Romania
EU member states are becoming increasingly inward-looking and eager to promote aid policies which prioritise foreign or domestic policy objectives. These are the main conclusions of the annual AidWatch report by CONCORD, released on May 19th in Brussels.
Despite being the world’s biggest aid donor, only nine countries met their EU aid targets in 2010, with the bloc as a whole falling...
In the run up to the September Review conference in New York on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the European Commission has drafted a staff working paper on ‘More and Better Education in Developing Countries’, http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/SEC2010_0121_EN.pdf) and is in the midst of drawing up other thematic papers on health, food security, gender...
Silvia da Bragança, a multicultural artist
Maputo is a city which offers an extremely interesting landscape of contemporary African art, with museums and educational institutions which, in spite of the difficulties they face, offer a framework of reference for artists. These institutions include the National Museum of Art, the National School of Visual Art and the newly-opened...
On joining the European Union (EU), Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the EU’s 12 ‘new’ Member States had little experience of development cooperation in the South. Set up in 2000, Vienna-based TRIALOG funded by the European Commission and Austrian Development Cooperation has been helping to link up the EU’s NGOs in the North, South and East in “building...
At the EU’s most easterly edge at the centre of Europe
Vilnius, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, is the capital of Lithuania, one of three Baltic States. In geographical terms, is with Bucharest ( Romania) and Nicosia (Cyprus) one of the EU’s most easterly capitals, yet according to studies done by French cartographers, it sits at the centre of Europe. A look at...
During its six months as holders of the EU presidency, the Czech Republic most certainly plans to extend European development policy to Eastern European countries. Yet this will not in any way be at the cost of renouncing the privileged links between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. This is especially true for the African countries in whose interests...
The countryside and mountains have preserved their landscapes and their traditions. But although green tourism represents a very real opportunity for Romania, its growth threatens the authenticity of unique regions such as Maramures. Meeting with Raluca Nagy, researcher in anthropology at the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and at the University of Cluj.
The tiny mountainous...
Transylvania owes a great deal to the Irish author Bram Stoker who, by creating the character of Dracula in 1897, produced so many strong images of Transylvania in the popular imagination. But there is more to the region than castles shrouded in the mists of the Carpathians. The region’s architectural patrimony also includes some unique fortified churches and practically intact Saxon...
White Black
White Black: The duo AlbNegru, formed by Romanian Andrei and Franco-Guinean Kamara, is living proof that tolerance exists. A mix of Romanian pop with an oriental flavour and French hip-hop with suggestions of reggae, AlbNegru sing of love and acceptance. Their success and popularity are seen as remarkable in a country where foreigners are often regarded with suspicion.
“In...
Being African in Romania
More than 2 million Romanians live outside the country but only around 60,000 foreigners live in Romania. However, all that is set to change as Romania becomes a destination country with a relaunched economy in need of labour. The newcomers are Moldavians, Turks and Asians as well as Africans. For the latter, integration is not always easy.
Former student Amadou...
EU member states are becoming increasingly inward-looking and eager to promote aid policies which prioritise foreign or domestic policy objectives. These are the main conclusions of the annual AidWatch report by CONCORD, released on May 19th in Brussels.
Despite being the world’s biggest aid donor, only nine countries met their EU aid targets in 2010, with the bloc as a whole falling...
In the run up to the September Review conference in New York on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the European Commission has drafted a staff working paper on ‘More and Better Education in Developing Countries’, http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/SEC2010_0121_EN.pdf) and is in the midst of drawing up other thematic papers on health, food security, gender...
Silvia da Bragança, a multicultural artist
Maputo is a city which offers an extremely interesting landscape of contemporary African art, with museums and educational institutions which, in spite of the difficulties they face, offer a framework of reference for artists. These institutions include the National Museum of Art, the National School of Visual Art and the newly-opened...
On joining the European Union (EU), Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the EU’s 12 ‘new’ Member States had little experience of development cooperation in the South. Set up in 2000, Vienna-based TRIALOG funded by the European Commission and Austrian Development Cooperation has been helping to link up the EU’s NGOs in the North, South and East in “building...
At the EU’s most easterly edge at the centre of Europe
Vilnius, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, is the capital of Lithuania, one of three Baltic States. In geographical terms, is with Bucharest ( Romania) and Nicosia (Cyprus) one of the EU’s most easterly capitals, yet according to studies done by French cartographers, it sits at the centre of Europe. A look at...
During its six months as holders of the EU presidency, the Czech Republic most certainly plans to extend European development policy to Eastern European countries. Yet this will not in any way be at the cost of renouncing the privileged links between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. This is especially true for the African countries in whose interests...
The countryside and mountains have preserved their landscapes and their traditions. But although green tourism represents a very real opportunity for Romania, its growth threatens the authenticity of unique regions such as Maramures. Meeting with Raluca Nagy, researcher in anthropology at the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and at the University of Cluj.
The tiny mountainous...
Transylvania owes a great deal to the Irish author Bram Stoker who, by creating the character of Dracula in 1897, produced so many strong images of Transylvania in the popular imagination. But there is more to the region than castles shrouded in the mists of the Carpathians. The region’s architectural patrimony also includes some unique fortified churches and practically intact Saxon...
White Black
White Black: The duo AlbNegru, formed by Romanian Andrei and Franco-Guinean Kamara, is living proof that tolerance exists. A mix of Romanian pop with an oriental flavour and French hip-hop with suggestions of reggae, AlbNegru sing of love and acceptance. Their success and popularity are seen as remarkable in a country where foreigners are often regarded with suspicion.
“In...
Being African in Romania
More than 2 million Romanians live outside the country but only around 60,000 foreigners live in Romania. However, all that is set to change as Romania becomes a destination country with a relaunched economy in need of labour. The newcomers are Moldavians, Turks and Asians as well as Africans. For the latter, integration is not always easy.
Former student Amadou...
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