New York TimesJanuary 3, 2009 After rebuffing the Bush administration on a number of fronts, European governments are signaling that they may be more willing to engage with the incoming Obama administration on a variety of stalled issues, including taking in prisoners from the Guantánamo Bay detention center and strengthening sanctions against Iran. more
The Malaysian EconomistJanuary 3, 2009 We have just bid farewell to 2008, the year that marked the escalation of the global financial crisis which wreaked havoc on economies worldwide and caused several industrialised countries to slide into recession. more
Huffington PostJanuary 2, 2009 As the United States prepares for a momentous political shift in less than three weeks, Europe has just marked its own first: a president from the former Soviet bloc. more
PBSJanuary 1, 2009 The start of a new year also marks a shift in the leadership of a key international institution, with the Czech Republic becoming only the second former Iron Curtain nation to take the mantle of the European Union. more
International Herald TribuneJanuary 1, 2009 The year 2008 has been indelibly marked by the global financial crisis. No one predicted its outbreak or its scale; I don’t think anyone knows when and how it might end. more