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Waste Management in the European Union and what HK can learn from it

20 May 2014

Waste Management in the European Union and what HK can learn from it Radio Chinwag with Vincent Wang- Curriculum Development Assistant (EUAP) The excess of waste materials is an increasing concern worldwide. It is not easy to find an appropriate method...
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[News Brief May 2014 on EU Commission] The candidates for the European Commission Presidency face off in a debate

12 May 2014

On 28th April four candidates for the Presidency of the European Commission faced off in a debate in Maastricht. Martin Schulz, Ska Keller, Guy Verhofstadt and Jean-Claude Juncker struggled with topics on economy, euroscepticism and the EU foreign...
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[News Brief Apr 2014 on European Parliament Election] Martin Schulz and Jean-Claude Juncker in the first TV debate

24 Apr 2014

On 9th April the two top candidates for the position of the President of the European Commission, centre-left Martin Schulz of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and centre-right Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Peoples Party (EPP) held the first...
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[News Brief Apr 2014] Xi Jinping’s visit in Europe

8 Apr 2014

President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China recently finished his diplomatic trip in Europe. The visit that started on the 22nd of March and ended on the 1st of April included the countries of Netherlands, France, Germany and...
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[News Brief Mar 2014 on European Parliament Election] Social Democrats and Christian Democrats going head to head in race

27 Mar 2014

On 22-25th of May citizens of European Union’s member states will vote for their representatives in European Parliament. However, elections held in the member states in 2014 are seen to be somehow different and more significant, as the influence of...
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[News Brief Mar 2014] “VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE EU” Release of the FRA report has surprising findings

17 Mar 2014

Last Wednesday 5th of March, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released in Brussels the findings of its latest survey. The main purpose of the study was to analyze the index of sexual, physical and psychological violence against...
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[News Brief Feb 2014] EU suspended Erasmus talks with Swiss after immigration vote

4 Mar 2014

On 9th of February 2014, the Swiss Federation voted a referendum that limits the free movement of EU citizens in Switzerland. Although the Referendum does not provide exact figures, it intends to set restrictions on the quota of EU immigrants...
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[News Brief Dec 2013] The deadlock of the EU-Ukraine trade deal

16 Jan 2014

Ukraine, a former soviet republic also the largest country entirely within Europe, borders Russia to the east, Poland to the west. Just as its geographical location, the country is divided into two blocs, the pro-Russia bloc in the East where...
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