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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
The Dutch ‘Troonrede’ (King’s Speech) and the EU

18 September 2015
In today’s (15 september 2015) King’s speech the King said that the government will have as a point of departure for its presidency in 2016 of the Council of Ministers, a Europe which functions better and aims at essentials. Furthermore it will work towards an innovative Europe with a well...
by:
- A.W. Heringa
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...