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• Serbia’s Government: Trouble Ahead

  “IT IS the government of the living dead,” says Zarko Korac, an opposition member of parliament. It can stumble on for a bit, he adds, but sooner rather than... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey and the European Union: A Tiny Thaw?

  AFTER 30 months in the deep freeze Turkey’s bid to join the European Union is for once warming a bit. France, which under Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency blocked... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Migration to Germany: Sprechen Sie Job?

  

  DANIEL GÓMEZ GARCIA, aged 23, is the sort of person Europe’s leaders may have had in mind when, on paper at least, they turned the European Union into a single... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Human Trafficking – ‘modern Day Slavery’

  

  Human trafficking is the slavery of our times with the victims a tiny cog in a corruption machine that involves criminal gangs working across several member... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: No to EUsterity

  

  THE bitterest family rows are often over money. So it is with the European Union’s leaders. For three years they have argued over who should pay what to save th... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• French Economic Policy: Which Way for Mr Hollande?

  

  THE longer François Hollande spends in office, the more it takes sharp eyesight and a clear head to follow his economic policy. Since his election last May,... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Russia and America: The Dread of the Other

  

  Vlad the anti-American IF AMERICA did not exist, Russia would have to invent it. In a sense it already has: first as a dream, then as a nightmare. No other... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Greece: Is a Grexit off the Table?

  

  THE mood in Greek business circles is brightening. Greece is still grappling with a record recession that has shrunk output by more than a fifth and pushed... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Podcast Episode 93 – Sex, Drugs & Podcasting

  // Goal Of The Week was Edin Dzeko’s lovely finish for Man City against Southampton, a sexy little dink finishing off a great team move.Cock-Up Of The Week was... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• MEPs Can Unpick ‘indicative’ Farm Subsidies Deal

  

  Agreement on EU farm subsidies remains far from clear, after the European Commission said the European Parliament could unpick the deal reached last week at... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• La Rua De l’Artesania

  // La Rua Artesania is one of the most spectacular events that take place in Tarragona during the Carnival. The parade runs through the main artery of... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Leaders Throw Weight Behind US Trade Talks

  

  EU leaders have thrown their weight behind talks aimed at securing a landmark trade agreement with the US. Related Stories EU edges toward Canada free trade dea... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Leaders Urge MEPs to Back Skeletal Budget

  

  // EU leaders – after marathon talks – have said spending of just €960bn in 2014-2020 is “the best deal possible” and urged MEPs to back the deal. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Week Down Under: A-League Week 18

  

  // Wandering Up The TableIt’s safe to say the the Western Sydney Wanderers are the most electrifying team in sports entertainment today. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey and Its Army: Erdogan and His Generals

  

  IMAGINE a country with NATO’s second-largest army that counts Iraq, Iran and Syria as neighbours and is encircled by the Aegean, the Black Sea and the... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Italy’s Election: Scandal, Fascism and Football

  

  Old Siena bank, new financial scandal POLITICS is seldom boring for long in Italy. An election that takes place on February 24th and 25th had been mostly focuse... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: Transatlantic Trading

  

  THE guns of the long transatlantic beef war are silenced. Last year the European Union more than doubled its quota of American beef imports (so long as it is no... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Euro Lower League Week – The Long Awaited Return Edition

  

  // France The number one spot in Ligue 2 changed hands once more last weekend as Monaco had to come from behind to earn a 2-2 draw against Guingamp, who extende... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Behind the Scenes at the Cathedral

  A visit to the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Tarragona is an ave inspiring experience. The largest cathedral in the whole of Catalonia, it has recently undergone... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: Europe’s Odd Couple

  

  THE French cockerel and the German eagle have strutted together for so long that few took much notice of this week’s 50th anniversary of the Elysée treaty that... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL