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On February 11 Wang Yu-chi, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council Minister, and his Chinese counterpart, Zhang Zhijun, head of Taiwan Affairs Office Minister, met each other in the Chinese city of Nanjing. A symbolic place, Nanjing was the capital of the Republic of China when the nationalist Kuomintang of Chiang Kai-shek was in power. He and his government fled from there to Taiwan 65 years ago.

First official talks of Taiwan and China since 1949!

By: EBR | Thursday, February 13, 2014

Mainland China ("Peoples Republic of China") and Taiwan ("Republic of China") have held their highest-level and official talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.

Concern voiced over "alarming" rise in public executions in Iran

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Amnesty International says Iran has carried out a total of 40 executions since the beginning of 2014, with at least 33 carried out last week alone.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in December that the investigation had been extended until April 2014 and the wreckage of the plane would be handed over to Poland upon its completion.

New "evidence" emerges concerning the Smolensk tragedy

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Allegations have emerged that a "shadowy" organisation known as the “Grupa Spiskowa” in Poland may have been responsible for orchestrating the Smolensk air crash in 2010, which claimed the lives of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other Polish officials.

Ma’s East China Sea Peace Initiative, proposed to resolve disputes over the Diaoyutai Islets dating back to August 2012, calls on parties to exercise self-restraint, avoid escalating tensions, maintain dialogue and respect international law.

President Ma calls for peaceful resolution of ADIZ disputes

By: EBR | Friday, December 20, 2013

The president urged countries with overlapping ADIZ claims in the East China Sea to sit down for talks “to prevent accidents” in the tense region.

The election date was set by the Election Commission which has said that the Jamaat-e-Islami, an influential Islamist party, is ineligible to contest the polls in line with a court order.

Top diplomat says unrest and elections divisions have put Bangladesh at "critical juncture"

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A senior Bangladesh diplomat has urged the European Union to be “more vocal” in denouncing a planned boycott by the opposition of the country's forthcoming elections.

The Age of Transparency has now been side-lined by the Age of Action and the Age of Reason. Whilst governments debate policy, businesses and civil society realise it not business as usual. A range of sectors therefore converged at the Sustainable Innovation Forum to explore how business and civil society can join forces and inspire change.

UNEP Delivers Clarion Call for Action to World Business & Civil Society Leaders

By: EBR | Friday, November 22, 2013

Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General & Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) delivered a clarion call to world business and civil society leaders at the 4th Sustainable Innovation Forum in Warsaw, Poland this week.

Although Guinea is a country rich in natural resources, such as bauxite, diamonds and gold, it ranks only 178 out of 187 on the UN Development Index.

International concern grows over fall-out from Guinea′s "rigged elections"

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The recent elections in Guinea appear to have merely added to a sense of serious unease which continues to hang over this West African country.

Academic programmes in Dubai have the same validation and monitoring system as at the university′s London campus, with the same examinations taken simultaneously in both cities.

Universities as a model of universality: The UK example in Dubai

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 9, 2013

A British university is ´flying the flag´ for the transmission of educational values around the globe.

Taiwan invited to attend ICAO assembly!

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Shen Chi, director general of the Civil Aeronautics Administration of the Republic of China (Taiwan), has been invited to lead a delegation to the 38th assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization Sept. 24-Oct. 4 in Montreal.

Moscow, then, is clearly emerging as an economic powerhouse and it´s little wonder that a 2013 Ernst and Young report on Russia said that Moscow will be the most dynamic and prosperous city in the world by 2025.

Moscow rapidly emerging as a true global city state

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Moscow´s newly re-elected Mayor Sergei Sobyanin is looking forward to another term in office, managing a city of over 12m people.

Several lobby groups, including the International Foundation for Democracy and Governance who briefed journalists in Brussels earlier this week are fiercely pushing for Lithuanian MPs to table a resolution in their parliament in October similar to the one recently successfully adopted by the US Senate calling for the release of Tymoshenko as a condition before signing the Agreement.

Pressure on Ukraine to free Tymoshenko

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Pressure is mounting on Ukraine to free the country´s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison ahead of a landmark Association Agreement (AA) due to be signed with Kiev in just over two months.

