The European Union today may seem unsure of itself, its political leaders vacillating, its intellectuals confused in regard to the way ahead and vague about Europe’s identity. For the Austrian author, Stefan Zweig, Europe was his Heimat, his home, and even though not a believer in any classical sense, he was convinced Europe had a soul.
A proposed Directive seeks to increasing the number of talented internationals who may reside in the EU.
“European economic governance needs to be balanced by a social dimension,”stated representatives of the Churches in Europe at a meeting with the Irish EU Presidency in Dublin on 8 March.
2013 is the 
At a time of crisis and cuts to the welfare state, the mantra of reforms in exchange for efficiency has also reached education.
At least since the time when the concept of “life-long learning” has served to define European education policy, skills and abilities that can be acquired outside the formal education systems have assumed increasing importance.
Nearly 4000 people took part in the European Forum Alpbach from 16 August to 1 September 2012: students and academics, politicians and diplomats, businessmen and women and economists.
It was for the seventh time when, on 1 July 2012, Prof. Dr. Neuper, Rector of the University of Graz and Bishop Dr. Kapellari officially opened the ”International Summer School Seggau (ISSS)“.
The Baghdad Open University project is an initiative of the Dominican Fathers in Baghdad. They saw the need to create a place for freedom, dialogue and study – in a country laid waste by tyranny and war, where few good educational opportunities exist for a traumatised younger generation with little to look forward to.