Cyprus lies on an axis of movement, both north-south and east-west. It stands at the crossroads of three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa. It is, therefore hardly surprising that throughout history the major powers in the region have taken an interest in controlling and settling the island. Its strategic position has always ensured that Cyprus has played a key role in history, but it has also resulted in the island becoming a victim of others’ power politics.

The Fouloy's Lobbying Explanatory Dictionary is a single, one-stop resource not available elsewhere in such a format on the subject of lobbying and advocacy.

Credit Default Swaps and Negative Credit Default Swaps are one of the major causes of the financial crisis we are in, and in particular for a country like Greece since those who hold Negative Credit Default Swaps have been lobbying hard to force a default on Greece's debt by insisting on severe measures against Greece and lobbying Governments to up the interest charged on the debts that Greece owes, or on future loans they may wish to take out.

What would be the world, if it were a village of 100 inhabitants? Where and how would people live? Which languages would they speak? What kind of work would they do?  How many children would they have? Where would the energy come from? Where would the waste go? And how would people get along?

 AALEP has appointed Mr. George Stavri as Secretary General of the Association. George, a native of Cyprus, born in 1961 completed all his academic studies at Stanford University in multiple degrees, i.e. Economics (W/Honors), Political Science (W/Honors) and International Trade and Finance. While at Stanford, George read Political Science with Dr. Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and was in the same class as H.R.H.

Although registration in the EU Transparency Register does not confer an automatic right to a long term pass to enter the premises of the European Parliament, it is nevertheless clearly stated that obtaining a long term pass presupposes prior registration in the Register.

In the United States a clear difference exists between registration and wearing a badge.

As of 23 June, you now can go online and see the NEW 'EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER' www.europa.eu/transparency-register

The Register is Voluntary. Date of entry into force: 23 June 2011. Both organisation and individual lobbyists may register.

AALEP Chair Christian D. de Fouloy met on 20 June 2011 with Dr. Salwa Fawzia El-Deghali, a distinguished Member of the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC) within the framework of a workshop held at the European Parliament on the 'Role of Women in the Democratisation Process in Arab Countries' organised by the Committee for Women Rights and Gender Equality, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Delegation for the relations with the Maghreb countries of the European Parliament.

The BRIC countries-Brazil, Russia, India and China have a population of over 2.8 billion people between them (more than 40% of the world's population. These countries are going to be the dominant forces in the next 50 years. Now with the recent admission of South Africa, the group will be present on three continents (Africa, Asia and South America), as well as a looming presence in Eastern Europe, thanks to Russia.