Don’t Be Distracted By The Flowers.
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Last night, 4, 200 boxes of beautiful flowers took flight on a plane from Bogotá, Colombia to Miami, Florida. They arrived early this morning to US shores and repr...
Norway: Discussing Latin America at the Oslo Freedom Forum
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Last week the fourth gathering of the Oslo Freedom Forum was carried out, organized by the Human Rights Foundation in the Norwegian capital. The event covered a series of topics that involved other world regions, including Latin America.
The Falklands Discussion: Some Interesting Comments on Argentina and its Foreign Policy
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In a recent discussion on Argentina’s expropriation of YPF there was much commentary on how the Falklands issue was still one of great importance. Seeing Argentina as independent and able to move ahead, despite having poor relations with the Europe...
Vaut-il mieux être le premier à innover ou le premier à copier ceux qui innovent ?
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Le coucou est-il plus intelligent que l'hirondelle qui, chaque année, s'exténue à fabriquer son propre nid, alors que le premier se contente de squatter le lit des autres ? En matière d'innovation, cette question tient éveillé la nuit plus d'u...
A New Economic Model (Remake)
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The good people at Dow Jones’s Marketwatch recently read a blog of mine, and asked me to turn it into a article for them, which you can read here. Apparently, according to the comments, I’m both a communist and a tool of international ba...
Brussels task-force exploring restoration of Greek monarchy
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This was originally intended to be an April Fool’s story for the EUobserver, but due to some editorial hiccups, it was never published. I’d planned on putting it up here … Continue reading →...
The euro: thunder and lightning | Editorial
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Continent-wide spending cuts are not about to be overturned in favour of a raft of policies designed to encourage growth – sadlyThanks must go to the gods of metaphor, for it was presumably they who sent the lightning that forced François Hollande...
The South West could be next location for People’s Pledge poll on EU membership
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The South West could be the next location for the second publicity stunt referendum on EU membership being organised by a campaign group called People’s Pledge, the result of which will aim to further pressure the Government into holding a national...
For Greece – and Europe – the true calamity is to delay exiting the euro | Simon Jenkins
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Europe's rulers must finally bow to market reality. Only the Grexit can end this nightmareA looming black cloud is hurtling forwards over the European horizon. It is called economic nemesis, driven to a fury by a quarter century of the naivety and gr...
This Week in Luxembourg
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I’m not entirely sure why people seem so surprised that AG Bot proposed that the CJEU should follow its Sturgeonprecedent when it comes to damages for delays in air travel, but he did. Nelson et al. v. Lufthansa and Q. (on the application of TUI Tr...
Brooks charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
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Copyright © Martin Rowson 2012 “”More importantly, I cannot express my anger enough that those closest to me have been dragged into this unfairly….”...
Brooks charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
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Copyright © Martin Rowson 2012 “”More importantly, I cannot express my anger enough that those closest to me have been dragged into this unfairly….”...
Omen alert: Hollande and Merkel set for a bumpy ride...
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On an extremely busy day in the eurozone, French President François Hollande has reportedly had a curious - and somewhat scary - accident on his way to Berlin. His plane was hit by a bolt of lightning, and had to return to the military airport of Vi...
François Hollande – Captain of our Fate? (Part II)
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Today the new president of France was sworn in. Who is the new president of France, and what will his rule mean for Europe? [Continuation] The Agenda – International Politics and the Franco-German Axis Less rosy seems the international field, where...
François Hollande: (un)lucky with lightning | Open thread
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The French president's plane was hit by lightning, making him late for a meeting with Merkel. Tell us your best work excusesThe plane carrying newly sworn-in French president François Hollande was struck by lightning as it travelled to Berlin to del...
No Good News From Greece
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Today's negotiations in Greece on the creation of a government of technocrats have broken down. Talks will resume tomorrow morning, but only in order to appoint a caretaker cabinet which will remain in office until new elections take place - in all l...
Supporting a greener CAP, if it's flexible
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Following discussions held in March 2012, agriculture ministers re-visited the environmental aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in view of its upcoming reform. In particular, delegations exchanged views on possible ways to encourage f...
Joint statement on the future role of freshwater aquaculture
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Following the conference entitled "Common Fisheries Policy (CFP): which future for aquaculture?", which took place in Salzburg last week, ministers at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council were briefed by the Commission. As a follow-up of the even...
A walk in the park
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AT AROUND 10:30pm last Monday, a few hours after Vladimir Putin’s inauguration, Alexei Navalny, a popular anti-corruption blogger, received a message as he was finishing a radio interview. A group of young people had gathered in a central square in...
Ça commence bien: President Hollande's Plane to Germany Is Hit by Lightning, Returns to Paris
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On his first day as president (in fact, within hours of taking over from Nicolas Sarkozy), and after the rain fell on his parade, the plane flying François Hollande to Berlin was hit by lightning and had to return to Paris.A second plane taking the...
Is Modern Banking Fundamentally Flawed?
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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase and board member of the New York Federal Reserve (a banking regulatory body), advocates not only that financial regulation reform is not necessary, but also that deregulation is the best course for the American fin...
Greece: There were 21 neo-nazis in parliament and the little one said, roll over
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The wonderful Greek word 'charmolypi' describes the exact sentiment of the majority after the 6 May elections: joy (hara) and sadness (lypi). There is relief, because the two major parties were punished, but also scepticism about the rise of extreme...
Greece: when the lights go out
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The desperate cunning scheme to get Greeks to pay property taxes by bundling them with electricity bills didn’t last long. You guessed it, people stopped paying their electricity...
