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Greek Lessons for Europe  “It’s when the tide goes out that you find out who has been swimming naked,” the legendary investor Warren Buffet aptly remarked when the global economic crisis hit. And, as we have found out in About interest rates and public interest Financial developments on both shores of the Atlantic Ocean during the past two years were a severe test of how the western world could go on producing the goods and services needed to maintain the Yes to the European Monetary Fund It was Greece, more precisely its fiscal crisis, that triggered the discussion for the creation of a European Monetary Fund, a new Eurozone organization that will probably be annexed to the European Central Bank (ECB,) Not just a veiled threat, France wants to ban the “demeaning” burqa  .After on-again, off-again debates over whether the burqa, or niqab, the Muslim full-body dress, is a cultural and religious right or demeaning to women, the balance in France – led by President Nicolas Sarkozy – Clear and Present Danger: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Surplus Arms and Ammunition Two years ago, on 15 March 2008, a blast at an ammunition storage site in Albania killed 26 people, injured many more, destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and buildings, and caused extensive economic and Few women rule in politics, even at the top of the top – except for the EU  Hello, Ida Lupino, wherever you are. Maybe this is all you need to know about how women are still viewed in society, even when they reach the highest levels of achievement in business, politics, the Morocco needs tougher talk, sweeter carrots  The EU-Morocco summit held in Granada on 7 March set a double precedent. For one, it was the first summit with a third country since the Lisbon Treaty came into force. European eyes turned to We need e-skills for Europe’s economic recovery  Europe is in the midst of the worst financial crisis in decades but investment in the digital world could be the key to get us out of it. Businesses need to be able to compete New commission must unlock potential of agency work  New EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs László Andor faces an unenviable task in seeking to get people back to work and stimulate jobs and employment opportunities in a fragile economy. Eurostats own figures Energy and Climate : When 20+20 gets us to 50  In 2020, the “good” news will be that the rising anarchy in energy and climate policy in most of the previous decade did eventually produce a sharp response. By that time, leading industrialists will be An independent Afghanistan?  When will Afghanistan become truly self-sustaining?
The age-old question is still looming above the international community despite politicians’ attempts to set timeframe estimates of when outsiders could finally leave the country in the hands of The long winter Last weekend the Global Agency Responsible for the Amusement of the Masses (or what some people call Hollywood) were hosting their Oscars. An annual event that comes down to one thing, who’s wearing the best Reluctant EU tailors tough bail-out deal for near-bankrupt Greece  After weeks of denying that Greece, struggling under the weight of 300 billion euros in debt and a 12.7% deficit would get any kind of a bail-out, the European Union has fashioned a package that Iceland’s refusal to repay bank losses won’t bar EU talks Iceland’s massive rejection of a deal with Britain and the Netherlands on paying back the losses caused by the collapse of an internet bank should be no bar to European Union accession talks, the European China’s budding identity dilemma  China’s weight in global affairs seems to be mounting by the day. Not only is China about to become the second most important single economy in the world, it recently also took over Germany as From the i-conomy to the i-society  The Lisbon Council, an active think tank in Brussels, organized recently The 2010 Innovation Summit, in order to discuss with some experts the new challenges that Europe is facing for the future. It was the Ashton says EU world credibility will start in its backyard first  Already on the hot seat less than three months into her job as the European Union’s new real Foreign Minister because of criticism about her lack of experience and handling of hotspots and catastrophes around As fiscal emergency eases, the ECB holds the line Unless you’re one of the millions of Europeans without a job or having lost a home to high mortgage interest rates, the recession has wound back enough for the European Central Bank to retreat from As seen on TV I’ve been pleased by the positive response from people in the Parliament and Commission to the idea of using comic strips as the main communication medium. However, some webloggers have raised an interesting idea that EADS, Northrop give up bid for US Air Force tanker, cite favoritism  At one point, they had won a $40 billion contract to build the next generation of aerial refueling planes for the US Air Force, but after domestic pressure in the United States led to a After EADS loses US deal, the EU issues a warning After its major airline maker, EADS, pulled out of an attempt to win a $35 billion contract with an American partner, Northrop Grumman to build refueling aircraft for the US Air Force, the European Commission EADS learns the US fix was in for Boeing In a time of two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, where American troops almost single-handedly are doing the world’s fighting against terrorism and the ceaseless quest for oil to fuel luxury cars of rich people Without homeland, Blair says no hope for Palestinians, peace  Former British prime minister Tony Blair, now a Special Envoy to the Middle East, says the problem has become so intransigent that there is “no hope” for Palestinians unless they have an independent state, an Israel will let UN chief Ban, EU envoy Ashton into Gaza Israel said it will allow United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to enter the Gaza Strip when they each make Mideast visits later this month, the Israeli Maldives wants German help on climate, and Sharia law  Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed said that his island country is looking at German scholars’ expertise in Islamic law to help consolidate its young democracy, after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. “I have done The Missives of March  STRASBOURG, France – Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called for an effective EU foreign, security and defense policy as well as funding for the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS,) and Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko murder Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on 10 March won libel damages of GBP 150,000 ($223,000) after a court in London rejected a claim that he was implicated in the radioactive poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in EBRD boosts security of energy supply in Baltics  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) increased its support for the creation of a modern power system in the Baltic region with a €150 million loan for the construction of a state-of–the-art gas RWE inks MoU for exploration in Azerbaijan German energy giant RWE said on 10 March that it signed a memorandum of understanding for oil and gas exploration in Azerbaijan. RWE, which is one of the six members of the consortium overseeing development Ahmadinejad: US war a pretext to control Gulf Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on 12 March that the US anti-terror war was just a pretext to control the energy resources in the Gulf region, state media reported. “They claim to be here for |
A few years ago, the European Commission selected the company Hudson/DeWitte & Morel to organize an Assessment Centre for Senior The former leader of the European Tories Conservative party was ejected from after defeating the As Bart Staes, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium and the Group A GMO hot potato Near-bankrukpt Greece a culture of corruption, $1 billion a year in bribes Mr. Papandreou goes to Washington Suffer Little Children David Cameron and the Rumble in the Jungle There more barriers in Ukraine than in Europe Farage to Belgium: I'm sorry; but he's not apologizing to Van Rompuy Architecture in Europe A Penalty For Missing The Millennium Development Goal? France tells Serbia to get over it, Kosovo is gone Banks can create and destroy -... Banks can create money. This time-cherished truth opened the way to the last credit crisis, which still threatens the world Down with the bankers, loan sharks... Europeans have rightfully blamed greedy American bankers whose blood lust for money caused the worldwide recession that put scores of EU says ok to Greek deficit... After the European Union once again delayed any decision on whether to bail out Greece as the country struggles to Farage To Belgium: "I'm Sorry"... Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the unrepentant EFD Leader spoke about being Spanish Presidency plan for electric... Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, has pledged to present a World unites in Haiti aid effort:... With the whole world watching, as Haiti tries to recover from the 7-richter earthquake that has reportedly killed 50,000, a Although the European Parliament dealt a surprise defeat to an EU-US deal that would have allowed American investigators to look US President Barack Obama on 16 February announced $8 billion worth of loan guarantees to In what is gearing up to be the event of the Defense calendar 2010, UK Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit The Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania said on 24 February that they remained to be convinced that the sale Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on 10 March won libel damages of GBP 150,000 ($223,000) after Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran Russia’s justice system is still mired in violence and arbitrariness, despite reforms promised by Kremlin Will China redefine great power politics?
China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift. The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas |
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