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
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
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
Swiss army prepares for euro unrest from FP Passport by Joshua Keating Greek Journalist Arrested for Publishing List of Alleged Tax Evaders from Global Voices Online by Asteris Masouras Greece: Public TV Journalists Fired After Criticizing Minister from Global Voices Online by Veroniki Krikoni On October 29, 2012, two journalists, Kostas Arvanitis and Marilena … Read more
France: New Pro-Roma Employment Policy Strikes a Nerve from Global Voices Online by Chellsy Alis Manning [All links forward to French articles unless otherwise stated] The recurring tensions surrounding ?nomadic? Eastern European migrants have yet again made the news this summer in France. On August 22, 2012, a new policy was enacted by the French … Read more
Breivik sentenced to 21 years in prison for Norway attacks from Hurriyet Daily News An Oslo court on Friday found Anders Behring Breivik guilty of “acts of terror” and sentenced him to 21 years in prison… Breivik court verdict: security lessons? from open Democracy News Analysis – by Robert Lambert Now that the legal … Read more
Trust in the EU at an all time low by Open Europe blog team * Plenty for Barroso to contemplate The European Commission has published the results of its latest Eurobarometer survey. Here are some interesting findings: Spanish government vs Spanish regions: Episode 98,640 (and counting) by Open Europe blog team Fresh skirmishes between the … Read more
Morning Brief: European leaders agree to recapitalize banks from FP Passport by Uri Friedman Morning Brief: European leaders divided as summit begins from FP Passport by Joshua Keating European leaders divided as summit begins And They’re Off…For the 19th time by Open Europe blog team The EU summit has officially kicked off in Brussels, … Read more
Can pirates shake up European politics? Pirate Parties On Course for Historic Election Wins from TorrentFreak by Ernesto Founded in September 2006, the German Pirate Party has already booked several successes in its relatively short existence. German Pirate party overtakes Greens in new poll from Hurriyet Daily News Germany’s upstart Pirate Party has overtaken … Read more
EU halts ACTA ratification from Hurriyet Daily News The European Commission, facing steep opposition, is suspending efforts to ratify an international anti-counterfeiting agreement 10 things the EU should probably know about social media from Blogactiv by Mathew Lowry The ever-excellent For Immediate Release (episode 638) put me onto 10 things you still need to know … Read more
Greece will have to be built anew otherwise more of the same malpractices will continue to hinder the country?s prospects. Image source: The Guardian Greek parties agree ?3.3bn austerity cuts from FT.com – World, Europe Eurozone finance ministers poised to work late into the night to structure a bail-out package targeted at cutting Greek debt … Read more
France top AAA credit rating lost from BBC News | Europe | World Edition France loses a top AAA credit rating as nine eurozone governments are downgraded by Standard & Poor’s prompting markets to fall. Sarkozy braced for political impact of downgrade from FT.com – World, Europe There is no escaping the stigma of France … Read more
EU to slam Hungary for constitution from Hurriyet Daily News The EU executive will demand Hungary row back on controversial changes to its constitution or face possible legal action in warnings to be delivered next week, a European Union source said yesterday. MAIN FOCUS: Financial markets trust Italy and Spain | 13/01/2012 from euro|topics … Read more
Eurobonds or ECB? Either way Germany has to pay the bill by Open Europe blog team As we argued in a recent papers which looked at the short term options for the eurozone, the option of risk pooling via Eurobonds, or the option of allowing the ECB to become the lender of last resort, both … Read more