Hollande to present austerity treaty gift wrapped to French Parliament
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IN THE RADICAL PRESS / HUMANITE It’s done. Francois Hollande announced this afternoon that he would submit the fiscal pact (Treaty on the stability, coordination and governance in the Economic and Monetary Union – TSCG) to be ratified b...
NYC pension funds in the hands of Al Gore - probably not very smart
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If I were a present or future New York City pensioner, this piece of news would definitively not cheer me up: Embattled city Comptroller John Liu has delivered a $16.56 million contract to the former vice president's environmentally-friendly in...
Dar vienas Europos vadovų susitarimas
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Ši Europos Vadovų Taryba netikėta buvo ne tik rinkoms, bet ir patiems jos dalyviams, įskaitant ir patį pirmininką van Rompuy. Patys rezultatai buvo numatomi, tačiau netikėta buvo tai, kaip juos [...]...
Russia: A Mobile Service to Connect Passengers & Drivers
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The mobile navigation service Yeehay! saves time and money finding and ordering taxis, and it benefits the ecologies of smog-polluted Russian cities by bringing together passengers and drivers who otherwise might never connect.
Hollande was a soft touch at the European Summit says Melenchon
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The EU Summit means neo-liberal policies will deepen and the sovereignty of citizens over their national budgets has been ‘reduced to nothing’, says left radical Jean-Luc Melenchon. And yet French President Hollande is pretending this is...
Ponta at war
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ANOTHER round of political turmoil is the last thing Romanians need right now. The country has changed governments twice this year. Thousands of people took the streets in January to protest against austerity measures and poor living standards. Traia...
A new impetus for Europe
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The European Council held in Brussels on thursday has been a turning point for Europe. Europe has to choose its destiny: on one side, there was the risk of implosion, on the other, a clear change of direction. Europe has chosen to change and survive.
BREAKING: Bristol misses out on European Green Capital award for the second time
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So near but yet so far! After missing out on the award for 2010, the South West's capital has again been defeated at the final stage as favourites Copenhagen scooped the 2014 award, announced just a short while ago in a ceremony in Vitoria-Gasteiz, S...
The euro: rebuilding Rome in a day | Editorial
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At last a eurozone summit has identified the central problem of the crisis: not one of feckless Latin spending but feckless banksRather like that bottle of milk lying on your doorstep today, eurozone bailouts have a short shelf life. The ill-tempered...
Recaps, so retro
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Spot the eurozone country that doesn’t actually have to issue bonds in these closing 5-year bond yields on Friday:Spain 5.4 per centItaly 5.16 per centIreland 5.02...
The wonderful Jewish ‘heritage’ of Mario Balotelli
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We’re not noted for our sports coverage here at Shiraz (though we did, briefly, have a football correspondent), but the following report from The Times of Israel, was just too good to ignore: The improbable Jewish ‘heritage’ of Ital...
Zagreb, world capital of animation
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Zagreb started to gain visibility on the world map of animation in 1962 when ‘Ersatz’, by the pioneer of Croatian (Yugoslav) animation, Dušan Vukotić, became the first non-American animated film to win an oscar. Today, the slogan 'Z is for Zagr...
Chat about the book ‘The Case for Copyright Reform’
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Earlier this evening Rick Falkvinge and I were in a live chat about our recent book The Case for Copyright Reform. The chat was organised by Techdirt. It has closed now, but you can read the archived chat I enjoyed it a lot, and the questions were ve...
Chat about the book ‘The Case for Copyright Reform’
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Earlier this evening Rick Falkvinge and I were in a live chat about our recent book The Case for Copyright Reform. The chat was organised by Techdirt. It has closed now, but you can read the archived chat I enjoyed it a lot, and the questions were ve...
Compromise or concessions are a necessary aspect of EU membership
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It seems Chancellor Angela Merkel made some concessions regarding the banking union and of using of bailout funds. Questions: 1. Would you also describe it as concessions? 2. Would you say that the current summit was another step forward to furthe...
Compromise or concessions are a necessary aspect of EU membership
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It seems Chancellor Angela Merkel made some concessions regarding the banking union and of using of bailout funds. Questions: 1. Would you also describe it as concessions? 2. Would you say that the current summit was another step forward to furthe...
EU summit: do you feel more confident about Europe's economic future? | Poll
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An EU summit on the debt crisis appears to have averted disaster, at least temporarily. Does the outcome make you more confident about the region's economic future?
June 2012 EU Summit Verdict: A good decision that will, probably, go to waste
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Mrs Merkel went to Brussels intent on striking two birds with one stone, pick up her bag immediately and return to Berlin with no further ado. The stone was the fraudulent re-packaging of existing structural and EIB funds (with the addition of a palt...
June 2012 EU Summit Verdict: A good decision that will, probably, go to waste
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Mrs Merkel went to Brussels intent on striking two birds with one stone, pick up her bag immediately and return to Berlin with no further ado. The stone was the fraudulent re-packaging of existing structural and EIB funds (with the addition of a palt...
Martin Rowson on the Barclays rate scandal and the eurozone crisis - cartoon
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Speaking at the end of eurozone talks in Brussels, David Cameron urges change in British banking cultureMartin Rowson...
Friday fantasies
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When Chamberlain said "Peace in our time",he was wrong -- but Prime Minister Cameronhas better prospects of success ... The European Council's Conclusions today bring to an end the long and tortuous chapter on the European patent deal, embracing bot...
A Baltic bounce-back
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VALDIS DOMBROVSKIS, Latvia's prime minister, on his country's astonishing economic recovery, the advantages of austerity and why he's still keen on joining the embattled euro zone...
A Baltic bounce-back
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VALDIS DOMBROVSKIS, Latvia's prime minister, on his country's astonishing economic recovery, the advantages of austerity and why he's still keen on joining the embattled euro zone...
How to regulate Libor, a cheat sheet
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Cheat sheet — geddit, dude.While Bob no doubt breathes a sigh of relief at having survived the morning after, the other twenty banks lawyer up and pray, and the BBA...
Regulator captured, a case study
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The WSJ reported on Thursday that JPMorgan’s regulators will conduct a thorough review of the bank’s models, according to “people close to the situation”....
