"New talks about Kosovo's status
DOSSIER: New talks about Kosovo's status | 14/08/2007
The formal talks about Kosovo's future have entered a new round. However, the Kosovo-troika, with envoys from the EU, the US and Russia, is at odds about the right strategy for the region, which is still under UN administration. In addition to independence an alliance of states or even the division of the territory are now under discussion.
Kosovo partition 'on the table'
An EU envoy says the division of Kosovo could be acceptable if it breaks the deadlock over the province's future.
Eurozone growth falters
The eurozone's economic upswing has faded markedly, according to significantly weaker-than-expected growth figures that raised fresh questions about the future path of interest rates...Ukraine: time for the EU to act (again)
By nosemonkey
It's time to tell the truth about Europe
The government has two reasons for not holding a referendum on the European Union Reform Treaty, one public, one private.
Why Germany Lacks Innovation and Start-Up Culture
By nospam@example.com (Joerg Wolf)
The Headscarf as Threat? A Comparison of German and American Legal Discourses (PDF; 1 MB) Source: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
EU and US central banks consider currency swap
Trichet concerned over EU treaty change
Europe's youth take complex view of US
Its 'Iraq generation' moderates harsh views of US policy with admiration of American creativity and 'coolness.'
Super-Sarko frightens the Germans
The new French energy has brought Sarkozy into conflict with Germany, where he is beginning to get on nervesDOSSIER: The debate about the GDR Order to Fire | 13/08/2007
Shortly before the 46th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, celebrated today, August 13, the government authority which manages Stasi files has presented a document instructing Stasi agents to shoot without warning even in cases of "border violations involving women and children." Although a similar instruction had already been published in an academic publication ten years ago, the find has triggered a new debate about the GDR's order to fire at escapees attempting to cross the border between East and West Germany, as a result of which hundreds of lives were lost.
