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Olga Bezsmertna wins the NEUE STIMMEN competition
The winners of the 2011 NEUE STIMMEN international singing competition have been announced:
First prize (€15,000): Olga Bezsmertna, Ukraine, lyric soprano, *1983
Second prize (€10,000): Jongmin Park, South of Korea, bass, *1986
Third prize (€8,000): Jinxu Xiahou, China, tenor, *1990
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Brussels - 02/02/2012
Solidarity: For Sale?
Europe needs a collective effort to create a perspective of social cohesion, sustained growth and employment, in addition to the collective actions to reduce public debts and to reform financial markets.
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Brussels-Gütersloh - 02/02/2012
Austerity and Solidarity in Europe: No Zero-sum Game
EU governments are implementing austerity packages; populist and nationalist movements are growing; social discontent rages. The European Union is facing a crisis of multiple dimensions - both economic and financial, but also social and democratic.
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Gütersloh - 16/12/2011
Russia needs more competition!
Will the fate of European-Russian relations be decided on the streets and in the election booths of Moscow? Cornelius Ochmann, the Bertelsmann Stiftung's Eastern European expert, analyzes events in Russia, warning Europe not to view the country solely from an economic perspective.
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Gütersloh - 15/12/2011
Europe and the "Arabellion" in 2012
Ever since the Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire on December 17, 2010, the Arab world has been in an uproar. As of today, the "Arabellion", as the German media have dubbed the unrest, has toppled leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen, and the Assad regime in Syria has become unstable.
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Washington/Gütersloh - 09/12/2011
Bertelsmann Stiftung and international experts to develop new financial ratings agency
In light of the extensive criticism currently being leveled at international financial ratings agencies, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has announced it is moving forward with a model for a nonprofit ratings agency.
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