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Russian schools, Baltic lessons

One thing Latvia and Estonia definitely have in common: Flat and sparsely populated landscapes along sandy coasts. So flat that the destinations our Latvian hitchhiker Kristina (whom we take from Riga northwards) wants to see most urgently are: Austria (Alps) … Continue reading

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“Estonia shows: The euro is not to be blamed for Europe’s economic woes”

The streets of Tallinn are stunning, nobody seems to suffer from the former communist regime or the recent crisis. Euroskop spoke to Urmas Paet, Minister of Foreign Affairs, about the reasons for Estonia’s success, SMS voting, and our common currency. 

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“It would be sign of maturity if we allowed soft Euro-scepticism as normal”

Euroskop arrived in the Netherlands and spoke to Menno Spiering, Professor of European Studies at University of Amsterdam. Here are some of his views on Euro-scepticism, the Greek debt crisis and abolishing Holland.

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Happy Birthday, Euro.

The most ambitious European project gets ten: On 1st january 2002, over night, 307 million Europeans had got a common currency. Today, no one is partying – not a big surprise. Let’s not make fools of ourselves by celebrating a problem child. … Continue reading

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