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Palestinians should invest in a plan B even while negotiating

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.23.2013 | World
Daoud Kuttab

One of the most important lessons any negotiator needs to know is that the ability to conduct effective negotiations requires one to have a credible a...

Is Hezbollah's Military Wing A Terrorist Organization?

AP | RAF CASERT and JUERGEN BAETZ | Posted 05.22.2013 | World

BRUSSELS — The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it...

More Tax Trouble For Apple

Reuters | Luke Baker | Posted 05.22.2013 | Business

By Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders will discuss how to combat aggressive tax avoidance by major companies such as Amaz...

Europe Hopes To Replenish Fish Stocks

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2013 | Green

By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS, May 15 (Reuters) - European fisheries ministers agreed on Wednesday to end decades of overfishing and th...

Central Europe's Pivot to the North Is a Good Idea

András Simonyi | Posted 05.14.2013 | World
András Simonyi

The glory days of Central Europe as the center of attention, the drivers of tectonic changes, is now faded memory.

Democratic Transition in Myanmar and Western Interests

Nehginpao Kipgen | Posted 05.09.2013 | World
Nehginpao Kipgen

Is the government, still dominated by the military, willing to amend the undemocratic elements of the 2008 constitution ahead of the 2015 general elections?

EU Considers Trade Action Against Bangladesh

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business

* EU considers action on Bangladesh, including trade preferences * Rescuers give up hope of finding any more alive; death toll 411 * Protest mar...

What Happened To France's Voice In Europe?

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2013 | World

By Luke Baker and Mark John BRUSSELS/PARIS, April 24 (Reuters) - A few hours after midnight one Sunday last month, as negotiations ove...

Kosovo, Gypsy Curse or PTSD: What Really Triggered Serbia's Massacre?

Sasa Milosevic | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Sasa Milosevic

Many Serbs are not truly interested in the political fate of Kosovo, instead seeing themselves as hostages of Kosovo's drama for decades. It is arguable that these new pressures provoke old wounds and revive dormant traumas.

A Blow Against Corruption as Oil, Gas and Mining Global Transparency Advances

Frank Vogl | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Frank Vogl

Shining a bright light on the global operations of major multinational corporations, including details of the cash they pay to foreign governments, will not end corruption. But, it is a very good start on a long and vital journey.

Riga and the Waffen-SS: Face to Face with the Unspeakable

Richard Brodsky | Posted 04.09.2013 | World
Richard Brodsky

On March 15 we had visited several sites of massacres, mass murders and concentration camps where hundreds of thousands of people had been shot or otherwise killed. The next day I'm standing face-to-face with someone who might have been there.

Which One Is It: Division or Solution on Cyprus?

Yavuz Baydar | Posted 03.29.2013 | World
Yavuz Baydar

These interesting times, it seems obvious, exert enormous pressure for most of the countries in the east Mediterranean and the Middle East to make historic, almost existential, choices.

5 Key Changes That Will Secure the Future of Our Forests

James Thornton | Posted 05.21.2013 | Green
James Thornton

The benefits from resilient forest ecosystems will accrue to current and future generations. But the direct beneficiaries should be the 1.4 billion people in forest-dependent communities whose rights need to be better reflected in law.

Eurogroup Chief: Cyprus Deposit Tax 'Inevitable'

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2013 | Business

* Cyprus poses a systemic risk the euro zone -Eurogroup president * Euro zone bailout still on the table, Jeroen Dijsselbloem says ...

Implications of Europe's Stumble in Cyprus

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.19.2013 | Business
Daniel Wagner

Cyprus has, for the first time, demonstrated there is in fact a limit to what northern European countries will do to preserve the illusion that Euro land can remain a cohesive and equal entity.

At Least We're Not Europe

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.14.2013 | Business

Science has determined that people need to know 7.5 things per day, on average, about the world of business. You can't argue with science. Lucky for y...

Nazis? Again? Really?

Richard Brodsky | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Richard Brodsky

Most, but not all, European governments and political parties have opposed the Riga march. But as memory dims, too often the positions taken are based on the politics of the moment.

Beyond the Pale: 'Too Big to Jail'

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.11.2013 | Business
Leo W. Gerard

Banks, after all, are nothing but corporations. Corporations are legal constructs that citizens have the right to rebuild to properly serve society. European countries began doing that last week.

America, Let's Get Back to Work

Edward Wytkind | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Edward Wytkind

If we invest in rebuilding our nation, we will also create new jobs that teach valuable skills and support the middle class. But this is not happening because too many in Washington are playing political games and turning a cold shoulder to the millions of Americans stuck in traffic.

Microsoft Fined $733 Million

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.06.2013 | Technology

AMSTERDAM — The European Union has fined Microsoft (EURO)561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a cho...

Microsoft Hit With $733 Million Fine

AP | By TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.06.2013 | Technology

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choic...

Unexploded WWI Shell Found At Nuclear Power Plant

AP | Posted 02.28.2013 | World

BRUSSELS -- A Belgian utility says an unexploded World War I shell was found on the grounds of a nuclear power plant but was safely removed by militar...

Diplomats Call On EU To Block Israeli Settlements In Jerusalem

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 04.29.2013 | World

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Nearly two dozen European diplomats have urged the EU to intensify efforts to block Israeli settlement in and near Jerusal...

Merkel's Visit to Turkey Marks a Positive Change of Mind

Yavuz Baydar | Posted 04.29.2013 | World
Yavuz Baydar

Does this mean that the German chancellor comes closer to CDU heavyweights who have been vocally pro-Turkish membership, such as Ruprecht Polenz, Chariman of the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs, and gets ready to be challenged by others within?

European Parliament Deputy President Seriously Injured In Car Crash

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2013 | World

BERLIN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The deputy president of the European Parliament, Alexander Alvaro, was seriously injured in a car crash in western German...