How economists got it so wrong?
NEW
What is at stake: Back in November 2008, HM Queen Elizabeth II wondered why no one saw the crisis coming. Around the same time, Alan Greenspan was admitting that he was in a state of shocked disbelief because the whole intellectual edifice had collap...
EAC Member States on the EPA : Which way will they jump?
NEW
As we have been informing our readers in recent weeks, the EPA issue ensures that EAC members states do not go unnoticed. According to recent reports, former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa has noted that there are three options on the table...
Global capital adequacy rules
NEW
What is at stake: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sent a detailed letter to the G20 finance ministers calling for tough new capital rules for the world’s largest banks. Shortly after, the 27 central bank governors and bank supervisors of the wo...
Capping bankers’ bonuses
NEW
What is at stake: The question of remuneration in the financial services’ industry has become central and featured to a large extent on the agenda of finance ministers from the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging economies as they met...
Eurozone's Greece deal: debt and delusions at dawn | Editorial
NEW
Eurozone's leaders emerged bleary-eyed to hail 'a comprehensive blueprint' that would put Greece on the straight and narrow"Is this the way they say the future's meant to feel?" asked Pulp. "Or just 20,000 people standing in a field?" As dawn broke i...
EU to Support Conservation Agriculture in Zambia
NEW
The EU will spend over 11.1 million euros in support of conservation agriculture in Zambia between 2013 and 2016, benefiting 19,572 farmers from 30 districts. According to the EU Head of Delegation in Zambia, Kirsi Pekuri, this support was needed...
Will David Cameron’s Conservatives keep toeing the Coalition line?
NEW
As they look at Clegg, the Tories wonder why their own leader isn’t showing voters what he stands for By their fruits ye shall know them, and the Liberal Democrats revealed much when they picked Professor Les Ebdon to run the quango that oversees u...
Does and Don'ts, Rights and Wongs: US pornography goes to court
NEW
What is paw-nography, wonders a baffled Kat In a post that is likely to create general havoc with law firm IT policies everywhere, this Kat brings you a thought-provoking piece concerning the copyright status of pornographic films in the US. Ha...
Italy’s healthcare crisis
NEW
Forty five thousand less beds and overall hospital capacity reduced by 15%, twelve hour waits in A&E and serious staff shortages: these are the headline results of official figures covering the past decade that have been analysed by Il Fatto Quot...
Further further reading
NEW
For the commute home,- Dow 13,000: pity party!- All it takes is 30 good, decent, human-selected stocks…- Bonus neurosis du jour, with Brian Moynihan.- Charting...
EU to help speed up development of Nigerian migration management
NEW
The EU will provide a total sum of €20 million to fund the 'Promoting Better Management of Migration in Nigeria’ programme. The project, which has been designed in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria , will address key challenge...
Bean to British pensioners: ‘Just wear it’
NEW
Charlie Bean of the Bank of England (deputy governor, monetary policy) has been brave enough to visit Glasgow, telling the Scottish Council for Development and Industry about...
Does the EU Really Need a New Security Strategy ?
NEW
In recent months the EU security policy jargon has been filled up with catchy buzzwords, such as ‘permanent operational headquarters’ or ‘pooling and sharing.’ Some experts even coined the latter into an ironic phrase: “you pool, we share,
US pent-up demand, charted
NEW
The second half of last year was puzzling to anyone trying to understand future trends in US consumption. Or at least it was to us.Spending climbed more quickly than incomes,...
Straw says abolish the European Parliament
NEW
Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw called for the abolition of the European Parliament at an event organised by IPPR today. According to the Guardian, Straw said: “I am now clear that there is a major democratic deficit within the EU. And it i...
Straw says abolish the European Parliament
NEW
Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw called for the abolition of the European Parliament at an event organised by IPPR today. According to the Guardian, Straw said: “I am now clear that there is a major democratic deficit within the EU. And it i...
Judith Merkies MEP calls for action
NEW
Dutch member of the European parliament Judith Merkies (who now also supports our mission) has started a write-in campaign for lower roaming charges. Ms Merkies who sits on the key committee ITRE stated: “Kroes’ proposal is way too cautious. We &...
It Is Possible To Take Full Advantage Of Your Home Insurance Protection
NEW
It Is Possible To Take Full Advantage Of Your Home Insurance Protection from Article DirectoryVarious other content pieces by the article writer : See Page It appears as though there is a new insurance firm entering into business everyday. Their comp...
New report: Act NOW! to get through ‘perfect storm of ecological and social problems’
NEW
“Celebrated scientists and development thinkers today warn that civilisation is faced with a perfect storm of ecological and social problems driven by overpopulation, overconsumption and environmentally malign technologies.” (Source: The Guardian...
We are all Syrians now
NEW
From Avaaz: Dear friends, Assad’s ruthless massacre of civilians in his attempt to crush the Syrian Spring is escalating. But a new international coalition led by Arab League members is meeting in 3 days and is our best hope to stop the bloodshed.
We are all Syrians now
NEW
From Avaaz: Dear friends, Assad’s ruthless massacre of civilians in his attempt to crush the Syrian Spring is escalating. But a new international coalition led by Arab League members is meeting in 3 days and is our best hope to stop the bloodshed.
Breast Cancer Care and The Haven – two charities working to 'Support the woman behind the cancer'
NEW
There are many thousands of people in Britain living with and beyond breast cancer – over 48,000 people, of whom the vast majority are women, are diagnosed each year – and, for them, the disease can have long-lasting effects on their phys...
Has Andrew Lansley finally learnt to speak English?
NEW
I only ask because, defending his health bill in the Commons today, the Health Secretary used very little of the opaque jargon on which he is so keen. Normally his every sentence is a sand-cloud of gibberish: "integrated care pathways", "outcome fram...
British and Irish perspective on 'being European'
NEW
Do tensions in Europe actually exist amongst its citizens or is it only amongst politicians eager to lay the blame at someone else’s door?
Naked Ramblers in the News
NEW
While this is an issue the editorial Quango here at ¡No Pasarán! visits from time to time, I did not realize that it’s not so much about scaring dog walkers, but rather gathering statistics. The committed naturist kept score of the number of posi...
The Bureau meets again
NEW
The EESC’s Bureau held a very productive meeting this afternoon and evening. As always, the meeting was in part about the routine of preparing Wednesday’s and Thursday’s plenary session although, even then, not all is ‘routine...
Yandex debuts “social search program”; Reddit users writing a law… a cyberculture roundup..
NEW
Yandex processes 2 million+ people searches daily, debuts ‘social search program’ from The Next Web by Robin Wauters Yandex, Russia’s biggest Internet search and related services company, this morning announced the launch of a‘social search p...
The problem with Greek austerity
NEW
Austerity policies deal with the symptoms rather than the causes of the crisis. For as long as the underlying malignancies of the Greek economy stay in place, austerity will remain a largely self-defeating approach towards to the crisis. Image Source...
