Fight or flight? Great Britain’s rocky relationship with the EU.
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When starting this blog I promised myself I would do my best to avoid ranting about the state of British politics, but David Cameron, Big D, Chameleon on bike (whatever nickname we want to go for) you just keep getting it so frightfully wrong. I am...
Italy’s employers warn Monti of ‘social butchery’
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Even some leading employers are flinching at the human cost of the latest austerity measures of Mario Monti’s ‘technocratic’ government. The country’s first UK-style spending review now heading for parliament will see big cuts...
Shakespeare not for snobs; ROYAL SHAKESPEARE not for Austrians, rules Court
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"Friends, Romans, Coumtrymen,lend me your ears ..." After surviving her study of Hamlet at high school, this Kat could not help but share with you this cartoon. Since her time in England, she has made it to Stratford to see Shakespeare’s birthpl...
A room with a view: part I
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Did we ever mention that we think that the working environment matters? Sure we did! Did we mention that we believe in talent and creativity? Methinks yes. Does a modicum of fun at work make a difference? Well, yes! Did we actually do something about...
The Closer
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ROUND-UP Another down day for US stocks. Global growth and the eurozone were blamed as the S&P 500 fell 0.16 per cent to 1,352.46 (Reuters).Alcoa kicked off the second-quarter...
Copenhagen - A City Known for Its Splendors!
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Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, a small country in Europe. This charming city has gained lot of popularity among tourists coming to Europe. The city is not only known for its natural charm but also for its rich culture and heritage. Before plan...
Risk On Rally Fails As World Banks Dump Off Most Of Their EU-Summit Gains As The Euro Tumbles To A New Low And Italian And Spanish Bond Spreads Return To Pre Summit Crisis Level
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Financial Market Report for the week ending Friday July 6, 2012; this is the fourteenth week of entry into the Second Great Depression. 1) … Stocks traded lower Friday of this week. The ETRACS Fisher-Gartman Risk On ETN, tthe “Risk On ETN ONN...
Rettung der Währung
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Den Europäern läuft bei der Rettung ihrer Währung die Zeit davon. Eine Sondersitzung jagt die andere, doch ein Wendepunkt in der Staatsschuldenkrise ist nicht in Sicht. Stattdessen wird die Liste der pleitebedrohten Staaten immer länger. Und es s...
A Dozen Of The Best Content Strategy Blogs
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Here is the blog post by EC blog team as a series on online content strategies developed in cooperation between the Europa.eu web team and web consultant Sue Davis. Interesting approach on key resources, the relationship between content strategy...
The dollar-euro repo arb?… Not yet
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Well, here’s one answer to a question we’d been wondering about since last week, when the ECB lowered the deposit rate from 0.25 per cent to zero.We were curious...
We musn’t allow Mehdi Hasan to get away with this rubbish
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The outgoing Political Editor of the New Statesman, Mehdi Hasan, begins a cri de coeur in today’s Graun, with this: “Have you ever been called an Islamist? How about a jihadist or a terrorist? Extremist, maybe? Welcome to my world. It...
Unforced error from Boris Johnson
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One spectator brought his own hawk-eye to Wimbledon yesterday. At least Boris was staring at his wife this time.
The great American consumer strikes again
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Another notable increase in US consumer credit, this time for May…That’s a particularly big jump in revolving credit — in fact it looks like the biggest since...
Why the current EU strategy to protect Roma ethnicity is failing
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Burdened with their condition, impulsive, united in evil, the [Roma] Gypsies represent a foreign community impossible to integrate. (Noua Dreapta – Romani CRISS. Newsletter, Sept-Dec 2006) Roma constitute the largest ethnic minority in Europe, with...
Czech corruption continued
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AMID signs of a continued struggle between lawmakers and the judiciary, Miroslav Kalousek, the Czech finance minister, is denying reports he threatened a police detective investigating a member of his own party for signing-off on a questionable milit...
What Turkey will do with Syria?
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The recent diplomatic escalation between Turkey and Syria with reference to the fall of a Turkish aircraft hit by Syrian forces seems to be more important than it first looked like. Turkey's relatively calm post-reaction is what really corresponds to...
Gunfight for CAP Budget Money - by Emil Erjavec
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The CAP budget negotiations have started to heat up, negotiators have formed the clubs of like-minded countries. Also this time negotiations are mostly a (gun)fight for preserving or improving the net position of Member States.
Gunfight for CAP Budget Money - by Emil Erjavec
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The CAP budget negotiations have started to heat up, negotiators have formed the clubs of like-minded countries. Also this time negotiations are mostly a (gun)fight for preserving or improving the net position of Member States.
Muslim round ups in the UK ahead of Games
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Is Muslim convert Richard Dart really a "terrorist" who wanted to carry out a "terrorist attack?" Or - as I suspect, Dart was actually arrested for his obnoxious speech and religious expressions. While the EDL continue to be the biggest threat to pea...
Muslim round ups in the UK ahead of Games
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[caption id="attachment_3549" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Why the way he's dressed and his obnoxious views - he must be planning a terrorist attack!"][/caption]British police have no idea what a &quo...
Muslim round ups in the UK ahead of Games
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[caption id="attachment_3549" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Why the way he's dressed and his obnoxious views - he must be planning a terrorist attack!"][/caption]British police have no idea what a &quo...
How to beat Apple in court: be uncool
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On Monday, the UK’s High Court ruled against Apple in its lawsuit against Samsung, which Apple accused of copying its designs with the latest Galaxy tablet.But part of...
Ski Teachers reform going downhill fast
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When it was my turn to take part in Europe’s other right of passage – other than Erasmus – and do an internship with one of the European Institutions, I took advantage of my badge to sit in on all the meetings on the biggest dossier...
Evening school on Greece coast, where clergymen, footballers and grandmothers learn
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In a nod to the ‘European year of active ageing and solidarity between generations 2012’, the Argostoli Evening School works with students aged between 14 and 60 from all walks of life: high-school dropouts, shepherds, housewives and builders. Es...
Children in Military Custody in Israel – our responsibility?
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Defence for Children International – Palestine Section has long been monitoring the situation of Palestinian Children detained by the Israeli Authorities. Their statistics make grim reading but are also a source of reliable information about what i...
France Borrows at Negative Rate
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Good news for France, which just borrowed €6 billion in short-term funds at an interest rate of -0.005 to -0.006 %. Not such good news for Europe, since the negative short rates now enjoyed by France, Germany, the Netherlands and a few other countr...
Ice-Cream in Greece and Dubai is Truly Unique
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Greece is an outstanding holiday destination boasting ancient wonders, stunning beaches and a top nightlife. There really is something for everyone in this wonderfully diverse country. Greek cuisine is famous for containing particular vibrant flavou...
"Can the Eurozone be Saved?" by Henning Meyer
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The Eurozone crisis is becoming ever more complex and cutting through the chase is becoming more and more difficult. My broad analysis of overlapping structural, political and democratic crises seems to hold up reasonably well but it is time to expan...
Tucker TV
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Click the pic for the live feed from Wilson Room, Portcullis House…FT Westminster is live-blogging here. Main points so far:Tucker “absolutely” rejects...
