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Former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher Dies Aged 87
Posted on 08 April 2013.
Former British Prime Minister, the Baroness Margaret Thatcher, has died at age 87. She reportedly passed peacefully after suffering a stroke at the Ritz in central London. Her passing was mourned by current Tory PM David Cameron as well as the Queen herself who said she was saddened to hear the news. Margaret Thatcher was [...]
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The Return of Stalingrad
Posted on 03 February 2013.
The Russian metropolis of Volgograd resumed its Soviet World War II-era name of Stalingrad on Saturday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad. The name change will be accompanied by concerts, military parades, and attended by President Vladimir Putin. The city was initially named Stalingrad in 1925 after the Soviet leader [...]
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Greece’s Golden Dawn Offers Greek Youth a Far-Right Alternative
Posted on 03 February 2013.
Austerity and its effects on Greek society have caused many disaffected youth to seek political solutions to their social ills, a trend that Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is exploiting to the worry of many progressive Greeks. Armed with a nationalistic and anti-immigrant message, the Golden Dawn promises unemployed youth an outlet for their [...]
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Netherlands Bank SNS Reaal Nationalized
Posted on 03 February 2013.
After receiving a bailout of €750 million in 2008, SNS Reaal was thought to be profitable but its capital limits left it below legal solvency amounts, forcing the Dutch state to take a stake in the troubled financial concern. The Netherlands’ Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the move was to insure financial stability, especially after [...]
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Abdicates in Favor of Her Son, Prince Willem-Alexander
Posted on 28 January 2013.
The Netherlands’ long-reigning monarch Queen Beatrix announced in a television broadcast that she would be abdicating the throne in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander. The queen announced she would leave the throne on April 30, transitioning the crown to her son because she said he was ready to rule and it was time [...]
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Should Britain Continue Foreign Aid to India?
Posted on 28 January 2013.
The United Kingdom gives India, a former colony, over £1.4 billion annually in development aid but many Britons are questioning this given that India is quite developed, even boasting its own space program. Economists estimate that India’s economy will overtake Britain’s by 2022 with 20% annual increases in the number of millionaires in India [...]
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53% of British Electorate would Vote to Leave the European Union According to a Times/Populus Poll
Posted on 26 January 2013.
A recently released poll by Times/Populus revealed that 53% of eligible British voters would choose to leave the European Union (EU) if a referendum were held today. Current British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Tories came in at 57%, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats at 37% and 35% respectively, showing a waning of European sentiment [...]
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Catalonian Parliament Declares Independence from Spain
Posted on 24 January 2013.
The parliament of the Spanish state of Catalonia voted to declare its independence from Spain in a largely symbolic gesture that initiates the process of bringing a referendum on the matter of Catalonian independence in the near future. The measure passed the Catalonian parliament overwhelmingly, 85-41 with two abstentions. Spain will use its sovereign powers [...]
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Council of Europe Moves to Ban Greek Eleni Zaroulia and Hungarian Tamas Gaudi Nagy
Posted on 23 January 2013.
Eleni Zaroulia, leader of Greece’s far-right anti-semitic Golden Dawn party, and Tamas Gaudi Nagy of Hungary’s Jobbik party, may find themselves banned from the European Parliament if a Council of Europe motion to do so is approved. Eleni Zaroulia infamously referred to immigrants as subhuman and both Zaroulia and Nagy’s parties have storied histories.
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