#globalization

[…] The report is the outcome of the first "European Conclave" held in November last year at the presidential palace in Cascais at the invitation of the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The [...]

[…] 1,002 up-and-coming opera singers from 73 countries have applied for the 20th NEUE STIMMEN International Singing Competition this year. In the first of three selection rounds, all applicants go [...]

[…] Citizens' assemblies are "an opportunity to provide solutions to intractable problems", Art O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ireland’s Electoral Commission, summed up his experience of citizen [...]

[…] European election 2024: European youth demands institutional reforms for more democracy in the EU In these dramatic times, young Europeans speak with one voice: for the EU to tackle global challenges, [...]

[…] In 2023, the reconstruction costs for Ukraine are estimated to exceed $400 billion, with no end to the war in sight. This appears to create insurmountable hurdles for Ukraine's EU accession prospects. [...]

[…] Let’s say it with the necessary seriousness: COP28, the global climate summit, was about nothing less than saving the world. Droughts that scorch large areas of land, devastating fires that rage for [...]

[…] It’s not enough: if climate-destroying emissions of greenhouse gases fall by an average of 15.5 million tons per year, as was the case from 1990 to 2022, then Germany will not become climate neutral [...]

[…] The new appointments further rejuvenate the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Board of Trustees and strengthen its focus on the socially relevant topics of sustainability, internationality and diversity. Dubourg [...]

[…] Transforming Germany: How Mission Agencies Can Pioneer Innovative Solutions for Grand Challenges Germany, Europe and the world as a whole face enormous challenges. The well-being of current and future [...]

[…] By Düzgün Arslantaş Just some weeks ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's campaign strategy was largely to score foreign policy points to distract from domestic problems. The catastrophic situation in [...]