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Gary A. Warner: Europe better mundane than murderous

Source: Mercedes Sun-Star, Nov 12 2012, 8:44am CST

Congratulations to the European Union for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. For a collection of countries that spent much of the first half of the past century killing, maiming, blowing up, occupying, and all around hating each o ...

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18 hours ago

Lloyd Blankfein is wrong about Europe

Source: Fortune  |   May 21 2013, 10:46am CDT

Lloyd Blankfein FORTUNE -- In an interview published last Saturday in the German national newspaper Welt am Sonntag (World on Sunday), Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein declared that the risk of a euro breakup has faded in the past year. ...

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18 hours ago

The European Union’s unending quandary

Source: Reuters Blogs  |   May 21 2013, 10:45am CDT

Nothing brings relief. In the Netherlands, a TV show persuaded the country’s deputy finance minister, Frans Weekers, to watch clips of Bulgarians boasting about how they had defrauded his country’s government of welfare benefits. Bulg ...

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27 weeks ago


Quote:
"I hear Germany has reunited - I just hope they don't go on tour"


Source: Mercedes Sun-Star

 
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18 hours ago

Council of Europe Head Calls for Visa-Free Russia-EU Travel

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 21 2013, 10:38am CDT

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - The visa requirement for travel between the European Union (EU) and Russia should be scrapped as soon as possible, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said Tuesda ...

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21 hours ago

Carlos Carnicero Urabayen: Europe's Ghosts Are Here to Stay

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 21 2013, 8:16am CDT

In Europe we are used these days to witnessing unpopular decisions for the sake of saving the euro, our common currency. "If the euro fails, Europe may fall behind" is a common mantra among eurocrats. However, I fear we are trying to save the euro by ...

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21 hours ago

European Union and its future

Source: Silicon India  |   May 21 2013, 7:19am CDT

The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. As of March 2013, with almost €920 billion in circulation, the euro has the highest combined value of banknotes ...

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1 day ago

Uk visa help

Source: Travellers Point  |   May 20 2013, 12:20pm CDT

My boyfriend and I have arrived in London. We're Australians but embarrassingly enough I wasn't as organised as I thought, this resulted in us (apparently) receiving a 3 week 'visa' by the lady at border con ...

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2 days ago

French consulate exposes passport racket in State

Source: The Hindu  |   May 20 2013, 4:02am CDT

A scrutiny of visa applications at the French Consulate in Puducherry has led to the detection of fake passport racket in Tamil Nadu. During a routine scrutiny of visa applications a few weeks ago, the consul ...

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2 days ago

Don't Cry for Me, Euro Zone

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 19 2013, 3:09pm CDT

By Thomas Catan And Marcus Walker Unemployment in Spain is at 27%. Young people are fleeing Portugal and Ireland. One-in-four Greeks say they have difficulty paying for food.Despite the Depression-era conditions, however, Europe has no cras ...

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2 days ago

Folly of Preserving the Euro at All Costs; Should France Lead Breakup of Euro?

Source: Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis  |   May 19 2013, 12:12pm CDT

“Even a believable rumour that Germany would exit the euro would result in a massive capital flight from the countries of southern Europe to Germany.” The southern European banking system would then collapse, bringing down entire economies ...

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