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 More...
Welcome to Devil’s Ireland
Given Ireland’s record of poverty-fuelled emigration it is depressing to discover it profiting from the similar miseries of others. Today it bears the shame of being the European hub of human trafficking between More...
Ireland Confirms Billion-Euro Bailout Plea
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen confirmed Sunday that his country requested financial assistance, which has received the approval of European Union Finance Ministers as well as the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Didier More...
The Emperor is Still Naked
Many recall Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of the emperor, who, conned by a pair of travelling tailors allowed himself to be ‘dressed in robes woven so fine’ that only the intelligent could see them. The More...
Behind the Veil of EU “Soft Power”
Drawn up as the second millennium drew to a close and in the immediate wake of the Cold War, the European Commission’s Agenda 2000 boldly declared the EU’s intention to play an enhanced role in global More...
Piling on the Agony
In a move likely to prove controversial the European Union is likely to approve significant funding for Israeli arms manufacturers. Camouflaged as scientific research awards one of the recipients will be Israel More...
Failed States
The eagerness on the part of the international community to intervene in states classified as having failed, is not a new one. As Rondinelli and Montgomery observe: History is replete with attempts by foreign governments More...
Is the EURO on the brink of collapse?
George Soros recently claimed the euro may not survive and be in danger of total collapse, given the sovereign risk threat from Greece and the growing debt burden of other member states. Soros declared that gold More...
EU NATO allies to call for removal of US nuclear weapons
According to a variety of news reports on Monday, several EU officials plan to More...
EU unemployment hits 21 million in April: Eurostat
3.1 million people have lost their job since April of 2008 More...
