Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 18:30

On December 5th one or two hundred people left a movie theatre in Berlin, mostly silent and deeply moved though the film they had seen was first released in 1930.  This American-made epic had

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 18:24

 “The Business Summit will not only be an excellent opportunity for European and Indian companies to communicate their ideas to the political leaders present, but also constitute a highlevel (

Monday, December 6, 2010 - 19:08

The EU Observer reported that “ American diplomats speak about EU leaders in terms of "Teflon Merkel," "authoritarian Sarkozy" and a "feckless, vain and ineffective Berlusconi" who is a "mouthpiece

Monday, December 6, 2010 - 19:07

US aerospace corporation Honeywell receives €4.2 million from the EU’s Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for its research and development centre in the Czech Republic, where, amongst other things, i

Monday, December 6, 2010 - 18:36

The EU's announced fund of 40 million Euros to support “non-profit partnerships” of water and sanitation utilities in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific is the latest evidence that the corporate

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 15:10


People on the street say the rich are not paying their fair share of taxes.
A new sign hung from a protest camp tent on Nov. 25 delivered this blunt message: “Veto or Revolution.”

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 15:04

Bees and other pollinating insect numbers are falling dramatically, putting their future survival in jeopardy with catastrophic consequences for ecosystems and agriculture.

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 15:02

Labour rights in the Philippines

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 13:38

The arrival of Barack Obama and Air Force One and, apparently, Air Force Two virtually closed Lisbon Airport last Friday.

Monday, November 22, 2010 - 19:37


European Authorities Pushing Ireland Down the Wrong Track
By Mark Weisbrot