"Paul Krugman on the unacceptable End of the Eurozone Crisis" by NewsWatch
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Paul Krugman discusses the current state of the Eurozone Crisis on Business Insider and presents the choice between two unacceptable but inevitable solutions to the predicament.
The Closer
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ROUND-UP The FT’s markets round-up: “Investors favoured top-tier government bonds over equities, sending the FTSE All-World equity index down by 1 per cent, in tandem...
Creating a sustainable future for Spain’s mining communities
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The miners have taken to the streets because the Popular Party government is not fulfilling its commitments to the mining sector under a five-year Plan for Coal agreement signed between government and unions last year. Aid to mining companies in thi...
Spoiling for a Fight: French Foreign Legion Versus Jungle Gold Diggers
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Popular Mechanics' Joe Pappalardo goes to South America to find France's elite jungle warriors readying for a deadly new phase of a hidden conflict. Their targets: black market gold miners who have killed French officers (Merci à Instapundit). The...
Australian climate madness: Hundreds of towns "could cease to exist by 2050"
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Australian climate change madness:A new report is warning hundreds of inland Australian towns could cease to exist by 2050 if locals do not adapt to climate change.The report, commissioned by a wonderful institution called "Federal Government´s Nati...
QE3, the market functioning fear factor
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I guess I would add to that, though, that, you know, each of these nonstandard programs does have various costs and risks associated with it with respect to market functioning,...
Insights About Simultaneous Translation Equipment
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Communication is important in the life of human being. It helps people to share ideas and try to reason on the same platform trying to solve necessary problems. A proper means of sharing and passing information rejuvenates the attitude of human being...
Has the European Union lost its credibility?
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There is an obvious lack of trust in the European plan, the one that was built under difficult and sometimes unravelling circumstances in the aftermath of World War II. It seems that suddenly some scholars and European citizens realized that European...
No answer from May on Jubilee stewards firm’s Olympic contracts
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When, during an urgent statement on security company G4S’ failure to recruit enough personnel for the Olympics, the Home Secretary was confronted about the company at the heart of last month’s Jubilee stewards scandal, she would not say whether s...
Our video guest: John Orchard, Director of Research at the Natural Resources Institute
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Among the many issues discussed during the course of the last Brussels Development Briefing on Food losses and Food Waste, the post-harvest losses dilemma in Sub-Saharan Africa drew particular attention. Members of the audience and speakers exchanged...
The opportunities of climate-smart agriculture for ACP countries
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The next Brussels Briefing will take place on 27th September 2012 and will be on the opportunities presented by climate-smart agriculture, or “agriculture that sustainably increases productivity resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes greenh...
For Afghanistan, a Glimmer of Hope – and Further Complications
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With last week's U.S. apology to Pakistan for a deadly November 2012 strike, Secretary Clinton's unannounced visit to Kabul and a major donors meeting in Tokyo, Afghanistan's fate is once again under the spotlight.
Has the European Union lost its credibility?
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There is an obvious lack of trust in the European plan, the one that was built under difficult and sometimes unravelling circumstances in the aftermath of World War II. It seems that suddenly some scholars and European citizens realized that European...
Disagreement Arises Over Leader’s Memo Of Understanding And ESM Crushes Euro, Stocks And Commodities
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Financial Market Report for Tuesday July 10, 2012 Stocks and commodities traded lower today on a falling Euro The Euro, FXE, traded lower as the National Bank of Greece, and Greece, GREK, led Automobiles, CARZ, Risk Assets, ONN, Energy Exploration, X...
Municipality requires Supermarket to help the Poor
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The Walloon daily L'Avenir reports about a new supermarket in Herstal that is required, as a condition of its permit, to give away all the food that it doesn't sell to food banks for the poor:Herstal: les supermarchés obligés d’aider les démunis...
Quick Fixes For EU Food Waste
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One third of the word’s food production ends up in the trash, a lot of it in Europe. Here are some ideas to reduce the waste.
‘The Global Minotaur’: A ‘Great Transformation’ for our Times – Review by Boris Stremlin for Left Eye On Books
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Left Eye on Books just published a generous and detailed review of my Global Minotaur authored by Boris Stremlin. Will Greece, the site of much social unrest since the onset of the crisis in 2008, play the role of the Minotaur-slaying hero Theseus...
‘The Global Minotaur’: A ‘Great Transformation’ for our Times – Review by Boris Stremlin for Left Eye On Books
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Left Eye on Books just published a generous and detailed review of my Global Minotaur authored by Boris Stremlin. Will Greece, the site of much social unrest since the onset of the crisis in 2008, play the role of the Minotaur-slaying hero Theseus...
Parkanová’s Problem
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THE Czech Parliament opened the door to prosecute former Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanová on abuse of power by revoking her parliamentary immunity on July 11th. This could be the death knell of parliamentarians’ immunity. Investigators allege tha...
Statement from PACE Rapporteur Tineke Strik on Most Recent Deaths in Mediterranean Sea: “When will this ever end?”
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Full Text (FR ci-dessous): Strasbourg, 11.07.2012 – “Yet again, a dinghy with 55 people on board drifted for 15 days on the Mediterranean. This time, only one person survived. When will this ever end?,” today asked Tineke Strik (Netherlands,...
Kat Update: Tulisa Sex Tape Case Settles
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The year 2012 will be remembered for many things: the London Olympics, Andy Murray almost conquering Wimbledon, the selfsame Murray skidding over the grassy court in his third round match against Baghdatis in a manner similar to this Kat injuring her...
Visiting Rome in Europe
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Europe is filled with interesting and exciting places to visit and many of these could make a great holiday. Among these European destinations however, there are some top favorites and Rome in Europe is certainly one of them, filled as it is with his...
EFD Rights Watch: Turkish courts keep thousands in jail, but releases massacre perpetrators…
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Tweet Court Rules to Release Two Perpetrators of 1978 Massacre from Bianet :: English An Ankara court decided to release Bünyamin Adanalı and Ünal Osmanağaoğlu, two the seven perpetrators of the “Bahçelievler massacre” that saw the killing...
EC releases report on trade and raw materials
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The European Commission has issued its second activity report in relation to trade and raw materials. The report presents an overview of activities carried out in the field of trade and raw materials over the last two years and the achievements ma...
Addressing the food crisis in Sahel: EU Aid to Senegal
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In the context of the looming food crisis which has long plagued the Sahel region, the EU, along with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), will provide food aid to Senegal, for the 314 000 most vulnerable people in the areas most at risk - Casamance...
food safety
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The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), in collaboration with national food safety agencies, has published a document entitled“When Food Is Cooking Up a Storm – Proven Recipes for Risk Communications”, which lays out new guidelines to prov...
EU to provide grants to poorest communities for disaster-preparedness
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A number of regions will benefit from the European Commission's Disaster-Preparedness Programme (DIPECHO). Around € 35 million will help victims of natural disasters. The funds will go to the poorest communities in Central America, Central Asia...
The Karlsruhe factor, Part IV
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Throughout the eurozone crisis, we have often highlighted the gap between the kind of ‘shock and awe’ decisions expected by financial markets, and what national democracies are able to deliver. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the on-go...
It’s hotter in Karlsruhe than you think
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Admittedly the words Karlsruhe and German and constitutional court lack any sex factor, but the relative lack of attention the case is getting seems a bit odd to us given what’s...
Greece, Portugal Not Quite So Rural
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My blog post at the beginning of April on whether Portugal and Greece are too rural generated lots of criticism. And indeed, there is a major aspect of the post that needs to be clarified and one in particular that must be corrected. My apologies it
Reviewing the UK-EU relationship - the minister's view
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Significant reform and change is compatible with the British government's belief that membership of the EU is in the national interest – writes Europe Minister David Lidington...
EU restrictions hit Botswana’s beef exports
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According to an article by Professor Roman Grynberg, the former director of Economic Governance with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, on the access of Botswanan beef to EU market, “declining subsidies and increasing restrictions are forc...
