of the Lisbon Treaty. Here are their comments
