First of all, after the end of the Cold war, public opinion research demonstrates that in both countries the perception of the other side as an enemy decreased; in the United States it remains pretty stable, and the majority of Americans do not perceive Russia as a Cold-war-style adversary.

The "2012 Confucius Institutes Joint Conference In Parts of Europe" was held on September 7 in the University of Vienna...132 Confucius Institutes and over 500 Confucius Classrooms have been built in 33 European countries, with a 970,000 total enrollment, said Xu Lin, director of the Office of Chinese Language Council International and the Confucius Institutes Headquarters.

Poland placed 20th in the Top 100 Most Valuable Nation Brands prepared by the London-based Brand Finance, and showed the highest percentage growth rate in 2012 at 75%, the daily Puls Biznesu reported on Friday.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing, from 3-6 September 2012 at the Parliament Palace, Hall CA Rosetti, and at the MFA Annual Meeting of the Romanian Diplomacy (RADR). According to the press release sent by MFA, at this year will be attended by three special guests: Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of the OSCE, Grigol Vashadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and Oleg Efrim, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Moldova.

Recent conflicts in North Africa have demonstrated Europe's capacity and willingness to project military power, and these build on a growing European tendency toward consolidation of hard power. The UK and France have put aside historical enmities to develop an ever-closer defense relationship, and over time this tendency will only increase.

This really is most likely the initial national slogan which turns the spotlight around the people and also the human spirit as opposed to the country, its natural marvels or history. This can be a quite strong and assured statement of Kosovos attitude like a country as well as its future intentions.

"Promoting cultural communication is an interesting job," says Krause in fluent Chinese. "The Confucius Institute is more like my kid, a 5-year-old who has started kindergarten but doesn't need breastfeeding anymore," he adds.

Almost half of the European guests, who visited Ukraine during EURO 2012 football championship, stated that Ukraine deserved to enter the EU in the near future. EU citizens were surveyed by GfK Company as a part of the Soft Power of Ukraine in the EU and Beyond project, commissioned by the Institute of World Policy, USA.