‘When Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced Ukraine’s new, $17.5 billion bailout package Thursday morning (Feb. 12), she suggested it would be a “turning point for Ukraine,” which stands to […]
‘A battle of nerves ended this morning as the Russian and Ukrainian leaders agreed to a ceasefire in Belarus over contested territory in the embattled eastern European state. Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the ceasefire […]
‘The political centre across southern Europe is disintegrating. Establishment parties of centre-left and centre-right – La Casta, as they say in Spain – have successively immolated themselves enforcing EMU debt-deflation. Spain’s neo-Bolivarian Podemos party refuses […]
‘There is no doubt that the near majority obtained by Syriza in the elections last month represent a point-of-no-return for Europe. This is the result most feared by the rulers of several countries and, above […]
‘Following yesterday’s summary of the utter farce that the Minsk Summit/Ukraine “peace” deal talks have become, the various parties involved appear to be fracturing even faster today. The headlines are coming thick and fast but […]
‘Following yesterday’s summary of the utter farce that the Minsk Summit/Ukraine “peace” deal talks have become, the various parties involved appear to be fracturing even faster today. The headlines are coming thick and fast but […]
‘Greece‘s newly elected political part Syriza has some bold plans for the nation. Should Syriza action some of these game changing plans listed below, we would likely see other nations in the region rise up […]
‘Europe is playing a dangerous game of chicken, Paul Krugman writes in his column Friday. When the European Central Bank announced that it would no longer accept Greek government debt as collateral for loans on […]
‘A group of 63 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from across the five biggest political blocs in the parliament have called on European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to suspend the EU-Israel “association […]
‘A group of 63 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from across the five biggest political blocs in the parliament have called on European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to suspend the EU-Israel “association […]
‘Now and again history reaches an inflection point. Statesman and mere politicians, as the case may be, find themselves confronted with fraught circumstances and stark choices. February 2015 is one such moment. For its part, […]
‘Just last week, a new leak on the world’s dirtiest trade deal emerged that confirmed our worst fears about TTIP. The deal gives big business unprecedented power over decision-making across Europe. And the losers will […]