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Football fans have lived through a microcosm of these issues. Balancing priorities between club and national teams is an ongoing debate. In Europe, immigration has led to the composition of national teams becoming more ethnically diverse - a fact many in Switzerland were quick to highlight after the country voted to limit immigration. While the influx of foreign players has increased the quality of European leagues, it may be at the expense of the national good. One analysis showed that, at the last European championships, just 37% of players played in their domestic leagues - and 25% of players were contracted to English clubs.

What China’s soccer spending spree teaches us about globalization

By: EBR | Friday, June 23, 2017

On 4 June 2002, the national football team of the People’s Republic of China took to the field for its first ever match in the FIFA World Cup

From left to right: Denis Ulanov - Solicitor, Moldova, Alberto Cirio - MEP, Lega Nord, Marina Tauber - Head of the SOR political party of Moldova, Balan Iulian - Solicitor, Moldova at the European Parliament, Strasbourg, France.

The risk to challenge a corrupt state system

By: EBR | Monday, June 19, 2017

In 2015, Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, a small former-Soviet country, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, was ailing

The findings, in line with other research, will hearten EU leaders who meet at a summit next week. Some had feared, after Brexit followed grave crises in the euro zone economy and with irregular immigration, that the bloc’s survival was in doubt.

Since Brexit vote, Europeans warm again to EU

By: EBR | Friday, June 16, 2017

Europeans think much better of the EU now than they did a year ago when Britons dealt the Union a heavy blow by voting to leave, a survey showed yesterday (15 June)

Under the name of this great scientist, Starmus created the Stephen Hawking Science Medal, an award which recognizes life time achievements of those who promote science through media on an international level. The astrophysicist and founder of the Starmus, Garic Israelian points out that the main objective of this festival is to celebrate science and the arts with the goal of bringing an understanding and appreciation of science to the public at large. Based on this, the public will have the opportunity to discover cosmos and get inspired to change the world.

Starmus IV Festival presentation with Stephen Hawking

By: EBR | Friday, June 16, 2017

The Starmus IV Festival 2017 was presented at the Royal Society in London on Friday 19th May

Understanding another point of view is essential. Leaders lead better when they understand where their follower is coming from. “To be able to lead properly you want to understand how it feels to be led,” Pablo said. You cannot lead without having a sense of your follower; and the way the leader looks best is when the follower looks fabulous.

3 leadership lessons from the Argentine tango

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 14, 2017

As a beginner tango student years ago in New York City, I was lucky to have a gifted teacher who understood how important psychology is to the dance. In tango, as in all leadership roles, understanding the opposite point of view is essential

For success in an increasingly populist and crisis-prone world, the distance between business and politics needs to be reduced at the conceptual level, as today’s business people understand too little about politics and this affects them sooner or later. So, I dare to say: CEOs and board members, be more open and learn from politics, starting with the basic laws of power.

Company boards and power games

By: EBR | Sunday, June 11, 2017

After being "helped" to step down as CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick recently appointed two new board members in an attempt to maintain a tight control over the company - the battle for power and influence evolved to the next stage, the one of confrontation through proxies

In fact, the gap between men and women across health, education, politics and economics widened for the first time since records began in 2006.

What is the gender gap (and why is it getting wider)?

By: EBR | Sunday, June 11, 2017

The world is being deprived of a huge untapped resource. So says Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, at the launch of its Global Gender Gap Report 2017.

The election was meant to be about Brexit but deadly terror attacks in Manchester, where 22 people were killed in a suicide bombing, and London, when eight were killed in a van and knife rampage, changed the debate.

Five challenges facing next UK premier

By: EBR | Friday, June 9, 2017

Whoever ends up becoming Britain’s new prime minister faces a daunting five years in office, with the negotiations of the country’s withdrawal from the European Union topping the list of priorities

May had spent the campaign denouncing Corbyn as the weak leader of a spendthrift party that would crash Britain’s economy and flounder in Brexit talks, while she would provide “strong and stable leadership” to clinch a good deal for Britain.

UK election hangs in balance on disastrous night for May

By: EBR | Friday, June 9, 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May is fighting to hold on to her job today (9 June) as British voters denied her the stronger mandate she had sought to lead the country into divorce talks with the European Union

Among the activities developed within the framework of these proactive measures of attraction of investment, I would highlight the organization of singular actions to promote the Valencian region and its productive sectors in potential investment-issuing markets, the organization of events and forums for contacts between international investors and companies in the Valencian Region seeking funding -such as the Healthtech Venture Forum 2017- and the development of an international network of prescribers to support the investment attraction team in identifying and channeling new investment opportunities. Finally, we are working on a Communication Strategy aimed at strengthening the image of the region of Valencia and improving its positioning, at national and international level, as a suitable destination to invest.

Maria Dolores Parra: ’the region of Valencia is an incomparable place to live and work’

By: EBR | Thursday, June 8, 2017

Maria Dolores Parra belongs to the so-called “the better prepared generation” in Spain’s history

When Donald Trump berated NATO’s European members for free-riding at America’s expense he was half-right. In the five years before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 European countries devoted more than three per cent of their GDPs to defence. Since then, thanks to the ‘peace dividend’ they awarded themselves, that has been halved. To honour their pledged two per cent target they should increase their present collective defence spending of some US$250bn a year by a further $100bn.

