The New York Times June 15, 2010 ATHENS — Newly elected and facing a huge budget deficit, Prime Minister George Papandreou arrived in Brussels for his first meeting with European leaders last December with few cards to play. more
Spiegel June 14, 2010 Is it right for governments to place bans on burqas or the construction of minarets? In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, Thorbjørn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, pleads for a more pragmantic societal approach. He also defends the decision of the Nobel Committee, which he also chairs, to bestow […]
BBC June 12, 2010 Barack Obama has told Prime Minister David Cameron that criticism of BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has “nothing to do with national identity”. more
Los Angeles Times June 11, 2010 British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday made his first visit to Afghanistan since taking office, saying the war there was his top foreign policy priority but that British troops should not stay “a day longer than is necessary.” more
The Telegraph June 11, 2010 In an article for this newspaper in January, Nick Clegg questioned the extent to which the relationship between Britain and America could any longer be described as “special”. “I would never advocate a churlish rejection of our historic alliance with the United States,” Mr Clegg wrote. “But an alliance must […]