“It cannot be ignored the experience of the West nor potential of the East”
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- about security, geopolitics and history lessons in the Black Sea area in an exciting dialogue with Dr. Florin C. Stan, head of the Department of History, Romanian Navy Museum, Associate Lecturer of University “Ovidius” Constanta ̵...
Lamb comforts Parliamentarians: to ERR is human
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One of the legal developments which has been quietly creeping along in the wake of London's long summer of royal celebrations and Olympic festivities is the progress of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill -- in particular clause 55, which would...
Manchester votes overwhelmingly for an In/Out referendum
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What more evidence do the party leaders need that a referendum on EU membership is an election-winner? Two adjoining seats in Greater Manchester have just become the second and third to hold constituency-wide polls on the question. The results are ov...
The Closer
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ROUND UP Markets crawled forward, after lower Chinese inflation promised hopes of further monetary stimulus( Financial Times). The S&P 500 closed up 0.04 per cent, having...
Lukashenko vs European Union. An escalation
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Belarus orders Sweden to close its embassy after the teddy bear attack. EU ambassadors in Brussels will meet tomorrow (10 August), in response to the expulsion of Swedish diplomats. Questions: 1. How would you read this decision of Lukashenka? So...
Celebrity and Twitter
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What is Twitter? Is it a network between (for want of a better word) ‘ordinary’ people like me? Or is it a spotlight into the lives of the rich and famous, with Twitter the means for these people to transmit their messages? If you read ma...
Celebrity and Twitter
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What is Twitter? Is it a network between (for want of a better word) ‘ordinary’ people like me? Or is it a spotlight into the lives of the rich and famous, with Twitter the means for these people to transmit their messages? If you read ma...
#wlic2012- Day 2 in Erkan’s adventures to go to Finland. Finland is now the most beloved European country for Erkan. here is why:
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I was mobile all day and I could not post before. In early morning I arrived at the Finland Embassy which is located in Gaziosmanpaşa in Ankara like many other embassies. (it is ironic: the same named district in Istanbul is a lower class district a...
How much progress has been made on agreeing the 2014-2020 MFF? - by Alan Matthews
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Only limited progress has been made in narrowing the divergences of view on the EU’s medium-term financial framework. Time is running out and the stakes are high.
How much progress has been made on agreeing the 2014-2020 MFF? - by Alan Matthews
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Only limited progress has been made in narrowing the divergences of view on the EU’s medium-term financial framework. Time is running out and the stakes are high.
Amazon to launch family-values-only Kindle.
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Internet retailer Amazon.com has announced today that it intends to launch a new version of its Kindle eBook reader which will be programmed to prevent readers from reading material not deemed to be family values orientated. The new eReader, to be ca...
Italy and the EU Debt Crisis
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In 2012, the Eurozone crisis has begun to follow a predictable script. First, a member state begins to show signs of financial stress, with a growing public deficit and debt burden alarming markets. The spike in borrowing costs sparks a policy respon...
Russia: Pro-Kremlin YouTube Sensation Given Her Own TV Show
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Sometimes, a 90-second online video can change lives. Svetlana Kuritsyna was just nineteen last December, when she became an Internet sensation thanks to a laudatory and rambling interview celebrating the political records of Vladimir Putin and Unite...
Misunderstanding Markowitz
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A golden quote, delivered by the maestro and Nobel laureate to Laurie Carver of Risk magazine. Harry Markowitz slips in a Rodney Dangerfield impersonation while talking regulation of banks’...
Mario Monti’s Foreign Policy: Italian Idiosyncrasy Continued…
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Italian foreign policy under former PM Silvio Berlusconi was adrift from the mainstream. These certainly bold, yet painfully appropriate words capture best il Cavaliere’s dark days of diplomatic blunders, obscure alliance-making, and interna...
Bob Hoskins, who (with Dennis Potter) brought us Pennies From Heaven
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One of my favourite actors, Bob Hoskins, is retiring due to ill-health. He starred in probably the best-ever Brit gangster film (far better than any of Guy Ritchie’s crap) , The Long Good Friday, the gut-wrenching thriller-romance Mona...
Reports Herald That A European Coup D’Etat Is Underway …. Germany And Italy Near Blows Over The Euro …. The Global Empire Of UK And US Hegemony Is Giving Way To The Ten Toed Kingdom Of Regional Governance …. An Inflection Point In Fiat Wealth Has Been
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Financial Market Report for Monday, August 6, 2012, and Tuesday, August 7, 2012 1) … God has ordained five dispensations to rule mankind; a shift in global empires is taking place. The five dispensations, or arrangements, are 1) Sin and Death, 2) T...
Pussy Riot’s Defiance
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As their 'hooliganism' trial ends, Russia's newly famous feminist rockers stand firm...
Seven Days in Europe
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A report issued by the Commission on Tuesday named and shamed member states that have not been complying with the EU landfill directive. The worst offenders for poor municipal waste management are: Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greec...
Poll reveals 28% of finance professionals sick of being asked about Grexit
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We asked, and you answered by completing FT Alphaville’s (wholly unscientific) survey on Tuesday.The hastily put together intricately designed poll reveals that 41 per...
“Chi Nasce Qui e di Qui”—If You Are Born Here, You Belong Here
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When I posted a one question poll asking whether or not the children of immigrants should be granted automatic citizenship, …Continue reading »...
London Olympics 2012 – Success or Failure?
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Many people said that it was too soon for England to host the Olympics again after the 1948 ‘Austerity’ games. Then, the very day after the UK won the bid yet again, the capital was hit by terror attacks. In the following years the capita...
*Free Parking*
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This John Mann MP chap is growing on us. Thursday’s statement:Following the announcement that the UK’s trade gap hit its worst level since comparable records began in 1997,...
EU upgrading relations with Israel by the back door – part 2
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On 24 July we reported on this blog that the European Union had apparently agreed to enhance the EU – Israel relationship with what we referred to as ‘a whole raft of measures all of which are considered technical and … Continue reading ...
European Universities Debating Championship
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The summer months are upon us, and parliaments across Europe (including the European Parliament) are now in recess. This is traditionally the time when Europeans (including politicians) head off on holiday and silly season begins in earnest. If, how...
Awesome apps to add to your iPhone
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Apps have started to change the way we relate with any of our phones, they have different functionality plus they ensure that you have fun while using the them. When reading through iPhone news it is most likely that you'll run into articles advising...
If I get 50MBit/sec ethernet, then do I need choice?
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I’m moving later this month to Copenhagen, and I will be living in a 1930s block of flats in Vesterbro. The house is run by a housing cooperative (andelsbolig), and all flats in the block are provided with 50MBit/sec download, 20MBit/sec upload...
If I get 50MBit/sec ethernet, then do I need choice?
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I’m moving later this month to Copenhagen, and I will be living in a 1930s block of flats in Vesterbro. The house is run by a housing cooperative (andelsbolig), and all flats in the block are provided with 50MBit/sec download, 20MBit/sec upload...
VaRy unwound
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JP Morgan’s second-quarter 10-Q is out – and so is its restated filing for the first quarter.Of course, the bank has already opened the kimono (as Jamie Dimon might...
