Movements in the World and in the Mind
The eurozone tragedy called Greece continues to grip the markets and those desperate to keep the EU family together. Greece is heading back to the polls after talks attempting to form a government after recently held elections, have failed. Greece rode a wave of prosperity after the introduction of the euro in 2002 only to... Continue Reading →
The events in the eurozone remain to be an engaging soap giving us cliffhanger after cliffhanger. Bailout packages have been agreed upon and bond auctions in ailing economies have gone better than expected. Then the fall of the Dutch cabinet gave the markets something to fret about. Yet, the caretaker government and a majority of... Continue Reading →
While a second bailout package to whip the liability called Greece into shape to prevent a further deterioration of the eurozone crisis is being finalised, Prime Minister Cameron has conjured up a plan to address another pressing matter that lies on a more national level. As the second... Continue Reading →
Despite an under-sea tunnel connecting mainland Britain to continental Europe and housing the biggest and culturally most diverse city in Europe, the UK still suffers from island mentality occasionally. You would've thought the days of splendid isolation as a foreign policy have long gone. Yet, Prime Minister Cameron went to an EU summit last week... Continue Reading →
After months of bloodshed it seems that that spineless organisation called the Arab League is finally waking up from its comatose slumber concerning it stance on the situation in Syria and has called for action and sanctions. Meanwhile Syria seems to be sliding off into a civil-war like situation. In Egypt elections are planned for... Continue Reading →
The 'Old World' is in trouble. Deep economic, fiscal, social and in some parts political trouble. The Continent that had to show the world how it's done is ailing itself. When the powers of the Great Islamic Civilisation started to dwindle Europe defined history with colonialism, ballet, the French Revolution and 'Das Kapital' among others.... Continue Reading →
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