Europe, US try to maintain united on Kosovo
Europe, US try to maintain united on Kosovo
The US and Europe are struggling to maintain a united front over the future of Kosovo after Russia blocked attempts at the United Nations to move the province towards independence from SerbiaSarkozy in a boat:
Envoys seek Kosovo compromise
US, EU and Russian envoys visit Kosovo in what is seen as a last bid to find a deal over the province's future.Last round talks on Kosovo question
Democracy, Liberation and Freedom are Just Myths
If you were curious about what kind of thoughts run through the mind of an Iraqi living in Baghdad, read this:.........
Pressed by U.S., a Wary U.N. Now Plans Larger Iraq Role
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 7 -- The United Nations has offered to increase its presence in Baghdad for the first time in more than three years, after repeated appeals from the Bush administration for the world body to play a more active role in mediating Iraq's sectarian disputes.Bulgarian medics tortured, says Gaddafi's son!
DOSSIER: The ECB attempts to stymie the financial market crisis | 10/08/2007
The crisis of confidence affecting American mortgages has spread to the Old Continent. The French bank BNP Paribas triggered doubts when it suspended withdrawals from three investment funds in the United States on Thursday, August 9th. The European Central Bank (ECB) has made an emergency intervention, injecting almost 95 billion euros into the financial system. Will this be enough to stop the panic?
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A fine romance
Harassing Germany’s Media
Germany’s prosecutors should drop their attempts to intimidate their nation’s journalists.
EUphoria, for now Much harder work is needed to tackle organised crime and corruption
EU Envoy: Kosovo Independence Plan Still Alive
This “Statistics in Focus” describes (12 pages; PDF) and analyses the expenditure and the receipts of Social Protection in different European countries
If it happens to be your friend who wants to immigrate
If it happens to be your friend who wants to immigrate
IHT A principled EU approach to Russia Short-term prospects for the rule of law in Russia are not encouraging, but there is hope.
A review of The Unity of the European Constitution.
The EU's policy toward Syria: a costly wait and see approach
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Britain has not lost control of its foreign policy
Treaty myths bustedBritain has not lost control of its foreign policy, part II
The new EU president
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A ROUND-UP of some of this morning's top stories in EuropePoland’s prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, fired his interiour minister yesterday. Janusz Kaczmarek—once described by President Lech Kaczynski as likely to be “the best interiour minister since 1989”—was accused of hindering...
US and EU heading for a headache
One to watch
Sarko's New Hampshire holiday
Sarkozy in the land of the free
British press hits the hysteria button, part two
Fanning the flames
DOSSIER: Is the right to strike being questioned? | 09/08/2007
On Wednesday, August 8th, the German justice system blocked a national strike planned by train drivers. In the name of the economic consequences that the paralysis of the train system would have in the middle of the holiday season, it prohibited any strike before September 30th. Meanwhile, the French Parliament has just passed a bill allowing minimum service in the event of industrial action. Is the right to strike being questioned?
Gordon Brown’s foreign-policy challenges, David Held David Mepham
The opening weeks of Gordon Brown's premiership have brought a marked change of tone to the conduct of British foreign policy. The misconceived and counterproductive notion of a "war on terror" has been discarded, replaced by a new focus on winning "hearts and minds". While Tony Blair's rhetoric on international affairs was often strident and evangelical, Brown's public statements since he became prime minister on 27 June 2007 have so far been much more measured. At his meeting with President Bush at Camp David, for example, Gordon Brown stressed the importance he attached to the transatlantic relationship, but without any of the gushing praise for the president that became such a feature of Blair/Bush meetings over recent years.
