The tourists who could save Greece are the rich of China and India, not Europe | Ian Jack
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Contrary to what you might hear, Greece still welcomes German tourists. But they – and other Europeans – are just not coming in the numbers they used to"We had a splendid time at the Villa Paradiso," we wrote in the visitor's book after a&nb...
Yemen: Yemen Through Our Lenses Exhibition
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Yemeni journalist and blogger Afrah Nasser is using social media to raise funds to stage a photography exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden. Find out how you can help Afrah achieve her mission and support Yemeni photographers showcase their work and talen...
The Aurora Massacre
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This evening we ate Beijing duck in Chinatown and then headed off to the cinema, as I had promised our party a viewing of The Dark Night Rises as my birthday treat. The film was completely sold out but it was only after I had bought tickets for the n...
Italy’s Constitutional Court delivers blow to privatisation of local services
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Italy’s Constitutional Court has declared the privatisation of local public services unlawful in a decision that has been hailed as a major victory by those campaigning against the sell off public services in the country. The court decide...
Britain and India - A malign influence?
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As readers of this blog will know, I generally comment on books, articles and experiences which are enriching.But this week I've read a book which made me angry - Michael Wood's "The story of India", which accompanied a BBC television series of that...
Secularism and the role of religion in secular society [part 2]
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European Week 2012, day 4 Lord Richard Harries, former Bishop of Oxford (UK) Afsin Yurdakul, freelance journalist based in Istanbul, writing for Foreign Policy and other publications (Turkey) Ghia Nodia, Professor, Director of International School fo...
The Free Syrian Army controls border areas
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Juan Cole (Informed Comment) writes: Free Syria exists along Syria’s borders with Turkey and Iraq. The Free Syrian Army, somewhat to my surprise, is beginning to take and hold territory, acting more like a conventional army than like a guerrilla...
Building a civil economy
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"The current crisis of global capitalism provides a unique opportunity to chart an alternative to the complicit collusion of central states and free markets that characterise liberal political economy. From this perspective, the proposed shift of...
The Weekender
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This week on FT Alphaville,- More on Spain’s bail-in and the ECB’s U-turn, courtesy of Joseph…- … And while we’re on the subject, Finland scored an EFSF victory:...
Steps To Becoming A Veterinarian
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In order to be a veterinarian Milwaukee WI, you should be a person who thoroughly enjoys being around animals and caring for them. You should be able to handle stressful situations when animals are critically ill or have been severely … Continu...
More on M-pesa and e-money
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We wrote about Kenya’s M-pesa mobile money model on Wednesday, which we think is a really innovative and encouraging development in the world of money supply.The point...
Famine no more
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Number of View: 206 A year ago, in July 2011, I travelled to Dollow, a Somali border town, the last stop for refugees from war and hunger before they crossed into neighbouring Ethiopia. The severe drought, combined with chronic abject poverty and con...
Case C‑171/11, Fra.bo SpA
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Can Article 28 EC be applied to a private-law certification body? Fra.bo was an undertaking established in Italy which manufactured and sold copper fittings. Copper fittings were connections between two pieces of piping for water or gas, with seali...
Case C‑171/11, Fra.bo SpA
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Can Article 28 EC (now Article 34 TFEU) be applied to a private-law certification body? >> Fra.bo was an undertaking established in Italy which manufactured and sold copper fittings. The DVGW was a non-profit body governed by private...
IOER, negative rates, and Ben
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The ECB’s recent decision to lower its deposit rate to zero raised speculation in the market that the FOMC might be considering the reduction or elimination of the 0.25 per...
Spain downgraded just after receiving bail-out confirmation
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On the day Spain received formal confirmation from eurozone ministers of its €100bn bank bail-out to a backdrop of street protests, the country is downgraded by a ratings agency to just one notch above default...
New Belgian Nationality Law: still something to celebrate?
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Written by Thomas Huddleston, MIPEX Research Coordinator, Co-author and Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Group On 19 July, a proposed new Belgian Nationality law passed the Belgian Parliament’s Justice Committee with a large majority. Natu...
Le Royaume-Uni lance un audit sur l’Europe: Bientôt un référendum, puis une Europe sans lui ?
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En sept ans, jamais Nea say n’a consacré un article auRoyaume-Uni, le moment est venu car l’heure de vérité est arrivée. Une redéfinition des liens avec l’Union semble inéluctable et peu importe le processus finalement choisi. Toujours...
So, Euro-enthusiasts: still worried about Britain missing the train?
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Maybe it's all this talk of spending more money on rail infrastructure , or maybe it's my mounting irritation over the preposterous HS2 scheme, but I have train metaphors on the brain. Brussels has risen for the summer, and Eurocrats and MEPs are hea...
Warren Buffet and Stock Analysis
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When someone like Warren Buffett speaks, people listen. On any topic, it is stock news and it is followed closely by many. The stock market, in general, reacts to his words on most topics. An investor almost doesn't need to do any stock analysis if W...
More emails, a wholly unregulated Libor
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This seems wholly inadequate– Mervyn KingThe Bank of England released another set of Libor emails on Friday. The emails were mostly fired off between the Bank, the New York Fed,...
Introducing the AdvoKat: Does Neurim represent an important development in SPC jurisprudence?
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The AdvoKat: the wig looks great, but is still not friendly for protruding Kat ears. The IPKat and AmeriKat have been cultivating the next guest Kat for several months, teasing readers as to the identity of the new guest Kat. The IPK...
William Howard Taft
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It is Trivial Pursuits for political anoraks time. Readers of this blog will know that I regularly illustrate entries about the European Economic and Social Committee’s ‘enlarged Presidency’ with a picture of William Howard Taft, wh...
A New Deal
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Another Washington memorial got me thinking about European parallels. The Franklin Delanoe Roosevelt Memorial is a pleasant and extensive collection of water sculptures and marbled gardens marking FDR’s unique four mandates. Excerpts from some...
Why Washington?
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A good example of that mess is the way Washington became the capital city of the United States. As part of the new Constitution, the founding states agreed to have a capital city that was not governed by a state, which ruled out Pennsylvania and gave...
