Germany suffering worker shortage from FT.com – World, Europe For Ursula von der Leyen, solving that dilemma will require fundamental reforms in the heart of the eurozone, and its periphery The Google EU settlement: Full details from Brussels Blog by Alex Barker Google?s three year tussle with Brussels over its search business is almost … Read more
Cardinals fail to elect new pope from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Black smoke emerges from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that cardinals have failed to elect a new pope on their first day of voting. The Great Graphics Glut of the 2013 papal conclave from FP Passport by Elias Groll VIDEO: … Read more
Stephane Hessel: the ultimate European from open Democracy News Analysis – by Patrice de Beer How could someone be more European than Hessel by origin, shared culture and values – his cross-border, supranational vision making us ashamed of our weaknesses, our lack of vision and courage ? Stéphane Hessel, who died in Paris on Wednesday, … Read more
Frattini: A Bersani-Berlusconi coalition can give Italy stability (Interview) from EurActiv.com Italian elections: And now for the warnings from around Europe – stay the course, or else… by Open Europe blog team Responses to the extraordinary results of the Italian elections have started to come in from around the rest of Europe, the most … Read more
Morning Brief: Post-election stalemate in Italy spooks investors from FP Passport by Ty McCormick Tense wait for Italian leftists in neck-and-neck election from Hurriyet Daily News Leftist supporters in Italy settled in for a tense wait at campaign headquarters.. Europe jitters over Italy deadlock from BBC News | Europe | World Edition European politicians and … Read more
Everything You Need to Know About the EU Google Probe from Mashable! by Todd Wasserman MAIN FOCUS: Berlusconi unsettles Europe | 19/02/2013 from euro|topics Leading German politicians have voiced concern that Italy’s ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi could return to power. In the run-up to the country’s parliamentary elections on February 24 and 25, Berlusconi’s right-wing … Read more
EU to act against Google over privacy rules: French agency from Hurriyet Daily News European data protection agencies intend to take action against the US.. EU regulators step up pressure on Google from FT.com – World, Europe US tech group warned it could face ?repressive action? before the summer over its failure to radically change … Read more