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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 InterestAustralia, Burundi, Canada, Central African Republic, Continents, Countries, Demography, Denmark, Environmental social science, Finland, France, Geography of Africa, Germany, Guinea, Human geography, Iceland, Landlocked countries, Least developed countries, Liberal democracies, Liberia, Life expectancy, Member states of NATO, Member states of the African Union, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Member states of the United Nations, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oslo, Quality of life, Rwanda, Scandinavian countries, Social Issues, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, United Kingdom, United States, World Happiness Report, Yemensmbale

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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20Mar/16

EU-Turkey deal

Flow of migrants “almost stopped” after EU-Turkey deal, say Turkish villagers

March 20, 2016ImmigrationAegean Region, Aegean Sea, Ali Baykal, Ankara, Arginusae, Bademli, Bademli Ödemiş, Company: ThomsonReuters, Countries, Country: Greece, Country: Turkey, Dikili, European Union, Geography of Asia, Germany, Greece, Member states of NATO, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, Member states of the United Nations, Politics, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, Republics, Social Issues, Suat Yaman, Sweden, Turkey, Western Asiasmbale

Local residents of Bademli village say the flow of migrants to Europe from the area has almost stopped, after a deal between Turkey and the European Union was sealed.

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18Jan/16

The Swiss ski resort of Davos

The divided world debate at Davos

January 18, 2016EconomyActivism, Alps, Canada, Central Intelligence Agency, Davos, Grace Pascoe, Humans, Israel, James Bevan, Joe Biden, JOHN KERRY, Kevin Spacey, Klaus Schwab, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liberal democracies, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Member states of the United Nations, Organizations, Pascoe, Schwab, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Western Europe, World Economic Forumsmbale

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 →

09Sep/15

Exhausted migrants wait in open field in Hungary after long trek via Greece and Serbia

September 9, 2015WorldAfrica, Asia, Balkans, Countries, Europe, European migrant crisis, Geography of Europe, Greece, Hungary, Kingdom of Hungary, Landlocked countries, Leila, Macedonia, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the United Nations, Middle East, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, Republics, Roszke, Serbia, Syriasmbale

Hundreds of migrants wait in an open field under the watchful eyes of Hungarian police, after crossing into Hungary from Serbia.

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02Sep/15

EU migrant crisis leaves asylum policies in tatters

September 2, 2015WorldAHMED SALAH, Cultural globalization, Demography, European migrant crisis, Germany, Human migration, Hungary, Immigration, Landlocked countries, Liberal democracies, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the United Nations, Migrants around Calais, National Virtual Observatory, Politics, Republics, Serbia, Syria, Viktor Orbánsmbale

(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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