articles for civil society

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has the pleasure to invite all interested civil society stakeholders to Luxembourg for a seminar between civil society and the Bank’s Boar...

http://www.eib.org/infocentre/events/all/eib-board-of-directors-seminar-with-civil-society-2016.htm?media=rss&language=en

If you want a passport in Pakistan, you wait in line – possibly for hours. You might get to the passport office at the crack of dawn to avoid the queue. The process might b...

http://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/when-emperor-reaches-out-citizen-s-new

Ramzan Kadyrov, the 39-year-old strongman who has held the post of president of Russia's Chechen Republic for nine years, rang in the new year by lashing out at Chechen immigr...

http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-opposition-ponders-chechnyas-ramzan-kadyrov/3140533.html

By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou The adoption of so-called "same-sex civil partnership" [in Greece] has created serious problems for a society that is...

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mystagogy/~3/CiJ448WuU48/orthodox-christianity-in-contemporary.html

[Excerpt] Over the past decade, German hospitals have been privatised at a rate not seen in any other country. In response to massive public-sector debt and the resulting inve...

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles/1047

Zambia’s ruling Patriotic Front party has warned its members that it is the prerogative of incumbent President Edgar Lungu to choose his vice presidential running mate befor...

http://www.voanews.com/content/zambia-ruling-party-warns-supporters-over-possible-division/3138954.html

Pope Francis lays out his case for emphasizing the merciful face of the Catholic Church in his first book as pontiff, saying God never tires of forgiving and actually prefers ...

http://www.voanews.com/content/francis-lays-out-case-for-mercy-in-first-book-as-pope/3138818.html

The Digital Single Market is an opportunity not only to revitalise the European economy, but to tackle some of the biggest problems facing our society, including poverty, unem...

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/digital/high-time-unlock-potential-digital-single-market-320796

ROBAUTO enables users to create their own robotic solutions. This accelerates innovation and lowers cost barriers. Their first product is BiBli. BiBli is an intelligent autono...

http://www.totallyfreestuff.com/index.asp?ID=102816&ref=rss

Most Canadians have entered 2016 with a sense of optimism -- rid of the Harper nastiness, they're ready for the "sunny days" of a Liberal government still in its honeymoon and...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/john-cartwright/labour-unions-social-justice_b_8932462.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics&ir=Canada+Politics

North Korea's recent nuclear-weapons test [http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/05/asia/north-korea-seismic-event/] constitutes provocative, destabilizing activity for the region and th...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cesar-jaramillo/north-korea-nuclear-weapons_b_8931942.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics&ir=Canada+Politics

It didn’t take long for fossil fuel companies to prove that meaningful climate legislation means nothing if it is undermined by free trade agreements, such as NAFTA or TTIP....

http://fyeg.org/news/us-sued-energy-company-protecting-climate-eu-next