Essays on Europe

Introduction This paper is about the effect of the financial crisis on Italian banks. The financial crisis can be divided into two different phases: the first is the subprime phase from 2007 to 2008, while the second is the sovereign debt and redenomination risk phase from 2010 to 2012. During the first part of the...

According to Fenger, the type of government welfare states arrangement in Eastern European consist of Soviet Union (FSU) Central Eastern Europe (CEE) and other developing States like Georgia and Romania. These countries have gone through a lot of political and economic transitions in comparison with all the other Countries. Hemerijck and Ferrera claimed that immediately...

Italy’s location on the Mediterranean connected it with the trade routes of the traditional civilizations that developed within the region. With the town of Rome’s rise to power, the Italian Peninsula became the middle of an enormous empire that lasted for hundreds of years. Italy’s initial societies emerged around 1200 B.C. Around 800 B.C. Greeks...

Architecture held within the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum has been preserved on a level that no other art from the time period has been able to reproduce. An unfortunate tragedy occurred in 79 CE when a large volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted taking the cities by storm. These Roman towns were soon flooded with volcanic...

An analysis of the spectacular growth that Ireland had in the last few decades would not be complete enough without a comparison with the economic performance that the island had prior to this economic miracle. The close historical ties between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, with their shared legal tradition, common language...

Paris is the most beautiful city in France. It is the capital city of France. Paris has a wide historical background. It is situated in the north part of the center of France, at the bank of Seine river. Seine river divide Paris into two halves, the left bank has cultural and modern development and...

The world contains over one hundred unique countries each with their own culture and history. Each country has its own unique aspects to it, but there are also similarities between a multitude of countries. The focus of this paper will be on a single country, Ukraine. Ukraine is a European country with a diverse culture,...

Clothing: The usual German attire is usually western themed. Men and women both wear dark, simple suits and shirts in the business world. However, in each section of the country have their own traditional clothes, which differ a bit from each other. Some sections have men wearing shirts and knickers or Lederhosen (leather trousers), and...

Paris is the capital of France and the most highly populated city in the country with a population of 2.2 million. Since the 17th century Paris has been one of Europe’s major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science and the arts, particularly well known for its museums and landmarks. In 2017, 23 million people visited...

The deconstruction of the Berlin Wall symbolized the end of dictatorship and oppression after decades of being held in this vicious cycle. The people of Germany in 1989 had an instinct for liberty and political equality that overruled their want for governmental control after the second world war and up until the end of the...