Climate deal ‘unlikely’ this year
EuropeanVoice.com April 12, 2010 Top UN official says “many more rounds” of negotiations are needed before an international treaty can be agreed. more
Year: 2010
Elections shake up Hungary’s political landscape
Euractiv.com April 12, 2010 Twenty years after the transition to post-communist rule, Hungarian voters yesterday (11 April) radically changed the country’s political landscape, sending the ruling socialists into opposition and laying the ground for the centre-right to win an absolute majority in parliament in the second round of national elections. EurActiv Hungary reports. more
Amid Uncertainty, Poland Shows Political Resilience
The New York Times April 12, 2010 WARSAW — In the dark aftermath of the plane crash that claimed the lives of Poland’s president and dozens of top politicians and policy makers, Poles found solace and even hope in the performance of their young democracy. more
Nuclear summit is expected to sidestep touchy subjects
Los Angeles Times April 12, 2010 The Mideast conflict and the issue of oversight could complicate President Obama’s effort to keep ‘loose nukes’ secure from terrorists. Instead, U.S. officials have focused on areas of common ground. more
A Difficult Friendship with Obama: A Wall Separates Merkel and the Land of Her Dreams:
Spiegel April 12, 2010 Angela Merkel is traveling across America this week. It’s a country she loves, but the German chancellor is still having trouble connecting with Barack Obama. Her political style couldn’t be any more different from that of the US president. She’s fighting to prevent the US from disregarding or dominating the Europeans. […]