Marine le Pen and Nigele Farage victories in the European Elections won the titles of most newspapers around Europe. However, Slovakia managed to grab some headline space as well. Slovak voters’ turnout reach EU all time low record – again.
Only...
May 29, 2014 7:40 pm / 1 comment
To the polls! Less of smoked. Bargain in the bank. Sputnik takes off.
Here we go. Leaflets falling out from newspapers and videos falling out from websites – convincing us about the rightness of a particular candidate but also about the...
May 29, 2014 11:02 am / 42 comments
In Slovakia, there is a bill restricting landowners’ property rights on the table. Like elsewhere in the EU, we are also worried about our food. Foreigners, however, are the least of a problem for the Slovak agriculture.
On May 1, 2014, the...
April 15, 2014 11:01 am / 1 comment
Austria on the edge. Italian plans. Higher salaries for officers. Successful elections.
Black sheep are growing in numbers. Austrian Central bank governor Ewald Nowotny admitted that his country might not meet the 3% deficit rule as well. He...
April 2, 2014 1:30 pm / 10 comments
Ghost towns. Spanish minimum. Broken rules.
This week’s headlines from Europe are dominated by the wild situation in Ukraine. The man with a gold-plated toilet brush and a pirate ship is lost somewhere, and so there is green light for...
March 17, 2014 4:00 pm / 1 comment
Reforms from Florence. We want no brave heart in the EU. The Swiss are saving up while the Greeks score.
Italy has a new Prime Minister since Enrico Letta was ousted in a vote of his own party. Italy’s politics is part of its pop-culture,...
March 10, 2014 3:54 pm / 25 comments
Westerners do not want Easterners; the Swiss do not want anyone; luxury cars for the Portuguese; Reding’s karma.
It happens that even an American politician may forget that they too may be bugged. The U.S. diplomat for European Affairs...
March 4, 2014 1:25 pm / 23 comments
Brown twilight in Greece. German media are charging. Nice statue cures it all.
At first, the EU officials resolutely deny. Later, they accept a theoretical possibility. Finally, they start negotiating the conditions. But it is clear to everyone...
February 24, 2014 12:09 pm / 4 comments
A grey strip for 5,454 euros. Optimistic data coming from the South. Unemployed, but satisfied Frenchmen. Bundesbank’s new ideas.
Let us try a little experiment. Close your eyes, play some relaxing music, and imagine the logo of the Council...
February 19, 2014 6:12 pm / 1 comment
Calculate your payments. Island does not want us. Bank bailout á la Fantozzi.
Greece has its primary budget surplus lower than 1%. It means that excluding debt costs revenues are higher than expenditures. This piece of news is a standard successes...
February 17, 2014 5:37 pm / 312 comments