Kerry Skyring

The Czech and Slovak governments this week appealed to the 15 European Union members to open their labour markets. Their appeal comes as Sweden, Britain and others say…

More than 100 Orthodox rabbis gathered in Vienna this week to find ways to revive Jewish life in eastern and central European communities. Many communities are still…

As Austria looks back on forty years of labour migration some of its neighbours, the EU candidate countries are beginning to see increased labour migration. The Czech…

Only 3% of the EU's population are farmers yet Agriculture accounts for 50% of the European Commission's budget. And that budget is coming under pressure as the EU…

Poland is facing problems in creating a modern knowledge based economy. That is an economy in which wealth is created through production, distribution and use of knowledge…

Poland and Slovakia are competing to attract investment in a new car factory by South Koreas KIA Motor Corporation. The factory will turn out 300 thousand cars annually…

Ireland now holds the rotating EU Presidency. A major challenge will be to oversee EU enlargement on the 1st of May. When another 10 countries join up. Dublin will also…

From it's source in the Black Forest of Germany to its mouth in the Black Sea, the Danube River flows through 11 countries including Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and…

As Poland works on its future EU policy others are worrying about the future of the EU without the streamlining that the constitution would have brought. It may now be…

Poland, although by far the largest is just one of ten countries joining the EU next year - so what of the other smaller candidates countries, such as Slovenia? Do they…