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• Reality Bites Back…

  // Well, Liverpool cost us a profitable weekend and made it a slight loss again. As ever, I will be doing my utmost to get back into profitable tipping. These... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey’s Future: Presidential Dreaming

  

  ZEHRA CACAN sits on the edge of a fresh grave strewn with flowers and prays quietly. In it lies her 30-year-old son, whose nom de guerre, Serxwebun, means... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Feyenoord: The Road Back To The Top

  

  Feyenoord are one of the biggest clubs in the Netherlands and have always been considered as a traditional top three club in the Eredivisie, having won 14... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] EU Looks at Arming Syrian Rebels and Wooing Russia This WEEK

  

  // Foreign ministers will seek a deal on arming the Syrian rebels this week, while the European commission will table new proposals on transferring more economi... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: A Flawed Temple

  

  EUROPEAN leaders may have saved the euro (for the time being, at least), but they are fast losing Europe’s citizens. Eurobarometer polls show that voters are... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• German Politics: Of Scissors and Biting

  

  THE effusions of bureaucracy rarely get Germans riled. Not so with the “fourth poverty and wealth report”, presented this week by Ursula von der Leyen, the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Gary Neville Goes Home

  

  Gary Neville took time out to visit the club where his illustrious career began this weekend at Bury Juniors FC.  Gary met with coaches and young players to tal... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Football Shorts – Did You Miss Me?

  

  Velez Sarsfield Fans In Trouble Yet more South American crowd trouble! The Argentinean giants will play without their fans in the remainder of their away games... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Spain’s Economy: Not Yet the New Germany

  

  The queue in Bremen is shorter IS SPAIN the next Germany? It may not feel like that to the 26% of Spaniards who are unemployed. GDP shrank by 0.8% in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: Anatomy of a Failure

  

  EUROCRATS used to annoy the British by telling them their country was bound one day to join the euro. Such talk has stopped with the euro crisis. Now the way... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Week Down Under: A-League Week 20

  

  It’s a Short Way to the Top The devoted among you might remember an article on this very website, many moons ago, heralding the arrival of the Western Sydney... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Dual Citizenship in Germany: Jus Sanguinis Revisited

  

  Backing Turkey and Germany together THE case of a woman from Hanau, in Hesse, shows why Kenan Kolat, leader of Germany’s Turks, calls the German citizenship... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• France’s Economy: Austerity Stakes

  

  FRANCE’S finance minister, Pierre Moscovici, staged a charm offensive in London this week to improve his country’s battered economic image. Days after the... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Football Shorts – The Mental Americas

  

  // Portsmouth Charge Carlisle For Parking Team BusIn a very unusual turn of events, Portsmouth charged their visitors £20 to park their team bus in... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Euro Lower League Week – The Change At The Top Edition

  

  Spain Both the top two enjoyed wins this weekend as Elche left it late against lowly Huesca but a double from substitute Angel, his first goals since returning... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Lower League Week – Moving on and Staying Put

  

  No-one Wants to Leave League One At least it seems that way. Last week I commented on how tight it was at the top of League One, but the ‘anyone can beat anyone... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Schulz Issues Ultimatum on EU Budget

  

  // European Parliament chief Martin Schulz said Thursday that MEPs will only open negotiations on the next long-term budget once member states agree how to... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ryanair Slams EU’s ‘political’ Decision on Aer Lingus Bid

  

  // Budget Irish airline Ryanair has slammed what it described as a “politically motivated” decision by the European Commission to block its €694 million bid to... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Euro Membership ‘guiding Light’ for Latvian Reform

  

  // The euro has been “a guiding light” for economic reform, Latvia’s central bank governor told MEPs on Tuesday. Related Stories Eurozone recession to continue... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Europe’s Cocaine Habit Fuels West Africa Instability

  

  The price and demand for cocaine in Europe remains high as shipments through West African transit countries to EU destinations drops. Related Stories EU should... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL