How Bad is Youth Unemployment in Southern Europe?
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Youth unemployment in Europe has captured worldwide headlines during the crisis, with new highs being reported almost weekly. The current figures paint a daunting picture in the south of Europe: in May, 52.1% of young people in Greece and Spain...
Grand Junction
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Grand Junction, as N° 1 sprog put it, is the sort of town where the main street is called Main Street. To be fair, it is the largest city in Western Colorado and is an outdoors sort of place – a base camp for those who wish to hike or bike in...
Europe Accepts A Little Reality
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Europe's top financial chieftains acknowledged a formerly unspeakable truth yesterday: Greece cannot, now or ever, fully repay the money it borrowed under false pretenses.The world did not end. There was no panic in the streets. In fact, markets rall...
Syria: destruction and a dearth of diplomacy
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Outside powers, the US and Russia in particular, must consider restarting talks if the ruination of a country is to be avoidedPresident Obama's decision last year to call for the fall of the Assad regime, in which he was followed by Britain and other...
Olympic PR of the week
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With companies falling over themselves to profit from the Olympics – but without breaching onerous legislation designed to protect official sponsors such as McDonald’s — we had to admire this bit of brinkmanship from Specsavers.
Winning over Buba
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This’ll surely liven up next Thursday’s ECB meeting…Via Bloomberg late on Friday (which was citing two central bank officials):Having secured the backing of governments in Spain,...
Estonia: The Euro Dream (Part II)
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The Estonian dynamic and vibrant economy has survived the Euro crisis with remarkable resistance and recorded robust economic growth in times of looming austerity and monetary stagnation. This is the second and final part of Henri Erti’s analysis o...
Convergence, Crisis, and Capacity Building in Emerging Europe
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Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe has been through a lot. In two short decades, the region moved from a communist planned system to a market economy, and living standards have converged towards those in the West. It has also weathered major cr...
So Long, and Thanks for all the Kleingebäck
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In the town of Breisbach on the Rhein river near the gateway to the Black Forest - in the most prosperous and Cutsie-poo part of Germany, we discover the success of European social solidarity and integration of outsiders, their tolerance for others,...
In this photo, AKP MP’s son identifies the policeman he quarreled…
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This photo was taken in Hatay’s Dörtyol district. The son of the MP identifies the policeman he quarreled in this line up…Not all citizens have the same opportunity… Related posts: Photo Gallery: Istanbul’s Gay Pride March &#...
Istanbul tours and more… An Istanbul news roundup…
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Istanbul in top 10 street food list Hurriyet Daily News From the visually-striking stalls selling döner (lamb, chicken, or beef on a vertical skewer) to the balık ekmek (fish sandwiches) sold off of boats, one of the greatest attributes of Istanbul...
The Growing North – South Split in the Eurozone
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The southern eurozone countries seem to want to blame all the economic ills on Germany and northern eurozone economies, the ECB and IMF in response for their strict austerity reforms. Yes the eurozone is largely in recession, as is most … Conti...
The Growing North – South Split in the Eurozone
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The southern eurozone countries seem to want to blame all the economic ills on Germany and northern eurozone economies, the ECB and IMF in response for their strict austerity reforms. Yes the eurozone is largely in recession, as is most … Conti...
The Growing North – South Split in the Eurozone
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The southern eurozone countries seem to want to blame all the economic ills on Germany and northern eurozone economies, the ECB and IMF in response for their strict austerity reforms. Yes the eurozone is largely in recession, as is most … Conti...
The Growing North – South Split in the Eurozone
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The southern eurozone countries seem to want to blame all the economic ills on Germany and northern eurozone economies, the ECB and IMF in response for their strict austerity reforms. Yes the eurozone is largely in recession, as is most … Conti...
London Olympics: an “obscene totalitarian spectacle”
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A view from Canada, by Dr. Dawg (slightly edited and adapted by CC): Here you have England, host to the 2012 Olympics. First, the bill: The total Olympics budget is set at $14.7-billion (£9.3 billion to the taxpayer) - nearly four times the 2005...
Czech President: Eight measures that could save Europe
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Czech President Václav Klaus is just about the only European leader who dares to tell the truth about the present state of the euro and the European Union. And he knows what should be done in order to make the necessary changes: .. there i...
The O[deleted] G[deleted]s Begin!
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Hooray! The London 2012 Olympic Games formally open today! Although of course some athletes have already been in action even from Wednesday, mainly the football players. Let me repeat, though, that this blog is generally not interested, certainly not...
CJEU to give pharma company branding a health-czech
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Even with his eyes shut, Oscar could alwaystaste which colour the swans were -- but heliked the black ones best ... All the way from the Nejvyšší správní soud - and you've got to believe the IPKat, it really is the Nejvyšší správní soud; t...
US heatwave: Wind energy powered 4000 blow dryers in Illinois when the demand was greatest!
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During the recent heatwave in Illinois nuclear, coal and gas-fired plants were running at full capacity. But we did not see any reports by the otherwise so active "progressive" enviro-fundamentalists about the great contribution of the much touted wi...
Time to treat farmers fairly on milk prices
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A long-term solution to the dispute over milk prices in the United Kingdom would be for the country to free itself from the Common Agricultural Policy by leaving the EU – but in the meantime wholesalers and retailers should treat farmers fairly, ar...
Bail-ins, an exit consent challenge
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On this quiet, Olympics Friday — some bank bail-in reading, courtesy of a judgement by the High Court of England and Wales.It’s come down surprisingly hard on a small,...
The upper Colorado River
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For pretty much the rest of the day we followed the upper Colorado River as it slowly grew in size and steadily cut deeper and deeper into the surrounding rock. The scenery (like all of the Amtrak trains, there was an observation car) was just beauti...
Can Draghi bluff as well as Trichet?
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“Such a speculation [on whether Greece will default] would be a sure-fire way of losing money given the decisions taken last Thursday.”- Jean-Claude Trichet, in...
Cengiz Aktar: Kapsayıcı ve dışlayıcı dışpolitikalar
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Kapsayıcı ve dışlayıcı dışpolitikalar Ayın başında Dışişleri Bakanı Ahmet Davutoğlu’nun Paris çalışma ziyaretine katıldım. Bakanın bir Fransız düşünce kuruluşunda yaptığı ufu...
Thermodynamic II and ice sculputers
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Some processes are reversible, some not. Some changes proceed gradually, some changes accumulate unnoticed for a while and then manifest dramatic effects all of a sudden.For example, let's take water. When we start heating a pot of water initially it...
Has Germany Changed Its Mind?
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German finance minister Wolfgang Schaüble has more or less endorsed ECB head Mario Draghi's statement yesterday that the ECB "will do what it takes" to save the euro and, added Draghi, "believe me, it will be enough." The markets are apparently inte...
Mixing with the locals on Spain holidays
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When it comes to holidays abroad, it's often easy to spot Brits on a bargain beach holiday. However, there are plenty of ways to avoid standing out amongst the locals. Here's a list of ideas so you can and break the stereotype on your stint in the Sp...
