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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The European Union Institutions and Their Functions

Unlike other international organizations, the European Union, just as a state, has several institutions.   Even looking at the EU's institutions, realizes that her uniqueness.   According to the Article 13 of the Treaty of the European Union, the European Union's institutions shall be: The European Parliament The European Commission The Council of the European Union The European Council Court of Justice of the...

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 Announced

Transparency International asked over 114,000 people in 107 countries for their views on corruption. More than half of people believe the level of corruption in their countries has increased over the past two years, according to the world's largest public opinion survey on the subject.   Here is the Global Statistics by Transparency International:    For more information: http://www.transparency.or...

Monday, July 8, 2013

Dramatic History of Europe and the Emergence of the European Union

Europe is one of the world's seven continents where approximately 740 million people living in. It is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Everything in this small continent was not nearly as positive and stable, because there was seen at least one major war between nations of Europe in every...