The European economic crisis has coincided with a decline in press freedom in...
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by Giannis Manolis ©gdiakoum The Greek government’s sudden decision to shut down the public broadcaster ERT has shocked both Greek media and public opinion. It was announced that more than 2,600...
View ArticleThe struggle over the Greek national broadcaster: a debate of extremes
By Maria Kyriakidou Greece is once more in turmoil. The sudden and shocking shutdown of the state television and radio network, ERT, by the government last Tuesday was met with angry demonstrations not...
View ArticleFinnish debate on EMU: A discussion without reliable evidence
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By Paul Jonker-Hoffren Autumn is a time for new plans to be made for the next year in national governments. Usually these new plans follow estimates by the national statistics office or the national...
View ArticleA Shrinking Brussels Press Corps Could Put Investigative EU Journalism at Risk
By Sophie Lecheler Citizens rely on the news media for information about European politics. At the centre of the news media’s role in EU integration stands one group of journalists: Brussels...
View ArticleThe Limits of the European Public Sphere
By Francisco Seoane Pérez The proverbial distance between European Union institutions and European citizens has been attributed by political leaders and scholars alike to a ‘communications gap’, that...
View ArticleFirst Step to Solving the Eurozone Crisis: Change our Perceptions
By Terence Tse How not to save a company Imagine the following. Your company is on the verge of bankruptcy. The only way to get out of this is to get all your employees to put in more efforts and...
View Article“Systems were simply not in place to handle a crisis of this magnitude in the...
Euro Crisis in the Press continues to ask influential analysts and commentators throughout Europe about their views on the multifaceted crisis facing Europe. In today’s interview Peter Spiegel, the...
View ArticleModerate Gains for Eurosceptics in Finland
By Outi Keranen The Electoral Results In Finland the eurosceptic Finns Party (formerly known as True Finns) led by Timo Soini failed to repeat the landslide of the 2011 general elections despite...
View ArticleFinnish competitiveness-raising policies and their discontents
By Paul Jonker-Hoffren Although Finnish politics have been concerned about the country’s competitiveness for quite a while now, the public discussion reached a temporary climax with PM Juha Sipilä’s...
View ArticleThe struggle over the Greek national broadcaster: a debate of extremes
By Maria Kyriakidou Greece is once more in turmoil. The sudden and shocking shutdown of the state television and radio network, ERT, by the government last Tuesday was met with angry demonstrations not...
View ArticleFinnish debate on EMU: A discussion without reliable evidence
By Maija Elonheimo If Finland wants to be internationally competitive, it will face either internal or an external devaluation of about 20 to 30 per cent. If it chooses internal devaluation, it must...
View ArticleFinnish and Dutch Government Budgets in the Eurocrisis: Between fanaticism...
By Paul Jonker-Hoffren Autumn is a time for new plans to be made for the next year in national governments. Usually these new plans follow estimates by the national statistics office or the national...
View ArticleA Shrinking Brussels Press Corps Could Put Investigative EU Journalism at Risk
By Sophie Lecheler Citizens rely on the news media for information about European politics. At the centre of the news media’s role in EU integration stands one group of journalists: Brussels...
View ArticleThe Limits of the European Public Sphere
By Francisco Seoane Pérez The proverbial distance between European Union institutions and European citizens has been attributed by political leaders and scholars alike to a ‘communications gap’, that...
View ArticleFirst Step to Solving the Eurozone Crisis: Change our Perceptions
By Terence Tse How not to save a company Imagine the following. Your company is on the verge of bankruptcy. The only way to get out of this is to get all your employees to put in more efforts and...
View Article“Systems were simply not in place to handle a crisis of this magnitude in the...
Euro Crisis in the Press continues to ask influential analysts and commentators throughout Europe about their views on the multifaceted crisis facing Europe. In today’s interview Peter Spiegel, the...
View ArticleModerate Gains for Eurosceptics in Finland
By Outi Keranen The Electoral Results In Finland the eurosceptic Finns Party (formerly known as True Finns) led by Timo Soini failed to repeat the landslide of the 2011 general elections despite...
View ArticleFinnish competitiveness-raising policies and their discontents
By Paul Jonker-Hoffren Although Finnish politics have been concerned about the country’s competitiveness for quite a while now, the public discussion reached a temporary climax with PM Juha Sipilä’s...
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