By Andrew T. Codd , I.Miguel Durán de Barbozza and Margot Perrier Transforming the Ruhr from a dying industrial center to a lively cultural area came just in time to preserve the areas history, channeling it into new means without forgetting the area’s heritage, but many hours of organazing meetings were needed to achieve...
Read more »
Tags: CULTure, EU, germany, Reporting Europe, Ruhr
Posted in Edition 2010, Opinion, Other, Regional economy, Reporting Europe | No Comments »
By Anna Buch, Ana Muñoz Padrós, Beatriz Paúl Naya and Anna Rydholm. The solution to problems is not always to start from the beginning. That is what they thought in the Ruhr area when the coal industry when died and significant mines were abandoned. Many years of history and work for the people of...
Read more »
Tags: climbing, coal mines, diving, Duisburg, Europe in the World, European Capital of Culture, leisure, Ruhr, theatre
Posted in Edition 2010, European Union, Regional economy | No Comments »
By Bart de Bruijn, Bobbie van der List and Kai Heijneman. German coal and steel was the motor of the German economy. It made France and the rest of Europe fear the German military potential, but it also turned out to be the start of european integration. Now the Germans want to preserve their...
Read more »
Posted in Edition 2010, Regional economy | No Comments »
By Piers d’Orgee, Steffen Windfeld-Hansen and Michael Huguenin Keeping in touch with people abroad used to be thought of as a pretty expensive process. To directly call someone by phone across a border often leaves one with a phone bill comparable to a mortgage payment. It still can be arduous on the wallet if...
Read more »
Tags: Bills, commission, competition, European Commission, Phone, Reporting Brussels, Single market, Skype
Posted in European Union, Other, Regional economy, Reporting Europe, The Netherlands | 2 Comments »
With a robust port structure and a modern, high speed transportation network in place, the region of Valencia is being equipped to make the transition from a progressing region to a global leader in regional development. With developments in place to expand its port, integrate itself as part of the TEN-T network and to...
Read more »
Tags: valencia
Posted in Regional economy | No Comments »