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• Black Sea Woes

  

  In memory of a murderous fire ALMOST exactly a year ago, on May 2nd 2014, two groups of protesters clashed in central Odessa. A heady post-revolutionary haze... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Of Rules and Order

  

  “NO MATTER what the topic, it’s four to one against me,” laments Peter Bofinger, one of the five members of Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, which... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Spain Faces Fine Over False Statistics

  Spain became the first casualty of beefed up EU rules on statistics after the European Commission recommended the country be fined €19 million for misreporting... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Aliyev’s Party

  

  Ismailova, a gutsy lady KHADIJA ISMAILOVA, an Azeri journalist investigating corruption among the country’s ruling elite, knew that she was swimming in deep... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• What Digital Barriers Do Europeans Still Face?

  “Mom! I did something illegal!” – as the EU gets set to unveil its new strategy on liberalising the digital single market, what online barriers do Europeans... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Great Patriotic War, Again

  

  ON MAY 9th 150 Russian military aircraft will streak across the Moscow sky, 16,000 troops will march through Red Square and three intercontinental ballistic... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Inside Jobs

  

  Friends in high places SPANIARDS are used to former public officials getting rich from doing business with the state. When news emerged of investigations into... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Juncker Annoys Centre-right with Comments on Migration

  EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has said the outcome of the EU’s recent summit on migration was “inadequate, putting himself directly at odds with his... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU to Curb Use of Thin Plastic Bags

  The European Parliament has voted to limit the use of thin plastic bags, the most commonly used ones in the EU. News from Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Analysis] Sidelining Varoufakis is Tsipras’ Wild Card

  Isolated in the eurogroup and less popular at home, the Greek finance minister will no longer be in sole command of negotiating with lenders. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Unveils Private Equity Fund to Invest in African Energy

  The EU has unveiled plans to partner up with a Paris-based private equity firm to invest in energy companies across Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• France and Russia Agree ‘terms’ on Warship Contract

  France and Russia have all-but reached terms on terminating a contract for two warships. News from Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Absent Professor

  ALMOST every recent Greek finance minister has been an Athens university economics professor moonlighting as a politician. Yanis Varoufakis is no exception. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Firm Elder Statesman

  

  Not that way, Yanis, suggests Wolfgang (left) AGED 72 and confined to a wheelchair since an assassination attempt 25 years ago, Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Finns’ Moment

  

  IN 2011 Finland broke a long habit and held an interesting election. The True Finns, a Eurosceptic party led by Timo Soini, a portly rabble-rouser with a... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Wants to ‘capture and Destroy’ Migrant Traffickers’ Boats

  EU leaders are to ask foreign policy chief Federica Moghernini to look into setting up a defence mission that would “identify, capture and destroy vessels”... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• On the March

  THIS year is not going well for Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister. After falling out with a key oligarch and ally, Mr Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party has... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Numbers Nightmare

  

  A hand across the sea IN THE sea separating north Africa from the European Union, the phrase “calm waters” now has an ominous ring. After the weather improved... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU States Renew Call to Label Israeli Settler Goods

  Sixteen EU states have said Israeli settler products should be marked in shops so that European consumers can boycott them. News from Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] Greece, Finland, and TTIP This WEEK

  The focus will once again be on the Greek debt crisis next week, as well as continued negotiations on an EU-US trade deal, and Iran’s nuclear programme. Plus,... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL