Anna van Densky COMMENT: Barring of Russian politician, and fighter against corruption, Alexei Navalny turns next year presidential elections into a soap a long time before it starts. The powerful opponent of Vladimir Putin is out of the race, so Kremlin can be sure there will no unpleasant surprises while opening of ballot boxes….
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Will the Catalan Republic become an EU member state?
Jordi SOLE, MEP, OPINION The emergence on new states in Europe is nothing new. In fact, many European states emerged at the end of the 20th century: from the Baltic States that regained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, through Czechoslovakia’s split that created the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to the breakup…
Georgian food toursim to EU
Zurab Matcharadze, Georgian journalist, correspondent of ‘Rezonansi’ newspaper OPINION Today the European Parliament voted in favor of granting the citizens of Georgia the right to 90 days visa to Schengen zone. I do not know about the European Union, but for Georgia it is a historic decision, being the only tangible result for a…
Kyrgyzstan: new education system
Birgit Wetzel, OPINON The shock sits deep, even today, seven years later. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan took the final place in the Pisa test, the students had the worst results from 75 participating countries. That was in 2010. The leaders of the country awoke. They had to do something, but how? “So, this is the main message…
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