Its ridiculous how much data is available and how dispersed it is. Everybody always complains about the difficulty of coming accross data or just normal news. Hopefully this page helps. It sure as hell helps me!!
Politics, Economists write,General Economic Journals, Economic Data and International Organisations, European Union(1-6), European Labour Market (Labour Unions & Employer Organisations) and Innovation
Politics and political data
EuroAsia Group - Defining the business of Politics- a business consultancy about politics
Freedom House - For political and economic freedom. Annual reports (2002-...)
Transparency International - organisation against corruption and Reports: 2009
Human Rights Watch -and annual Reports: 2009
Amnesty International and annual Reports: 2009
World Bank Database of Political Institutions - really complete!! A must have!!
Power Index - This is a very good website, from which you can download a computer programme ( I.O.P2.0.2. ), which allows you to compute power indexes based on a game theoretical application of veto player theory, from the University of Konstanz in Germany.
Elections
Inter-Parliamentary Union - A fairly thorough website with information about elections in the last 40 years throughout the world and its own set of links to other similar websites.
Islam in Europe - this is an interesting albeit at times extreme website about muslims in Europe. Better to read the facts and ignore some of the comments.
Economists write
VOX EU - Many smart people say what...? Best open economic website, in my opinion
Joseph E. Stiglitz Website - (not a Blog)
Cafe Hayek - (for an alternative Austrian perspective on Economics)
Economic Data
New York University list of recommended websites better and more complete list than the one here
NYU Global Development Network Growth Database - A lot of annual data
N.B.: Some of the data is not accessible for free. Universities and other such bodies normally allow access. For LSE access, check here (micro, macro, financial data, GIS and International data centre and Institutes) or alternatively here (here and here).
World Governance International Organisations (non EU)
UN - The Organisation of the United Nations (data)
WTO - World Trade Organisation (data)
WB - World Bank (data)
IMF - International Monetary Fund (data)
Regional International Organisations (Non European)
OSCE - Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
USA
CBO - US's Congressional Budget Office
OMB - US's White House Office of Management and Budget
US's Deparment of the Treasury - equivalent of finance ministry
Federal Reserve System of the USA - Central Bank of USA
European Union (EU)
1.General Information
European Union Presidency
European Union Glossary - A Dictionary for all things EU
Euroactiv - Fantastic site with enormous amounts of information. Also good for job hunting
The Economist's Charlemagne - The Economist's European Section
2. Economics
Eurostat (the statistical branch of the EU. Not exactly the same thing as the previous link)
Central Banks
Bank of England - Central Bank of the UK (England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland) (data)
Ceská Narodoní Banká - Czech National Bank (data)
Magyar Nemzeti Bank - Central Bank of Hungary(data)
Latvijas Banka - Central Bank of Latvia (data)
Lietuvos Bankas - Central Bank of Lithuania (data)
Statistical Offices
Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Economiques (France) - More complete in French than in English
Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland - Germany's Statistics office
3. Politics, Democracy and Legitimacy
VoteWatch.eu - Keeping track of who votes for what at the EU level
Eurobarometer - Public opinion and perception of the EU polls. 1974- ...
4. Agriculture
An introduction to the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy)
CAP Health Check - A website that keeps track of developments regarding EU agricultural policy
5.External Trade
6. Cohesion Policy and the rest of EU Budget
European Labour Market
Labour Unions
ETUC -European Trade Union Confederation
Employers Organisations
FedEE - Federation of European Employers
Innovation
Gizmo - Great site for previews and reviews of gadgets
iSupply - innovation consultancy. Relevant for automotive industry
Nature The World's best Science and Medicine on your Desktop.
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