Rally Monkey gets sucked into the self-referential vortex of psychologically important thresholds
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Cue the already-deflating* bubble in a) people pointing out that the Dow hit 13,000, then b) people who point out the irrelevance of the Dow’s crossing 13,000, followed by...
The fall of a princeling; the fall of the Chongqing model?
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It could have been so easy: Bo Xilai, Chongqing Communist Party Chief quickly poised himself as a serious contender for a much-coveted position in the upcoming 18th National Congress of theRead more…...
Live blog: Greek bail-out
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Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the eurozone crisis. After more than 13 hours of talks, a second bail-out for Greece was agreed early on Tuesday morning. We’ll be bringing you reaction to the deal throughout the day. All times are GMT. B...
Russian Activist’s Tweeting Puts Him on Trial
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A Russian public activist faces a punishment for tweeting from a court hearing. He may become the first person sentenced for using Twitter in the country where social networks have become the opposition's channel to mobilize public dissent.
How not to write a letter – a lesson for Number 10
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You’re probably wondering how not to write a letter proposing important policy initiatives. We have the answer, in the form of a letter sent today by David Cameron and eleven other European leaders to two senior European civil servants whom the No...
Progress respond to anonymous “dossier”
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In recent days an anonymous “dossier” emerged that asked a number of questions – and made a number of assertions – about the organisation Progress. This afternoon Progress have released the following statement in response: ...
Deniz Ergürel: Sosyal medya araçları nasıl para kazanır?
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Sosyal medya araçları nasıl para kazanır? from Deniz Ergürel – Medya Blogum by Deniz Ergürel Son yıllarda milyonlarca insanın iletişim biçimini değiştiren en önemli araç nedir diye bir tartışma başlatsak çoğumuzun vereceğ...
Ken challenges Boris to sign “One Job Mayor” pledge
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The fiercely contested Mayoral showdown between Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson heated up today, after the challenger and Labour candidate heaped pressure on the incumbent by signing a pledge to be a “One Job Mayor”, subsequently chal...
PSI, the Greek details [updated]
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Some of them, at least. From the Greek finance ministry, and our own thoughts follow the excerpt:Co-Financing AgreementHolders of the New Bonds will be entitled to the benefit of,...
Why right-wing extremism continues in east Germany
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November 2011 saw seven people arrested in connection with a right-wing terror cell based in Zwickau in east Germany. The cell was allegedly responsible for ten murders over thirteen years. Since Germany’s reunification in 1991, the formation of ex...
Russian Election Observers Go Mobile
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In a week's time Russians who have iPhone or Android phones will be able to become election observers in one click. Russian opposition party Yabloko and IT company Appsolute created a special application that according to Yabloko leader Sergey Mitr...
Security Jam 2012
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ISIS Europe is a member of the Security Jam 2012 think tank coalition. For more information and to register, click here Filed under: CSDP, EEAS, Transatlantic Security...
Some Arguments Against ACTA
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It is true that some claims made by some opponents to ACTA have been exaggerated, which is perhaps natural, but is still unfortunate. There is no need to paint ACTA as being worse than it actually is. There are enough things about ACTA to raise conce...
Some Arguments Against ACTA
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It is true that some claims made by some opponents to ACTA have been exaggerated, which is perhaps natural, but is still unfortunate. There is no need to paint ACTA as being worse than it actually is. There are enough things about ACTA to raise conce...
Crêpe Europe
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Sweet, savoury, with butter, flambéd… when it’s the christian holiday of Candlemas, Dia de la Candelaria in Spain or la Chandeleur in France, crêpes are unavoidable. What about the rest of Europe?
Wilders' New Anti-Immigrant Campaign
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The far-right Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) - led by Geert Wilders - has once again attempted to build hostility towards immigrants from Poland and other Central-Eastern European countries. The PVV has set up a new website that encourages people to post...
Cheeky Ken pledge puts part-time Mayor on the spot
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Ken Livingstone has signed a pledge promising to be a one job, full-time Mayor of London – and at the first hustings on the contest, offered Boris Johnson the opportunity to sign it too. Johnson of course has a £250,000 a year column with The...
Liberal Democrats trail UKIP by 3% in YouGov poll of northern voters
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The latest YouGov poll on voting intentions in the North of England has put the embattled Lib Dems on just 4%. This is some 26% behind their Conservative allies (who are hardly known for their popularity in the region) but, perhaps more notably, 3%...
StanChart camps out at the securitisation BISTRO – Part 2
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In Part 1, FT Alphaville described what ‘synthetic securitisation’ deals done by Standard Chartered in the second half of 2011, looked like:Now, let’s talk...
The unions have a stranglehold on the NHS and the education system. Labour's latest quango will help no one
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It is not at all surprising to see that no fewer than ten organisations representing medical professionals have ganged up to oppose the government’s proposed NHS reforms.
The Strauss-Kahn saga becomes ever more sordid – where was the French press?
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To be questioned by police once on an alleged sex offence may be a misfortune, but to be interrogated twice within the space of a year begins to look careless. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund and one-time presid...
Austerity is not working and will not work, say Europe’s trade unions
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The European Trade Union Confederation sets out the alternatives to the Troika’s diktat as the latest figures confirm the Eurozone has entered recession More...
Is Cameron about to face a Joe McCarthy moment?
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In many ways, it’s a little strange that US Senator Joe McCarthy is still so widely known today. American politics hasn’t exactly been bereft of fire and brimstone individuals over the years. How many of the current Tea Party crowd will be rememb...
Resurrecting the dead: what an Ice Age plant's revival means (and doesn't mean)
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After 30,000 years' slumber, a seed has germinated, and a flower has bloomed. Russian scientists have found the ancient fruit of an Ice Age plant, called Silene stenophylla, in the frozen nest of a long-dead squirrel, and brought it back to life R...
Greece secures bailout to avoid debt default
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By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and SARAH DiLORENZO Greece won a second massive financial bailout in the early hours of today when its partners in the 17-country eurozone finally stitched together a 130 billion euro rescue, meant to avoid a potentially disas...
The European External Action Service one year on
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On 22 December 2011, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton presented a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the ‘functioning of the [European External Action] Service in the first year of its operation as...
Workers control in Greece: Eleftherotypia
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The workers at Eleftherotypia have taken over one of the biggest and most prestigious Greek daily newspapers. In the words of one of the journalists More...
StanChart camps out at the securitisation BISTRO – Part 1
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A month ago, FT Alphaville took a closer look at a particular transaction that Barclays completed in order to decrease the amount of regulatory capital it was required to hold...
Languages with no future better for the future?
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According to a recent article Yale researcher Keith Chen is “currently working on a paper in which he examines the effect of future tense in different cultures’ future-oriented behavior.” He distinguishes between the so-called strong future...
‘Patient information’: a case study in EU bureacracy
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Three years after it was proposed the EU Information to Patients Directive is in limbo European health ministers have poured cold water on a long-standing EU proposal to allow pharmaceutical companies to provide information on medicines directly to p...
‘Patient information’: a case study in EU bureacracy
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Three years after it was proposed the EU Information to Patients Directive is in limbo European health ministers have poured cold water on a long-standing EU proposal to allow pharmaceutical companies to provide information on medicines directly to p...
