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Google's latest privacy policy
Scheduled to come into effect on 1 March, Google’s much-publicised new privacy policy and terms, which it says will give users better search results, ads and improve their experience overall, have come under scrutiny from the EU's data-protection authorities.

Rio +20 must build new economic order
We may need short-term decisions to overcome the crisis, but we want our leaders to keep the long-term perspective of sustainability, which simply means that, by meeting our everyday needs, we don’t restrict the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Capturing the ECB
NEW YORK – Nothing illustrates better the political crosscurrents, special interests, and shortsighted economics now at play in Europe than the debate over the restructuring of Greece’s sovereign debt. Germany insists on a deep restructuring – at least a 50% 'haircut' for bondholders – whereas the European Central Bank (ECB) insists that any debt restructuring must be voluntary.

Seizing sustainable development
HELSINKI/JOHANNESBURG – The world is on an unsustainable path, and must urgently chart a new course forward, one that brings equity and environmental concerns into the economic mainstream. To do so, we must put sustainable development into practice now, not in spite of the economic crisis, but because of it.

Lights, cameras, inaction
It’s amazing what you can get used to, how a warped world can become seen as normal. Take European summits. We’ve all got used to seeing the great and good arrive, followed by the politicians. Yeah, I know a cheap shot but what the Hell.

A Brussels agreement that fell short by €15bn
The latest chapter of the Athenian tragedy of the past two years was written in Berlin and Greek Prime Minister Loukas Papademos heard it recited in Brussels on 30 January in the extraordinary Summit of the 27 EU leaders.

A strategy for Russia’s snow revolution
MOSCOW – Non-violent revolutions do not always remain non-violent, as the examples of uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria in the Arab Spring have shown.

Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012:Confidently Chic
And yet again, Franck Sorbier, this Couturier of immense talent, presented a conceptual collection, while  paying tribute to Classical Antiquity. In his ‘imaginary museum’, Aphrodite with her resin-sculpted torso crosses Diana the Huntress and Athena, the warrior. 

Nobody can afford a Eurozone collapse
The Greek issue was not the main item on the last EU summit’s agenda on Monday 30 January, but it was the main theme in every discussion outside the meeting room.

South Stream south-westward route delayed
The southern branch of the planned Russian-backed South Stream natural gas pipeline will not start until 2015, a Greek former energy minister told New Europe on 3 February, indicating that the optional south-westward route is up in the air.