This tax giveaway to multinationals must be stopped | Caroline Lucas
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George Osborne's plans to change tax rules on UK companies' overseas subsidiaries encourage the use of tax havensThis week is parliament's last chance to amend the 2012 budget: a budget entrenching a strategy for the UK and the global economy that ha...
German Companies ‘Unhappy’ with Hungary Policies
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Companies from Germany, Hungary's biggest trading partner, are critical of the lack of predictability in the policymaking practices of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
European Court Rules Russia Gave Poles Cruel Treatment
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The European Court of Human Rights said the Soviet massacre of Polish prisoners of war during World War II was a war crime and Russia demonstrated "an attitude lacking in humanity" toward families of the victims.
Growth strategy is the right medicine
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European Commission considers a range of options as eurozone unemployment hits record 17m By David Gow “We’re back in full crisis mode,” Rabobank rate strategist Lyn Graham-Taylor told Reuters on Monday as yields on Spanish 10-year...
only for male feminists, #10
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When I think in a sidekick, I think in something as the Lone Ranger and Tonto, that perfect example of racial profiling. Or their spinoff The Green Hornet, with Kato. I really believe that if I would see any such structure in a tale, movie or TV seri...
Drunk with power
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This week's Economist unveils a whole new side to EU commission president Barroso.Like 'vice' president Reding, Barroso, it seems, is something of a lush.Apparently he seeks inspiration for political metaphor in the bottom of a glass.The latest editi...
I’m influencing people about the EU (and possibly think tank stuff too), but what does it mean?
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I’m on a bit of a Twitter high these days. On the weekend I passed 5000 followers (probably only to drop below the level again once Twitter eliminates some spam-bots), and today two political Twitter league tables have been published. I am the...
Citi and second liens
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Three’s a trend — Citi’s joined JP Morgan and Wells Fargo in reclassifying home equity (junior lien mortgage) loans as bad assets this quarter.From a footnote in its Q1 results:...
Growth strategy is the right medicine
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Monday, 16 April 2012 European Commission considers a range of options as eurozone unemployment hits record 17m "We're back in full crisis mode," Rabobank rate strategist Lyn Graham-Taylor told Reuters on Monda...
Ed Davey’s SpAd: cut fuel allowance, maternity pay and bus passes
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Ed Davey’s special advisor has called for the coalition to slash Winter Fuel Allowance, maternity pay and free bus passes. Writing for ConservativeHome on 7 March — just three weeks before being hired as Davey’s special adviser – ...
Budapest Court Gives Green Light to Gay Pride March, Overrules Police
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The Budapest municipal court last week allowed Hungary’s annual Budapest gay march to take place at its original place and time.
Swing the axe, glue the tail, spin the coin: damages for patent infringement
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Handed down on the Wednesday morning of last week by Mr Justice Norris, the latest episode in the burgeoning saga in Fabio Perini S.P.A. v LPC Group PlC & Paper Converting Machine Company Italia & Others [2012] EWHC 911 (Ch) is an absorbing (...
An unexpected response
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Business leaders back euro, despite stream of negative press By David Seymour As Nucleus has mentioned before, in this country we tend to get an unremitting diet of negative stories about Europe and, in particular, the euro. It wasn’t so long...
Energising development: The EU is “in”
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Following the opening ceremony of the EU Sustainable Energy For all Summit that took place in Brussels last week, José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, stressed the EU’s commitment to supporting the goals set forth by...
European political poverty calls for new buzzwords
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Guest post by Andy Langenkamp, political analyst for ECR Research and Interest & Currency Consultants. Unemployment in the eurozone is at historic highs. Economic growth data are equally depressing while confidence is low among producers and cons...
Why should the ECB have more power?
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A few weeks ago, I made a public wish that British politicians will not meddle in Ireland’s referendum campaign on the EU fiscal treaty. My wish was motivated by fear. As a left-winger opposed to the Union’s austerity agenda, I don’t want anyo...
A veto of the European Parliament against ACTA would be a way for MEPs to reassert themselves against member states.
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Recent months have seen protests across Europe against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which seeks to protect intellectual property. Valentin Kreilinger argues that the European Parliament now has an opportunity to take into account t...
Would more free trade help Europe recover?
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Last year, we looked at the idea of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the US and the EU as a way to boost economies on both sides of the Atlantic. We’ve also had several commenters (including Patrick, Christos, Pablo and David) suggest...
Alternatif Bilişim Derneği (@altbilisim) ve Istanbul Hackerspace ( #istanbulhackerspace) @sosyalkafa nın konuğuydu…
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Related posts: Alternatif Bilişim Derneği’nden TÜRKİYE’DE İNTERNET’İN DURUMU raporu… Alternatif Bilişim Derneği’nden bedava e-kitap: Cesur Yeni Medya. Wikileaks ve 2011 Arap İsyanları üzerine tartışmalar 3. Bölüm
Quo vadis Europe?
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Europe is presently engaged in an intensive debate related to the crisis of sovereign debt, its governance and the links between citizens and EU institutions. I offer my modest contribution to this debate. The EU will have solved most of its sovereig...
Quo vadis Europe?
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Europe is presently engaged in an intensive debate related to the crisis of sovereign debt, its governance and the links between citizens and EU institutions. I offer my modest contribution to this debate. The EU will have solved most of its sovereig...
An unexpected response
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Monday, 16 April 2012 Business leaders back euro, despite stream of negative press As Nucleus has mentioned before, in this country we tend to get an unremitting diet of negative stories about Europe and, in pa...
The Hoodie and the Hijab are not equals
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By Adele Wilde-Blavatsky, cross-posted from The Feminist Wire Last month, an American-born Iraqi woman, Shaima Alawadi, was viciously murdered in the United States. According to reports, her daughter stated that a racist note was left outside the f...
The Hoodie and the Hijab are not equals
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By Adele Wilde-Blavatsky, cross-posted from The Feminist Wire Last month, an American-born Iraqi woman, Shaima Alawadi, was viciously murdered in the United States. According to reports, her daughter stated that a racist note was left outside the f...
Making waste a resource
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The European Commission published a report on the 10th of April 2012 on the use of economic instruments and waste management performances. Taking into account the environmental concerns of our century, good policy choices regarding management of w...
Three metres high, eight miles long: Greece builds border wall with Turkey
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Greece, now entering its fifth year of recession, is building a three metre high, eight mile long wall along its shared border with Turkey. The stated purpose of this wall? Excluding migrants, meaning for the main part those people desperately fleein...
