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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Greece’s Golden Dawn Offers Greek Youth a Far-Right Alternative
Posted on 03 February 2013.
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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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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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British Prime Minister David Cameron Warns of Possible UK Exit from the European Union
Posted on 20 January 2013.
A speech that was to be delivered by United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron but was canceled due to a hostage crisis in Algeria warns that Britain could leave the European Union if reforms to the EU’s present form of governance are not pursued according to excerpts released on Friday, January 18. His speech, which was to be [...]
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Turkey Initiates Talks with Kurdistan Workers’ Party Leader (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan to End 30-Year Conflict
Posted on 13 January 2013.
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) confirmed to media outlets that talks were initiated on Imrali Island with Abdullah Ocalan to bring an end to the 30-year long conflict that has taken 40,000 Turkish and Kurdish lives. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in December that his government was engaging in a means to bring the [...]
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Europe’s Economic Woes Forestall Worldwide Recovery
Posted on 07 November 2012.
The issue of European economic troubles will be addressed at the upcoming G20 summit in Mexico City, Mexico. The crisis with the euro and the implosion of sovereign debts in Greece and elsewhere present strong impediments to the growth of the world economy. Additional issues to be addressed at the meeting include China’s unwillingness to [...]
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The European Financial Crisis Has Left Greek Society in Chaos
Posted on 05 November 2012.
Doctors going unpaid for months. Legions of unemployed swamping benefits offices across the country and a situation in which even the employed are not receiving money. Such is the state of Greece, a society in ‘free fall’ ever since the financial crisis began. [Yahoo News]
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CIA Agents Responsible for Abducting Terror Suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a Street in Milan in 2003 May Now Face Extradition
Posted on 25 September 2012.
Italy’s highest criminal court sustained a lower court’s guilty verdict in the case of 23 Americans connected to the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. The CIA agents responsible for the kidnapping of Egyptian terror suspect cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a Milan street in 2003 may face extradition. Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr was taken to [...]
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