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When Wills Meet

When Wills Meet

Colombia’s peace agreement earned global applause and a Nobel Peace Prize for the then president, Juan Manuel Santos. A third of the way into the deal’s 15-year time frame, María Ángela Holguín, former government minister of Foreign Affairs, reflects upon its progress.

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75 Years of the UN

75 Years of the UN

The United Nations officially came into being on 24 October 1945. 75 years ago, in the aftermath of the horrors of World War II, the UN set up a new order built upon hope, peace, equality and justice.

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200 years of Colombia

200 years of Colombia

It was two centuries ago that the decisive battle over the Boyacá Bridge took place and the Colombian army ensured the country’s independence. Javier Ortiz Cassiani, Historian at the Cartagena University, portrays the years preceding the birth of this nation.

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Two Sides One Way

Two Sides One Way

In 1989, Poland underwent a peaceful transition from communism to democracy, made possible through negotiations and compromise, as well as social mobilisation and engagement.

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The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

The experience of losing independence for over a century and fighting to get it back became a permanent part of Polish identity. Researcher Katarzina Sierakowska writes about that idea of polishness and how it started to be forged way before the past hundred years.

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Poles and Independence

Poles and Independence

Historian Jan Olaszek recalls the main events, figures, symbols and challenges that marked Poland’s reappearance on the map of Europe.

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Walking side by side

Walking side by side

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and Portugal´s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa strengthen ties to promote economic relations between the two countries.

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The Post-Conflict: Challenges and opportunities for Colombia

The Post-Conflict: Challenges and opportunities for Colombia

It is about using this historical moment to turn Colombia into what it should be: a country where the same law applies to everybody and where the Government protects us all.

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Flexibility: The main Challenge of the EU

Flexibility: The main Challenge of the EU

If the EU wants to avoid the return of revolutionary and nationalistic politics, it should, in my view, de-constitutionalise the issue of central versus local power within the EU.

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Europe at the Crossroads

Europe at the Crossroads

The European Community tried to make all this diversity compatible with the deepening of policies that was underway. It did not manage to do this.

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Remembering the Founding Fathers and values

Remembering the Founding Fathers and values

We, Europeans, are in desperate need of leaders, as we once had, who dedicated their energy, motivation and enthusiasm to the cause of European integration.

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Europe seen from the Outside

Europe seen from the Outside

Seen from the outside, Europe was no longer an example to the world, and became, in the kindest way of putting it, a puzzlement.

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A visual journey through the colombian conflict

A visual journey through the colombian conflict

Take a different look into some of the key moments in Latin America’s longest-running conflict.

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History and Causes of the Colombian Conflict

History and Causes of the Colombian Conflict

At least 60% of what would become the Colombian population lived in such a closed and self-sufficient way that the structural change that came after affected it severely.

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Colombia: A Story of Success and Hope

Colombia: A Story of Success and Hope

“Colombia: the only risk is wanting to stay.” It wasn’t always like that.