Thank you, Donald Trump, for forcing Europe to rethink its own security

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 7, 2017

It’s time to look on the bright side of Donald Trump’s presidency, with Europeans being forced to reconsider policy assumptions that have gone unchallenged for far too long

Over its last three surveys (2001, 2006 and 2011), the American Council for Education found that the percentage of higher education institutions pursuing internationalisation is low. They measured those that include it in their mission statement or strategic plan or have a campus-wide committee or task force to advance efforts in this direction. Doctoral institutions score highest, at around 50 percent, with scores declining at master and bachelor institutions. The percentage of schools that include internationalisation in their mission statement has declined across all types of institutions between 2006 and 2011 after a rise between 2001 and 2006.

Higher education must still go global

By: EBR | Friday, June 2, 2017

Students need global understanding, now more than ever

AI-based solutions already in the market can be more proactive and can preempt attacks in the pre-execution state by identifying patterns and anomalies associated with malicious content. Secureworks uses the predictive capabilities of AI for advanced threat detection on a global scale. SiftScience, Cylance, and Deep Instinct are using it for fraud preventions and for endpoint security, like smartphones and laptops. These technologies will dramatically expand the scope and scale of security professionals and allow them to detect threats hopefully well before they actually attack.

3 ways Artificial Intelligence will change the world for the better

By: EBR | Thursday, June 1, 2017

The implications of recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have spurred heated debate globally

The fight between Democrats and media against Trump is going on day after day. It seems that Trump’s advisers are planning to establish a ’War Room’ to combat mounting questions about communication between Russia and his presidential campaign before and after November’s presidential election while bringing new aides into the White House, administration officials and persons close to Trump. The strategic shake-up comes as Republicans in Washington increasingly have fretted that the probe, continued chaos in the West Wing and Trump’s steady slide in opinion polls will derail the president’s drive to reform health care, cut taxes and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure.

The fight between Trump and most media, who’s the winner?

By: EBR | Monday, May 29, 2017

"The press is your enemy," said President Donald Trump. "Enemies. Understand that?... Because they're trying to stick the knife right in our groin." The relations between most media and Trump is awful

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have been happy with this show of Saudi-American love. For him, any Saudi-led Sunni alliance backed by the US could not only check Iran’s aggression, but also improve his position vis-à-vis the Palestinians, who would be coerced by the Saudis, Egyptians and the Jordanians to accept a deal with Israel.

Israel and America have shared democratic values

By: EBR | Friday, May 26, 2017

Six years ago, President Barack Obama spoke at the White House about the Middle East. Encouraged by the Arab Spring events, Obama declared that "it will be the policy of the United States to promote reform across the region, and to support transitions to democracy."

Schäuble and his Greek counterpart, Euclid Tsakalotos, both insisted they are confident a deal will be finally struck in three weeks, “if all goes well”. But that’s a big assumption.

Greek debt delay hurts real people

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Greece’s lenders and eurozone partners disappointed Athens once again last night. Despite Alexis Tsipras securing reforms that have made him less popular than Donald Trump, his country has been left to deal with the financial and social costs

The goal was to adapt local content for different audiences at a regional and global level and to develop a network of content with other regional producers. However, the company realised that to implement this it was necessary to forge a solid market position.

Regional powers forging international expansion in media sector

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 23, 2017

The television industry is going through a revolution, experiencing new and arising trends

That is, the banks have a hands-on approach whereby they not only provide close project monitoring but also are in a position to nominate directors to the boards of the companies to which they lend and in which they have an equity stake. Moreover, developing banks have in-house technical expertise that allows them to participate in decisions involving choices of technology, scale and location.

The value of development banks for an economy in distress

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 23, 2017

A World Bank survey defines a development bank as “a bank or financial institution with at least 30 per cent State-owned equity that has been given an explicit legal mandate to reach socioeconomic goals in a region, sector or particular market segment”

Due to the rapid advancement of digital technology, political advertising now has a set of opaque but highly effective algorithmic strategies to directly target individual voters and spread inaccurate and manipulated information online. This is the rise of computational propaganda that can significantly influence elections at the price of undermining democracy.

#MacronLeaks changed political campaigning

By: EBR | Friday, May 19, 2017

Why Macron succeeded and Clinton failed

The biggest concern with ransomware is the rate at which it is adapting to combat security protections. We recently examined the evolution of ransomware and found that ransomware developers are learning from their mistakes in previous versions. Each generation includes new features, and improved attack strategies.

Ransomware: what is it, how does it work, and can you protect yourself?

By: EBR | Friday, May 19, 2017

What would it mean if you lost all of your personal documents, such as your family photos, research or business records? How much would you pay to get them back? There’s a burgeoning form of cybercrime that hinges on the answers to these questions

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Diplomacy intensifies over Cyprus

United Nations secretary-general envoy Maria Angela Holguin will be in Brussels on Wednesday for meetings seen as important to European Union preparations for a possible revival of Cyprus reunification talks ahead of an expected visit by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Cyprus next week.

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How Much Pressure Can European CEOs Take?

There was a time when the job of the CEO was difficult but relatively clear: grow the business, beat the competition, manage costs, satisfy shareholders, inspire employees and avoid major reputational mistakes. That world has disappeared.