Most of the political differences surrounding the Economic Governance Package have been ironed out - at least among the majority of political groups at the European Parliament. ...

On 1 July, Poland will be assuming the Presidency of the Council of the EU. A detailed presentation on the key priorities of the Polish Presidency was given during a press conference held in Budapest, Hungary on 2 June...

In 2007, the Civil Code was amended to introduce rules on legal personality and to regulate foundations and associations...

The elderly Venerable Tep Vong, the Supreme Patriarch of the Buddhist community in Cambodia, travelled to Jaffna in Sri Lanka in the midst of the recent civil war...

It’s a damn shame we have all this fuss right now about MPs and their conscience, with the prime minister leading a sort of dad’s army of conscientious objectors...

Recently, HSBC bank released an upbeat survey predicting that China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB), will become one of three global settlement currencies (alongside the dollar and euro) sometime this year...

In almost every part of the world, long-festering problems can be solved through closer cooperation among neighbouring countries...

I am glad that our Parliament is dedicating time to discuss ‘the family’. Over the past few months, in the heat of the divorce debate, much was said about the family...

I do not believe in personalised attacks and this article is surely not intended to be or sound like one...

Religious intolerance is a daily reality in Europe. Mainly targeted at Muslims, attacks on religious pluralism focus on refusing to share public space with non-majority religions or only tolerating practices seen as “secular.” ...