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Escape from EU regulations is loss of leverage

2 March 2020
About 100 British officials will arrive in Brussels today to start the mammoth negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. The two sides are poles apart. The UK wants regulatory detachment from the EU while the EU insists or regulatory alignment.
by:
- P. Nicolaides
in Law
On the future of colonial collections

8 March 2018
What once was their wealth, can become a burden. Museums in Europe (may) have to consider what to do with their cultural and historical treasures from former colonies. How happy or eager are these former colonies to retrieve their treasures?
by:
- Jos van Beurden
in Arts and Social Sciences
Armed Conflicts and Global Cultural Heritage Governance

8 March 2018
The UN Security Council has moved to protect cultural heritage in armed conflicts. Will this initiative be a successful one?
by:
- Andrzej Jakubowski
in Arts and Social Sciences
Could I please get a fiat for the price of my Frappuccino?

27 October 2015
Today the European Commission released its first set of decisions on corporate tax rulings, which it has investigated for over a year. Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA and Fiat Finance and Trade were the first test cases where final decisions have been issued.
by:
- R.H.C. Luja
in Law
The Greek, the Euro and Democracy

15 July 2015

After months of negotiations between Greece, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Union (EU), which acuminated in an overwhelming amount of over 60% of “no”-votes by the Greek citizens to the reforms attached to the second Greek bailout programme...