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Tag Archives: Member states of the Council of Europe

20Mar/17

Norway unseats Denmark as world’s happiest country – report

March 20, 2017Human InterestDemography, Denmark, Environmental social science, Human geography, Liberal democracies, Life expectancy, Member states of NATO, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the United Nations, Norway, Quality of life, Scandinavian countries, Social Issuessmbale

Norway displaces its neighbour Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report that assesses life expectancy, freedom, social support and corruption, among other measures.
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18Jan/16

The Swiss ski resort of Davos

The divided world debate at Davos

January 18, 2016EconomyAlps, Central Intelligence Agency, Davos, Liberal democracies, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Member states of the United Nations, Pascoe, Switzerland, United States, Western Europesmbale

Politicians and business leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps this week face an increasingly divided world, with the poor falling further behind the super-rich and political fissures in the United States, Europe and the Middle East running deeper than at any time in decades. Grace Pascoe reports. Continue reading →

02Sep/15

EU migrant crisis leaves asylum policies in tatters

September 2, 2015WorldGermany, Hungary, Landlocked countries, Liberal democracies, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the United Nations, National Virtual Observatory, Republics, Serbiasmbale

(NVO) – Men, women, small children- they walk along the train tracks from Serbia into Hungary while it’s still dark hoping to evade authorities.
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