As Ireland Gets Rescued, All Eyes on Portugal and Spain, Who’s Next to Collapse?

As the Irish banks are due to be rescued with up to 100,000 million euros in bailout funds, economists, investors and financial experts are turning their eyes on Portugal and Spain, asking “Who’s next?” An article in the Independent...

Three G8 countries at “high risk” to natural disasters

Three G8 countries- France, Italy and the United States- are considered to be at “high risk” to natural disasters, claims the Natural Disasters Risk Index (NDRI). The same index, released on Thursday, lists Bangladesh, Iran and Indonesia as the countries...

Harnessing the Mediterranean for Peace

The futurist devoted his life to promoting a scheme that would see the building of vast hydroelectric dams spanning the Mediterranean Sea. Global friction today would have been greatly reduced had one man’s vision not been swept aside by World War...

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 Share

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

World recession easing, sluggish recovery in sight, says IMF

The world is starting to pull out of its first recession since World War II, said the International Monetary Fund in its latest report released Wednesday. According to the latest report, the global economy was already stabilizing, the financial crisis...