‘The results of a new opinion poll indicate that Spain’s anti-austerity party, Podemos, is getting more currency ahead of the 2015 elections. According to the study by the CIS state research institute, the findings of […]
‘Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have poured onto the streets of the Hungarian capital Budapest to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s policies, demanding the premier’s ouster. Some 4,000 demonstrators convened outside the parliament building on […]
‘Having just written that Greece needs Spartans in order to prevail over its creditors and the EU, the new Greek government is showing signs of being Spartans. Listen to these words from Greece’s new Prime […]
‘Greece has urged the European Union to halt its “spasmodic” measures against Russia as the new Greek government has refused to approve an EU statement threatening fresh sanctions against Moscow. “The EU must finally consider […]
‘Much of the press commentary following Leon Brittan’s death last week has been confined to his record on the British political scene and recent allegations of sex abuse. Strangely absent amidst the obituaries of this […]
‘Amid ‘turmoiling’ stock markets on Friday, CNBC’s Simon Hobbs summed up the status quo’s thinking on the new Greek leadership when he noted, somewhat angrily and shocked, “The Greeks are not even trying to reassure […]
‘Few in Greece, even five years ago, would have imagined their recession- and austerity-ravaged country as it is now: 1.3 million people – 26% of the workforce – without a job (and most of them […]
‘Greece’s newly-elected anti-austerity Finance Minister says his government will no longer cooperate with the troika of international lenders or seek aid extension. Yanis Varoufakis made the announcement on Friday, following a meeting with Eurogroup President […]
‘At the World Economic Forum last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel let the cat out of the bag with her sly offer, or rather bribe, to Russia. The German leader told delegates in Davos that […]
‘Not long after the Berlin Wall fell a quarter of a century ago, the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States squandered its peace dividend in an attempt to maintain global dominance, and Europe quietly became […]
‘Sunday’s Greek vote for anti-austerity left-wing Syriza shows the people’s eagerness to stop the current bailout scheme and renegotiate a deal that’s more favorable for the Greek economy. In the next several days and weeks, […]