Iraqi Oil Production Outpaces Iran’s
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Although American statesmen and Republican politicians of the Bush era hate to admit it, one of the foundational aims of the war in Iraq – the creation of a liberal democracy – guaranteed an increase in Iranian influence both within Iraq and acro...
A Year of Independence, but Still no Peace for the Children of Sudan
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On Monday, the Republic of South Sudan celebrated its first anniversary and independence from now-neighboring Sudan. Following decades of civil war, the nation separated from Sudan one year ago. Leaders of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda attended an o...
American Newscasters Blindly Floundering
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In mid-2012, just 21% of adults in the U.S. told Gallop they had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in TV news. In 1993, the percentage had been at forty-six. Ideological differences do not seem to matter (ranging only between 19-2...
Rajoy’s new austerity drive pours ‘gasoline onto the streets’
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Right-wing prime minister Mariano Rajoy has unveiled the biggest attack on Spain’s welfare state in history in a move described by radical opposition MPs pouring ’gasoline onto the streets’. The measures include a swathe of new ta...
Eurobarometer food security survey - by Alan Matthews
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What are we to make of the findings in the latest Eurobarometer survey of EU public opinion on Europeans’ attitudes to their own food security?
Eurobarometer food security survey - by Alan Matthews
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What are we to make of the findings in the latest Eurobarometer survey of EU public opinion on Europeans’ attitudes to their own food security?
The Closer
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ROUND-UP A day for the history books in US Treasuries: the lowest-ever auction yield for 10-year bonds at 1.459 per cent, and the highest-ever demand from direct bidders for...
Muslim Toulouse Killer: I Dressed and Acted Western to "Fool the Enemy"
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"War amounts to ruse" declared a Muslim terrorist to the French police as he was besieged in his apartment during the last hours of his life. According to the transcript of negotiations between Mohamed Merah and the French police (illegally) obtained...
Eurozone crisis? Well, fear no more! UKIP MEP Colman pledges to save the day
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Even those casting a casual eye over the newspapers and news bulletins will appreciate that the Eurozone is going through the worst crisis in its history. And while our political leaders tiptoe towards something substantial and something resembling g...
EU Commission publishes draft directive on collective management of copyright and related rights
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Kat-management of rights works perfectly fine. And it's cool Today the European Commission issued its "Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-ter...
Falling Oil Prices Present a Great Opportunity – An Interview with Jim Rogers
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By James Stafford World markets appear to be hovering over a precipice as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, slowdowns in India and China and further bank downgrades threaten to send stocks and commodities down even further. Falling oil and gas prices...
The “moderate” Taliban give an interview to their UK mouthpiece
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The New Statesman has long been telling us that the Afghan war is “unwinnable” and that a Taliban victory is inevitable: Take this, from the (print edition) of 17 August 2009, for instance: Our military presence in Afghanistan is part...
Eurocrisis: Analysis of where we stand today
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There have been several events in the eurozone ever since the latest European Council meeting in the end of June, which will eventually force upon European leaders the kind of conditions that will make reforms and further integration the only way to...
Eurocrisis: Analysis of where we stand today
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There have been several events in the eurozone ever since the latest European Council meeting in the end of June, which will eventually force upon European leaders the kind of conditions that will make reforms and further integration the only way to...
Capsized refugee boat: Europa rettet kein Leben
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Wieder einmal sind mehr als 50 Menschen bei der Flucht in ein neues, vermeintlich besseres Leben in Europa ums Leben gekommen. Doch anders, als schon so oft berichtet werde musste, ist das Boot, mit dem die Afrikaner auf dem Mittelmeer unterwegs ware...
FOMC minutes for meeting of June 19-20
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Everyone was curious to whether the minutes would reveal just how close FOMC members were to doing something more aggressive than extending Operation Twist at its last meeting —...
LloydsTSB Bank manager fined for disabled badge fraud
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A Harrow bank manager has proved finance industry fraud extends well beyond the Square Mile. Kulvinder Dhindsa, who manages the Stanmore branch of LloydsTSB was fined £1,000, yesterday, for using a fake disabled badge to park outside the bank. Dhind...
Croatia’s EU accession – a year to go
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I’ve just returned from my first visit as Minister for Europe to Zagreb. My visit comes just one year before Croatia’s accession to the EU. Everyone I’ve met has that on their minds. I’ve been looking at three ways I think we can strengthen...
A European Banking Union: Is it possible?
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It was one of the fundamental topics of the last two summits in Brussels in an effort to provide a more direct and efficient solution to the recapitlization of banking institutions of overdebted states. But is this a realistic solution for Eurozone i...
Directly Treasury
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The US borrowed for 10 years at the lowest rate ever in Wednesday’s auction (technically a reopening of an existing bond).But just as interesting… primary dealers...
Spain's prime minister has fallen hostage to his own austerity discourse | Miguel Anxo-Murado
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Mariano Rajoy's measures aren't working, yet he has so much invested in appeasing Brussels that he can't change courseSpanish Easter Fridays are famous for their collective display of painful religious emotions. But lately it is as if every Friday ha...
The Sewer of Revisionism Eventually Flows into the River of Implausible Stupidity
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Jean Birnbaum writing in France’s newspaper of record, Le Monde uses his unresolved feelings about a violent murder to pen a loving portrait of Karl Marx. lumpenproletariat was not a sub, but an anti proletariat.Mikhail Kalashnikov is part of this...
A European Banking Union: Is it possible?
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It was one of the fundamental topics of the last two summits in Brussels in an effort to provide a more direct and efficient solution to the recapitlization of banking institutions of overdebted states. But is this a realistic solution for Eurozone i...
Russian Socialite Taunts Police in New Ad
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Russia’s opposition it-girl Ksenia Sobchak appears to have a sense of humor about her recent legal woes.
The mother of all enhanced cooperations
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Well, this is the political "nuclear option" post. No, don't worry, no violence or warmongering here. But I will just go a bit further of our usual safety line for gradual Europe building. The proposal I want to show up is at the end o...
Turn Your Holiday Daytime Outfit Into Appropriate Evening Wear
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When it comes to holidays, outfits are one of the first things that come to mind. You want to put together a look that will show off your newly tanned skin that works with whatever activities you get up to. But packing a suitcase can be difficult, es...
A triumph for European Parliamentary scrutiny?
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As the only directly elected component of the EU machine, taxpayers and citizens have a right to expect that MEPs will stand up for their interests in Brussels, scrutinising the decisions and spending of the other EU institutions.The parliament’s b...
DEVE Committee aims for responsibility in middle-income countries
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According to MEPs on the Development (DEVE) committee, emerging economies should be encouraged to allocate more of their revenues to social programmes through EU development aid, with an eye towards gradually reducing the latter.
The economics of the Olympics
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As Londoners prepare for a two-week-long festival of queuing, mostly in the rain, and getting struck in traffic and on the over-crowded tube trains (otherwise known as the London 2012 Olympics),...
The euro crisis explained
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Hooray! The euro is saved!Listen to these two dynamic pillars of European stability: And here is another way to look at what is happening in the eurozone:Take your pick!
Romania, Hungary and democracy politics
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Romania's centre-left prime minister, Victor Ponta Just how should the EU react when a leader in a country like Romania threatens to undermine the democratic principles the entire European project stands for? Apparently it depends on what poli...
Romania, Hungary and democracy politics
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Romania's centre-left prime minister, Victor Ponta Just how should the EU react when a leader in a country like Romania threatens to undermine the democratic principles the entire European project stands for? Apparently it depends on what poli...
