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Crotia Joining EU With Little Enthusiasm

AP | DARKO BANDIC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 06.17.2013 | World

ZAGREB, Croatia — There will be festivities and fireworks, but Kata Secic can't muster much enthusiasm for Croatia's historic entry into the Eur...

EU Warns Obama Over PRISM Spy Program

Agence France Presse | | Posted 06.12.2013 | World

The EU has written to the US attorney general demanding swift answers about a huge American Internet spy programme and warning of "grave adverse conse...

Breaking Oil's Monopoly: Easier Done than Said

Carl Pope | Posted 06.10.2013 | Green
Carl Pope

The simple arithmetic of oil reserves and markets places these options within our grasp - but only if we reach for them, ideally in partnership with other oil importers. OPEC and big oil companies want expensive oil; the rest of us ought to want affordable fuels.

Albanian Elections: Promises of Change, Really?

Fron Nahzi | Posted 06.06.2013 | World
Fron Nahzi

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Campaign. Much like the 1963 epic American comedy, the runoff to Albania's June 23 national elections has brought together a c...

Latvia Gets Go-Ahead To Join Eurozone

AP | DAVID MCHUGH | Posted 06.05.2013 | World

FRANKFURT, Germany — The tiny Baltic state of Latvia has won approval to become the 18th member of the troubled euro currency union – desp...

TAFTA: Code Word 'Harmonization,' a Race to the Bottom or the Top?

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 06.02.2013 | Politics
Elizabeth Kucinich

The majority of binding and enforceable rulings of the WTO and those of other trade bodies such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) demonstrate a consistent pattern of lowering food, environmental, labor, or consumer safety standards in behest to trade agendas.

EU Faces the Music: Congress Fiddles

Martha Burk | Posted 05.30.2013 | Politics
Martha Burk

Is speedier air travel more important than lunch for senior citizens or early childhood education for pre-schoolers? How about cancer research, heating assistance, police protection, or special education? All have lost funding to the sequester.

Syrian Opposition To EU: Send Arms Soon

AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.30.2013 | World

BEIRUT -- Syria's main Western-backed opposition bloc urged the European Union to quickly supply rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's forces with ...

The Answer to Unemployment Is More Europe Not Less

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.29.2013 | Business
Vivian Norris

Beyond more focused EU spending is also the responsibility of business to help bring down youth unemployment by showing what they have to offer Europe in order to make the transition from school to work flow more smoothly.

Synthetic Drugs Booms In Europe

Agence France Presse | | Posted 05.28.2013 | World

New synthetic psychoactive substances are making their way into Europe where the Internet is becoming a big challenge in the fight against illicit dru...

EU Pressures Nations Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions Plans

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2013 | Green

By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 28 (Reuters) - All countries should outline their long-term plans for curbing gre...

What Sweden's Riots Say About Europe's Rising Social and Political Risks

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.28.2013 | World
Daniel Wagner

The riots in Sweden last week are a manifestation of the socioeconomic disequilibrium pervading much of Europe, and the level of frustration that is beginning to boil over among European immigrants and youth.

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 06.09.2013 | 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 05.29.2013 | 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.