EuropeanVoice.com February 17, 2010 It looks like Greece will be all right. After years of denial and budget blow-outs that left the country’s public finance in a dire mess, it was announced after the summit of EU leaders on 11 February that – in one way or another – the eurozone will support Greece in […]
The New York Times February 17, 2010 MADRID — With Spain having spent weeks in the cross hairs of jittery world markets, Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero went on the offensive on Wednesday, defending the country’s solvency and saying his government had “the will” to reduce its fast-growing deficit. more
EurActiv February 16, 2010 Russia today (16 February) poured cold water over Transnistria’s invitation to Moscow to deploy missiles close to its border with Romania in response to Bucharest’s readiness to host a US anti-missile shield. Russia’s move appears to represent a message to small countries to “step aside” until the issue has been discussed […]
Euractiv.com February 15, 2010 The EU’s commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, Viviane Reding, reassured her staff that the European Commission will remain in the driving seat in communicating Europe but not without citizens, sources told EurActiv after an in-house presentation on Friday (12 February). more
The Guardian February 15, 2010 Before we get too deeply into a bout of schadenfreude about the travails of the euro, and even praising Gordon Brown for keeping the UK out (Euro crisis, 13 February), consider some of the downsides. What was for many years an overvalued pound destroyed vast tracts of our otherwise world-class […]