Anonymous Leaks the Accounts of Spain’s Governing Party The global hacktivist group, Anonymous, has leaked the 1990-2011 financial accounts of the governing Partido Popular (PP) [People’s Party] on the internet. Recently, during the investigation, Judge Pablo Ruz asked for access to the documents dated since 1990 on suspicion of illegal financing. The PP refused, claiming … Read more
Italy court sentences former PM Berlusconi to seven years in jail on sex charges A Milan court sentenced former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in jail after finding him guilty of paying for sex with an underage escort girl. Berlusconi Has 2,500 Problems but Prison Ain’t One The two-year Bunga Bunga Trial has … Read more
Six years requested for Berlusconi Italian prosecutors seek a six-year sentence for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for paying for sex with an underage girl. Cameron struggles to contain Eurosceptics With polling showing the EU is low on the list of voter priorities, Tory strategists fear eurosceptic ill-discipline will damage election prospects Ideas on … Read more
NSU trial a litmus test for German stance on Neo-nazi groups: Turkish EU Minister Turkey’s EU Minister Egemen Bağış has indicated that the National Socialist Underground trial could be used to exculpate the neo-Nazi image haunting Germany. Trial Begins for a Neo-Nazi Suspect in Germany A member of a neo-Nazi trio is charged … Read more
IMF sees a mixed outlook for Europe – calls for more ECB action and a fiscal union by Open Europe blog team The IMF today released its latest World Economic Outlook forecasts. As usual the forecasts are not overly different from the previous ones – published in October last year – but there are a … Read more