LONDON - It was once described that the differences between continental Europe and the United States were buffered by the United Kingdom, who resides in the middle. All three parties represent different systems, values and standards of capitalism and socialism that have been argued ad nauseam. Regardless of those differences, they have found one another in a shared economic quandary.

We have killed our gods and discovered that nobody knows anything...

LONDON – Since he became a medical student in 1947, Walter Holland has witnessed and participated in the evolution of England’s health care system for over 60 years....

PARIS – The ultimate mission for hospitals is to serve the public’s best interest...

LONDON – Each year, 190,000 immigrants from developing countries migrate to London. Searching for better living conditions, striving for a better education, longing for suitable jobs and hoping to improve English skills are reasons for this large amount of immigration...

PARIS – Barbés-Rochechouart is a heavily populated migrant neighborhood located northeast from the center of Paris. Barbés, as the locals have nicknamed the area, has developed into a Mecca for North Africans and Arab immigrants...

LONDON – The economy in London is similar to other industrialized cities in the world: a declining number of jobs with an overflow of applicants, leaving many would-be workers out in the cold, literally...

PARIS – It’s hour 50 of the education reform demonstration as a circle made up of about 25 people moves clockwise in front of Hotel de Ville to protest the new education reform the Parisian government wants to pass...

PARIS – Desperate times call for desperate measures. In a city where tourism brings people from all over the world to famous attractions like the Eiffel Tower, the desperation of the con artists is the price most tourists have to pay for...

LONDON – A pint at the pub is considered an English tradition. So when a government adviser proposed hiking the price of alcohol to combat the country’s over-the-top consumption, pub-goers were up in arms...

PARIS – Wine drinking is a national pastime in Paris and all of France, but with the economy deteriorating, people are trying to find cheaper ways of purchasing their favorite beverage. The need to save money has led to an increase in the popularity of boxed wines...

LONDON – One common factor among most London universities and college students today is their feeling of confusion and frustration towards increasing tuition and fees.

Stragan, a sixth year student from the University of London, believes if the English government decided to put the money used to fund the war into education, college would be free for students...

Faced with culture barriers, no understanding of the French language and with some extra savings she raised as a student worker, Christina Rozul knew that moving to Paris would be one of the most challenging things she had ever done in her life...