Greening Turkey : Is there an European vision ?
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A new Turkish Coffee Briefing was focused on the topic of “Greening Turkey: is there an European vision?” The introductory speech was given by Dr Uygar Özesmi, Executive Director of Greenpeace Mediterranean. During the debate moderated by...
Die Linke’s Congress of Fire
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IN THE RADICAL PRESS / IL MANIFESTO Choosing a new leadership, internal clashes, Lafontaine imposes his own man, Bernd Riexinger, who will flank 34-year old Katja Kipping from the East. Gysi: ‘If we hate each other so much, better to split.&#...
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: The euro "has essentially broken down"
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor of The Daily Telegraph, is convinced that the euro "has essentially broken down as a viable economic and political undertaking": On a single day, the European Commission said monetary union...
Getting Dizzy Over Fair Use in Higher Education
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Ay, there’s the wonder of the thing. Macavity’s not there! -TS Eliot TheNumber42 And neither has been this Kat for a few weeks, due in part to a back injury that has made it difficult to sit in a chair for long periods (s...
Hiroshima mon amour
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We watched Alain Resnais’s 1959 classic, Hiroshima mon amour, this evening. Based on a screenplay by Marguerite Youcenar, the film consists of a 36 hour conversation between a French actress (played by Emmanuèlle Riva) and a Japanese architect...
“Stop the presses” | Youropa’s press review #3
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In the Sunday media review, Youropa digs into a week of EU coverage and picks up a few pieces that caught our attention. Some of the most interesting stories from international newspapers handpicked by Youropa’s editors. ...
Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return?:
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“Although there is an urban legend that the world will end this year based on a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar, some researchers think a 40-year-old computer program that predicts a collapse of socioeconomic order and massive drop in human...
Why Europe should fear Fine Gael-like ‘reasonableness’ much, much more than it fears Syriza
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The establishment view in Europe is that the problem is too much debt (by profligate countries like Greece) and, therefore, that the solution must involve (a) austerity and (b) structural reforms (which increase the competitiveness of the weaker stat...
Why Europe should fear Fine Gael-like ‘reasonableness’ much, much more than it fears Syriza
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The establishment view in Europe is that the problem is too much debt (by profligate countries like Greece) and, therefore, that the solution must involve (a) austerity and (b) structural reforms (which increase the competitiveness of the weaker stat...
Shale gas in Eastern Europe: gold for a new sheikdom or vain illusion?
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Shale gas represents an interesting potential to free Eastern Europe from Russian gas imports. The 2009 gas crisis has raised awareness of the precarious situation of being that dependent on one supplier. But reserves seem to be less important than e...
FTfm on AV
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Some highlights from Monday’s FTfm.RPI revamp risks ruining linker returnsProposed changes to the calculation of UK inflation data could “ruin” the £338bn...
Guest Post | Health care without borders
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One in ten Europeans live in border regions, finding themselves in limbo between health care systems. While the EU member states implement a European health care by 2013, countries have taken a leap forward. French journalist Marina Daras visits the...
Mubarak Convicted in Egypt: A Precedent?
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On June 2, 2012, an Egyptian court sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for being an accomplice in the killing of unarmed demonstrators during the protests in the “Arab Spring.” The significance of this verdict in terms of h...
Sell London
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Despite the surname, this correspondent thought he’d jump on a train to central London, Sunday afternoon, and try and catch a glimpse of Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace...
The Best Ways Of Improving Telephone Systems
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The process of acquiring telephone systems Chicago requires the residents to follow recommended procedures. It is very important to start by identifying the requirements and the present needs in order to succeed. All the current phone setups and the...
Britain can find no traction in Europe for its anti-EU clamouring | Michael Burke
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Last week's Irish vote reveals that resistance against austerity is growing, but not hostility to the EUIn the days when Britannia ruled the waves, the British political tradition was to keep Europe down by keeping it disunited. Enthralling notions c...
Italy’s Own Goal: Guest post by Joseph Halevi
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The Eurozone’s idiocy is obvious to all those with eyes and ears. It can be witnessed anywhere we turn these days: from the evolving bank run to the non-debate on eurobonds. Joseph Halevi, friend, co-author and serial guest of this blog, just sent...
Italy’s Own Goal: Guest post by Joseph Halevi
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The Eurozone’s idiocy is obvious to all those with eyes and ears. It can be witnessed anywhere we turn these days: from the evolving bank run to the non-debate on eurobonds. Joseph Halevi, friend, co-author and serial guest of this blog, just sent...
Voices to intensify efforts in the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
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Southern Europe Countries and the Union for the Mediterranean. An opportunity to be more conducive and pro-active in raising funds for Mediterranean projects through multilateral partnership with a view to increasing the potential for regional inte...
How not to write about Africa in 2012 – a beginner's guide | Binyavanga Wainaina
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The booming continent is ripe for new partnerships, but with those who address us as equals not in aid bullet pointsNairobi is a good place to be an international correspondent. There are regular flights to the nearest genocide, and there are green l...
Global Manufacturing Growth Shudders Towards A Halt
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This months manufacturing PMI data only confirm what several months of prior surveys (and now the latest US jobs report) have been telling us, namely that growth in the developed economies is getting scarcer and scarcer, and harder and harder …...
