Martin Ehl

An unspectacular visit by Vladimir Putin is an important measure of the growing pressures on a united EuropeOn February 2, Vladimir Putin arrived in Budapest. That simple sentence written in this fast-moving and unpredictable...

What is the best role for government in higher education, hands-on or off the table?It might seem strange that a generation after the fall of the Iron Curtain, good quality education is still scarce...

Shattering upheavals have left Central and Eastern Europe longing for calm, but a disruptive new generation is looking towards innovationThere has been no shortage of out-of-the-box ideas: A flying car and an energy-self-sufficient mobile...

Britain, our role model in language, constitutional law, education and business, would gradually feel farther and farther awayI want to encourage my children to learn English, although they are not always as enthusiastic as...

With Central European governments constantly changing the rules, it has become impossible for families or businesses to plan for the futureA quarter century might seem like a long time, surely time enough to plan to...

How the refugees bring the danger of new walls between East and WestThe wave of refugees flooding in across the borders has caught the European Union off guard. While older EU members have...