Taiwan is an indispensable link in East Asia’s air traffic network with the Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR) covering some of the busiest airspace in East Asia. Every year, nearly 1.3 million flights carrying 40 million travelers pass through the region, which covers 180,000 square nautical miles. On a weekly basis, this equates to roughly 150 scheduled flights to and from Europe; 400 to and from the US; 660 to and from Japan; and over 1,200 across the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan’s ICAO observer-bid garners European and global support

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 20, 2013

While Montreal is getting ready for the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) 38th triennial Assembly scheduled for September 24 till October 4, more and more politicians across the globe are throwing their weight behind Taiwan’s aspiration to join the ICAO as an observer.

In total, from 1996 until today, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has approved grant commitments of €1.06 billion ($1.39 billion), through 2,503 grants to nonprofit organizations in 109 nations around the world. Those grants have been awarded in four major substantive areas: arts and culture, education, health and medicine, and social welfare.

The Philanthropic Approach of The Stavros Niarchos Foundation

By: EBR | Monday, July 22, 2013

Philanthropy has a key role to play in the future prosperity of Europe, and it must operate in close collaboration with government and the private sector.

On the eve of the anniversary, the Ukrainian Socialist political party, “Fight” Movement,which was founded in May 2011, has accused the current Ukrainian regime of “trying to forget” the tragic affairs in Volyn and “not doing anything to stop or prevent” the growth of ultra-nationalistic movements in the country.

Anniversary of Volyn ′genocide′ set to overshadow EU-Ukraine trade talks

By: EBR | Friday, July 5, 2013

Next week marks the 70th anniversary of a date of particular significance in Ukraine history.

Obama is confronted with the question the Republican Senator Howard Baker formulated in the Watergate hearing: What did the President know and when did he know it? Or as the former talk show host Dick Cavett said: When did the President know and when did he stop knowing it? There will be hearings, witnesses under oath and special investigators. To be continued.

Obama: the new Nixon?

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Is it possible to make a comparison between Obama and former President Richard Nixon? I'll take that challenge.

The act of violence exercised by the Philippine military against the Taiwanese vessel not only resulted in a personal tragedy but also raised tensions in the region. Mr Kaminski mentioned Taiwan’s approach towards territorial disputes as ‘long proven to be responsible, pragmatic and moderate.’ He continued saying that ‘the recent fisheries agreement between Taiwan and Japan should serve as an exemplary model of how territorial disputes should be dealt with’.

EP condemns fatal shooting of Taiwanese fishing boat by Philippine Coast Guard

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Taiwanese fishing boat ‘Guang Da Xing No. 28’ was fired upon by Philippine Coast Guard vessel MCS3001 in Taiwan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on May 9. Fisherman Hong Shi-cheng (65) was shot dead, and the boat was severely damaged.

Russia-China relations are a grateful subject of studies and of speculation! Don’t forget these two countries share the longest border in the world. However I would like to focus on Human rights. Comparing the two, I can say that fortunately Russia has an ambition to share European values, China doesn′t.

Kristiina Ojuland: ‘Putin’s politics more and more like Stalin’s totalitarian politics’

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Meeting the Estonian former minister again in her EP office after some three years, she sounds pessimistic, disappointed and concerned.

Peaceful resolution of disputes, according to President Ma, is generally achieved in one of the four ways: negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. These approaches are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but must all begin with negotiation.

Minister David Lin: ‘Taiwan will not back down over Diaoyutai Islands’

By: EBR | Monday, February 4, 2013

A major territorial dispute is brewing in the East China Sea. The Republic of China (Taiwan) is committed to a peaceful resolution because at the heart of the dispute are islands that belong to Taiwan according to Taiwan. These islands are known as the Diaoyutai Islands.

Interesting fact, Romanians are among the best IT engineers, and among the best represented in Silicon Valley or other world hubs. Romania is a hub for IT&C projects, increasingly developing local clusters, with a mixture of local and foreign capital.

Investing in 2013 - Rediscovering Romania

By: EBR | Friday, January 25, 2013

If you're an investor in Europe, in 2013, have a look at Romania. It's not a perfect country, but it is dynamic and it's looking for investment.

A lot of countries — such as the Asian tiger economies — got prosperous first and then started talking about redistribution. In other words, first wealth creation, even if it is unevenly distributed, and then a focus on the smoothing of differences. But because of these built-in disparities of these economies, it has been harder to arrive at an equitable solution.

The Nordic Model and the European Crisis

By: EBR | Thursday, January 10, 2013

The crisis in eurozone has affected all countries in Europe. It reflects the lack of budgetary discipline and belief in the solvency of certain European states.

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