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Summer EU Student Exchange: Top-up Programme Brussels 2016

12 Jul 2016

The 5-day EUAP Summer EU Top-up Programme is organized by the European Union Academic Programme Hong Kong (EUAP) with the support of the European Union (EU) and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels (HKETO). The aim of...
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The Juncker’s Commission unveiled

23 Sep 2014

The next week the Commissioners-designate will start their hearings in the European Parliament. They will have to respond to questions from MEPs and convince them that they are competent candidates for assigned jobs. Check out our article to get to...
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[News Brief July 2014 on EU Commission] European Elections: the New President of the European Commission.

22 Jul 2014

Last Tuesday 15th of July, Jean- Claude Juncker was elected new president of the European Commission for the following five years starting from the coming 1st of November. The elections took place in Strasbourg, France -where the European Parliament is...
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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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22 October 2013: No more ban on bendy cucumbers or hairdressers wearing high heels: A change in the EU regulatory culture

22 Oct 2013

Brussels has long been criticized for its burdensome regulations governing everything from hairdressing to the shape of cucumbers. Originally, the regulations were aimed at simplifying different national rules in the member states by replacing them with a set of common...
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