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The Bitcoin barrage certainly towers prominently among the 2013 phenomena. Having soared in price in a humongous manner and the razzle-dazzle of its many a rags-to-riches story eclipse the true face of this nouvelle contraption. A certain Norwegian...
The Eurocrisis became boring in 2013, didn’t it? Do you remember 2012? In the spring, Greece bankrupted, subsequently it had parliament elections twice and the whole Europe was afraid of a possible victory of SYRIZA communists or Golden Dawn...
Some earn, some lose. Irish numbers are bad, but Cypriot ones are even worse. Catalonian secession. E-cigarettes. They do not smell, they do not create any mess, like ashes and butts; in comparison with normal cigarettes, they have a minimal...
A fine in France. Celebrations in Greece. Coal in the EU stocking. Europe has successfully got over another year. The EU, the euro, the ECB, and the banking system have got over it as well. However, the same thing has happened also to the recession,...
Slovak government’s excessive entrepreneurial confidence and considered state guarantees to nuclear power plant may be costly to the Slovak consumer. On 2nd December 2013, INESS released a new study in reaction to the government plans to offer...
There can hardly be a single week without at least one funny Eurocratic idea. We informed you some time ago about the idea to install speed limiters to all cars. Those limiters would slow down cars according to passing traffic signs (politicians’...
Ireland is out of the game. French farmers against taxes. Greek drones above our heads. Ireland becomes the first country to exit the programme of financial support and has enough confidence to acquire funds on financial markets. The unemployment...
The debt crisis has long tentacles. Left-wing criticism of high taxes. Victorious battles of the Venezuelan army. Populations are aging, social systems are under pressure, banks are going weak at the knees and national budgets are no more generous...
Unpleasant start for Croatia. Tithes are coming back. Little house for too many bankers. Sometimes, we see Croatia only as a big beach resort. But the newest EU member is concerned about non-vacation topics like the economic crisis as well....
European vacuum cleaners will play third league. Deputy who agrees on everything. Is Merkel a terrorist? Only a few years ago I used the Singaporean chewing gum ban as an example of bureaucratic absurdity. Now we can find a lot more examples...
