Category Archives: History

Brussels and the EU institutions. How it all began.

By Anda | Published: May 20, 2010
Fact: Brussels is the centre of EU activities, the main seat of its institutions. It is enshrined in the Treaties as such. But was it like this from the very beginning? And why was it chosen to play this role? Going down history lane, we find Belgium, one of the founding members of the European [...]
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The animated President of the European Council

By Kosmopolit | Published: February 2, 2010
Do you remember our little series with the terrible name  “How to explain a political process with a video?“  No? Well, today, it is time to revive this category as I found a new animated EU video about the role of the President of the European Council produced by the TV Newsroom of the Council [...]
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"Walled In!" Germany's inner border

By Kosmopolit | Published: July 4, 2009
Pretty cool animation. Nice example how to make history more interesting and how computer animation can be used for educational purposes. Find more details about the project on DW World: For 28 years, a nearly insurmountable barrier kept people from fleeing East Germany. But then, the dramatic night of November 9, 1989, saw the fall [...]
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