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InterviewSustainability 19 December Dec 2016 1210 19 December 2016 Is sharing mobility the future?
Vita International posed the question to Veronica Aneris, Senior policy officer at Transport & Environment (T&E), Europe's leading NGO campaigning for cleaner transport.
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InterviewCooperation 14 October Oct 2016 1109 14 October 2016 Patrick Gomes (ACP Group of States):«Diversifying partnerships is key for our future»
Ambassador Patrick Gomes shares his views regarding the main and most pressing challenges that the ACP (The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) is facing.
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InterviewWomen 6 September Sep 2016 1321 06 September 2016 Bringing gender equality to Europe
Joanna Maycock, Secretary General of the European Women's Lobby (EWL), talks to Vita International about feminisms, Beyoncé and why compliance and austerity are the worst enemies of gender equality
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InterviewEuropean Parliament 5 April Apr 2016 1205 05 April 2016 Gianni Pittella: "Europe needs to change its strategy in Africa"
Since assuming leadership of the European Socialist and Democrats Group (S&D) in the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella has committed to make Africa "an absolute priority of our group". Today the S&D Group president will be inaugurating the launch of the Africa Week: an initiative of the S&D - of which Vita international is a media partner. From 5-11 April, experts, deputies, civil society leaders, Europeans and above all Africans will be discussing the future of the continent.
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InterviewFinance 4 February Feb 2016 1106 04 February 2016 Bad banks are bad news for savers
Last week, the European Commission and Italy reached an accord on a scheme to help Italian banks sell some of their 200 billion euros of bad loans. “This intervention will not create any burdens for our public finances,” the finance ministry said. However, Professor Luigi Zingales is not so optimistic.
