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 / 362 comments
Minimum wage debate is in full swing again after President Obama desperately trying to save his approval rating – with the exception of Nixon, worse than any other postwar second-term president – urged Congress to raise its federal level...
February 11, 2014 6:20 pm / 12 comments
European Commission released a short clip titled “Missing Part” showing how tax fraud and tax evasion affect lives of European citizens and communities. It says one fifth of public money in Europe is lost to tax fraud and tax evasion and...
January 30, 2014 2:16 pm / 1 comment
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...
January 26, 2014 6:03 pm / 3 comments
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...
January 13, 2014 3:57 pm / no comments
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...
January 13, 2014 3:49 pm / 2 comments