Reminder: The Type of Torture That America Never Engaged In
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One Foreign Ministry officer told me of [an Iraqi] colleague who, finding out his brother had been executed by the regime, was forced, as a test of loyalty, to write a letter of congratulations on the act to Saddam Hussein. An aide to Uday once to...
Three interlocking triangles?
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Triangles are often invoked in politics to account for particular phenomena. In geopolitics, triangles are especially appealing. In European geopolitics, there have long been several triangles of influence and power. Which one is gaining? Which is re...
Defence industry: British dreams, European reality | Editorial
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It's a fair bet that there won't be much serious discussion of Britain's place in Europe at the Liberal Democrat conference this week, or when Labour gathers in Manchester next week eitherIt's a fair bet that there won't be much serious discussion of...
Wojtek the soldier bear
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I’ve always said that drinking beer can be an educative experience. I’ve just found out about Wojtek the anti-Nazi soldier-bear, from a the label of a bottle of beer… “He liked a cigarette, he liked a bottle of beer, he even d...
Poland: Ideal For Visitors, Fantastic For Immigrants
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Poland is a good nation that has a great deal of things to offer visitors who are fascinated with becoming citizens. The country is situated in Central Europe, that ensures visitors that they will be handled to the country's prosperous customs and hi...
Two questions for Mr Mario Monti
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A major network asked me to suggest two questions that might be put to Mr Mario Monti, Italy’s Prime Minister. Here are the ones I came up with. What do you think his answers will be? Question 1: Italy and the ECB’s OMT program: Will it help...
Two questions for Mr Mario Monti
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A major network asked me to suggest two questions that might be put to Mr Mario Monti, Italy’s Prime Minister. Here are the ones I came up with. What do you think his answers will be? Question 1: Italy and the ECB’s OMT program: Will it help...
FTfm on AV
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Some highlights from Monday’s FTfmInvestors force radical reshapingThe proportion of funds owned by retail investors has almost halved in the past decade which has also...
Two marriages of convenience in Europe - and Britain calls its lawyer
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David Gow Sunday, 23 September 2012 It's autumn with a vengeance and the end of yet another seismic year in Europe and in Britain's relations with the EU fast approaches. In just over three months, in January,...
Budget treaty an ‘offensive’ by ‘neo-liberals’ & EU grab for power, French economists warn
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A collective of economists have weighed in against the EU Fiscal Compact Treaty, or golden budget rule, which French Socialist President Francois Hollande is laying before parliament next month in order to translate into the country’s laws. The...
Operation Transparency Bulletin #9
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Two more weeks to go before the Venezuelan Presidential Elections… The current tensions and tricks used by the Chavez’ campaign shall remind us, who are living in democratic countries, how democracy is fragile and needs always to be defen...
Where will you be living in 2030?
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A substantial amount of youths’ emigration has been noticed within Europe in the last two years, mainly stimulated by the present economic crisis. People from peripheral countries are converging towards the core of Europe where unemployment is less...
Ayrault Defends the TSCG
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Mediapart once again leaps to the head of the pack in French journalism. The online "paper" has published a long interview with Jean-Marc Ayrault, the first in-depth defense of the TSCG by the Socialist government, which is now pushing for ratificati...
Being a young election observer in Belarus
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A4 election posters in the country's red and green colours appear modestly on a shop window here or coffee shop there. Preliminary voting for parliamentary elections began in Belarus on 18 September, culminating in election day on 23 September. Young...
Le Parlement UE prendra-t-il le leadership en lutte anticorruption contre les grandes firmes minières, pétrolières ?
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L’Europe prête à durcir les règles anticorruption pour les industries extractives ? Les Groupes miniers et pétroliers souvent accusés d’entretenir corruption et opacité financière dans les pays les plus pauvres mais riches en ress...
Barroso: State of the Union (Part Five)
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After Commission texts we turn to the European Parliament (EP). What makes EU citizens tick? European Parliament Strasbourg, the intergovernmentally agreed official seat of the European Parliament, was the arena for the state of the union (SOTEU)...
Ayşe Özer: GRUP YORUM VE SANAT İÇİN SOYUNMAK
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GRUP YORUM VE SANAT İÇİN SOYUNMAK Panpişlerine gece yarısı hallerini divitleyen “sanatçılar”ın ülkesinde sanat için soyunmak bir filmdeki sevişme sahnelerinin ötesinde bir anlam ifade etmeye başlar. Artiz olmak için evden kaçan he...
European conservatism isn't done for yet
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Conservatives, while often gloomy in their political outlook, tend to be warm and merry in their personality. I’ve just spent the weekend in Oxford with 120 young activists from around Europe, and found myself lifted by their optimism. They came fr...
Energy Demand Growth Is Passé
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While politicians are trying to figure out how to get the economy growing again, a growing number of energy efficiency experts are working equally hard to bring energy demand growth to a permanent halt. We are, of course, not talking about the develo...
Why are Golden Dawn members the darlings of popular Greek TV shows? | Aris Chatzistefanou
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The response of journalists and TV producers to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is at best muddled, at worst complicitGolden Dawn, the neo-Nazi party of Greece, made a rather strange proposal this week: let's create a new public holiday, they said, to...
