Europe in Middle Age Crisis

Does it ever come a Day?

Europe climbed out of wars and disunity. Eastern and western countries are improving social welfare and creating civil society. Every day is a new gain - more and more is done to align old and new member's economic situation. Union is expanding. However, fortune never walks alone. Europe is already in its middle age, so critics do not humble to talk about the Old continent's middle (of) age crisis. There are serious arguments... full story


By IEVA BARAUSKAITE
from Vilnius, LITHUANIA

European Union - 50 years ago

The start of Integration
The day we celebrated last month is the day fifty years ago 'the Six', the countries mentioned above, signed the 'Treaty establishing the European Economic Community' in Rome. It is not, however, the first move the countries made to integration. It had everything to do with World War II and they outcome would probably have been different if the post war world had not been dominated by two opposing blocks, the United States and the Soviet Union...


By CELINE TE BRAAKE
from Groningen, the NETHERLANDS

50th Anniversary of European Union

Europe parties at 50
More than 400 events across the continent see Europeans find many ways to mark 50 years of the EU, culminating in major celebrations on 25 March...


Source: www.europa.eu