By Vong Sokheng and Shane Worrell, originall published by The Phnom Penh Post

A weekend meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Hun Sen concluded with millions in loans and aid agreed to and a clear message: neither nation is in a rush to deal with the prickly South China Sea dispute.

By Georgi Gotev, originally published by EurActiv

Jacques Delors, the former European Commission president widely seen as one of the 'fathers of Europe', said yesterday (28 March) that EU leaders were "killing Europe", replacing the community method by inter-governmental solutions and nationalism, with the complicity of the Union's institutions.

By Luis Miguel González, Editorial Director at El Economista (Mexico)

Some will say that the end result is not important because the most important matter to achieve was that the Mexican national team continued on the field.

By Sokeel J Park for ISN Insights

How to deal with North Korean refugees is currently one of the hottest issues in China and South Korea’s bilateral relationship.

By Georgi Gotev, originally published by EurActiv

A website launched by the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) to collect citizens’ complaints about Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian nationals has unleashed a flurry of comments on the Web. The EurActiv network reports.

Italy is at a crossroads. The next year will decide if it's condemned to economic stagnation, social unrest and political subjugation, or if it can emerge from a crisis that is first and foremost cultural.

Debate over the future of local banking sector has hardly been a new thing here.

Vietnamese media keep telling the public about the problem of rising financial burdens caused by interest rates and shrinking funds availability, pushing many non-financial SMEs to the verge of collapse.

Vietnam’s money and capital markets continue to see dramatic stages in remaining months of 2011 due to high bank rates and also increasing foreign-exchange exposure faced by domestic enterprises.

Since mid-2000s, Vietnamese have paid much more attention to financial investments and transactions.