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Here are a few questions that need answers 25 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
This is going to be a rant, I am afraid. Readers who dislike rants should stop right now. And it is going to be about people who are demanding that we should immediately and even sooner than that inte...
The Snowden story just keeps giving 23 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
It would not be possible to cover all the ramifications of the Snowden/Greenwald/Miranda story on this blog and, in any case, numerous hacks, some with very little knowledge or understanding, have bee...
The EU will do such things .... 23 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
... what they are they know not. Actually, the likelihood is that they will impose trade sanctions on Iceland as they have on the Faroe Islands (with, I may add, this country's and its fishermen's sup...
Well, that was a success 22 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
EUObserver reports: As a result of European leaders harsh bailout deal for Cyprus in March including a forced conversion of Bank of Cyprus deposits into shares, Russians will end up with a controllin...
Greece makes unwelcome appearance 21 Aug 2013 | 04:46 pm
As it is the German election campaign, the appearance is very unwelcome. Chancellor Merkel who remains favourite to win but it is not clear by how much has tried to keep the subject of Greece out of t...
Some news from those far-off countries 20 Aug 2013 | 04:22 pm
Oh for the days, I hear some of my readers sigh, when the countries of eastern and central Europe were so far off that we knew nothing about them and cared even less except when they turned up in some...
Faroe Islands go to the UN 17 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm
The Faroe Islands who want the coastal countries that include Russia, Iceland and Norway (but not the UK because we do not negotiate on our behalf) to meet in September and discuss the management of t...
German Left indulges in some "direct democracy" 15 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
Both Reuters and Der Spiegel report an interesting new political development in Germany. It seems that the Left - "from far-left anti-fascist anarchists to the mainstream Green Party" have been indulg...
Another outdated national squabble the EU was going to put an end to 14 Aug 2013 | 05:39 pm
It always seemed to me that the EU was storing up a great deal of trouble on taking in both Hungary and Romania. Do these people not know any history? Well, of course, the reply to that was that the E...
Odd developments in Denmark 14 Aug 2013 | 04:46 pm
There are calls for a referendum in Denmark to be timed at the same time as next year's European elections. The calls or, to be quite precise, one call, comes from the eader of the Liberal party and f...
