Putin Proposes Trade-Free Zone from Lisbon to Vladivostok

In a commentary published in Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed a stronger integration of economic ties between the European Union and Russia that would ideally lead to establishing a free-trade zone stretching...

Europe at Bay

It was George Orwell who surmised that the English never see the writing on the wall until their backs are up against it. Much the same can be said for the current generation of Germans. Even their own Chancellor, Angela Merkel, seems perplexed by...

Cash for Wall Street Crash

Thursday 6th May, the New York Stock Exchange plummets 1,000 points; a historical first. By the Monday it recovers and a further 400 points are added. Spikes in graphs don’t get any sharper. In four days $3.7 trillion has disappeared into a black hole....

Germany’s debt crisis worsens

German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that they are currently beefing up their effort to recover from a financial crisis that has put other nations’ eyes on Germany. Germany has slowly become one of the most indebted among European countries. The...

Germany, France return to growth in Q2; Europe on course for recovery

Germany and France, euro region’s two largest economies, returned to growth in the second quarter Share

Economic crisis: All eyes on Davos

As the World Economic Forum (WEF) prepares to gather at its annual meeting next week, on Wednesday 29th January all eyes are set on Davos, Share