Berlin – The European Union agreed to new sanctions against Iran on Monday, October 15 to force Tehran to comply with international demands that it scale back its nuclear program. At the same time, violence…
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The fourth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers – the pivotal point which marked the escalation of the world’s mounting problems into the full-blown crisis – went almost unnoticed on September 15….
Reports abound of a looming food crisis of epic proportions. If the worst should happen, whether it be depression-era style economic collapse, debilitating natural disaster or global food shortage, the urgent need to procure…
Europe’s redemption lies in the re-affirmation of the Lisbon Strategy of 2000, a ten-year development plan that focused on innovation, mobility and education, social, economic and environmental renewal. * * * * * Back to…
German police and demonstrators clash during an anti-capitalism rally in Frankfurt, on March 31, 2012. (File photo) A recent survey shows that more than half of Germans are disgruntled with capitalism, and are…
Police arrive in the Mall, London, before Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace, for the National Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.(AFP Photo / Anthony Devlin)…
The growing power of the religious right is one reason my guest left the Republican Party and became an Independent. “The mixture of politics and religion,” he says, “debases both, and has turned the GOP…
Eurozone unemployment jumped to an all-time high in February, hitting southern nations the hardest as the social toll from the debt crisis grips the 17-nation bloc, official figures showed Monday. The jobless rate rose…
17 European nations are gathering together to figure out a new way to solve the debt crisis. Their plan is to set up and increase a financial firewall. Reuters reports on the latest decisions made…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/us-france-oil-reserve-elections-793/i6657690ce2199941e92689e24f525be5_guest-oil-reserve-eyre.flv] The French prime minister has said that there’s a “good chance” the United States and Europe will agree to release oil reserves into the market to drive down crude prices, but discussions are still…