Brown to discuss crisis with Bush
BBC September 25, 2008 Gordon Brown is to hold talks on Friday with President Bush at the White House about the global financial crisis. more
Year: 2008
Barroso calls for shared US-EU agenda
European Voice September 25, 2008 The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, today underlined the need for what he described as an “Atlantic agenda for globalisation” to address the common challenges that the EU and the US face. more
Upheaval on Wall St. Stirs Anger in the U.N.
New York Times September 23, 2008 Wall Street and the Bush administration’s record of financial oversight came under attack at the United Nations on Tuesday, with one world leader after another saying that market turmoil in the United States threatened the global economy. more
Rice gives strong backing for Ukraine NATO bid
Reuters September 22, 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday pledged Washington’s firm support for Ukraine’s bid to join the NATO military alliance despite strong Russian opposition to the move. more
Europeans on left and right ridicule U.S. money meltdown
Los Angeles Times September 20, 2008 It’s a rare day when finance officials, leftist intellectuals and ordinary salespeople can agree on something. But the economic meltdown that wrought its wrath from Rome to Madrid to Berlin this week brought Europeans together in a harsh chorus of condemnation of the excess and disarray on Wall Street. […]