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Martin Unfried published in the Tageszeitung Berlin
Check out ITEM-researcher Martin Unfried’s insightful column in the Tageszeitung Berlin! He challenges the typical portrayal of the EU in German media, debunking myths of
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Martin Unfried featured as a guest on interview programme De Stemming of L1
ITEM researcher Martin Unfried was a guest on L1’s De Stemming interview programme on Saturday 19 May. The topic of discussion was the European Parliament
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ITEM projectpartner Coordination Point Border Obstacles Flanders-Netherlands
A milestone in the cooperation between Flanders and the Netherlands: the project ‘Coordination Point Border Obstacles Flanders-Netherlands (Schakelpunt)’ was approved by the supervisory committee Interreg
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Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2024: topics announced
The topics for the Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2024 have been selected and the research phase is progressing well. The final reports will be presented
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No mention of border regions on EU’s political agenda
On 29 April 2024, the Next ITEM: European Elections and Border Regions event took place at EIPA Maastricht. During this event, ITEM experts Martin
Broad Prosperity in border regions: not easy, but essential
On 27 and 28 March 2024, the ‘Limburgse tweedaagse’ (two-day event) of the National Network Broad Prosperity took place in Maastricht, organised by NEIMED, the
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Cross-border coordination points: Experts emphasize the added-value
What are the pros and cons of the amended Commission proposal (COM (2023) 790) for an EU regulation on a cross-border mechanism? ITEM organised a
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WinWin4WorkLife project start
WinWin4WorkLife Project Launches to Explore and Enhance Remote Work Impacts Across Europe From February 2024, the WinWin4WorkLife project has begun, aimed at understanding and addressing
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Opinion: Border effects assessment must be improved
Opinion: Border effects assessment must be improved A new year, new tax rules. Sugar tax is driving Dutch consumers across the border, was the gist