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Change? What change?
Barack Obama has proven yet again that a politician will say almost anything to get elected. Consider the disappointment expressed on the World ...
 
Get your sneak preview of the The Global Museum on Communism (1)
The Global Museum on Communism is the first museum on the Internet that will tell the whole story of Communism from Karl Marx's The Communist ...
 
Cyber insecurity
Joseph S. Nye

MOSCOW TIMES – In August, Russian troops moved into Georgia. Observers dispute who fired first, but there was a little-noticed ...
 
After Congress refuses, Bush gives $17.4 billion loan to U.S. carmakers
Andrew F. Tully

WASHINGTON, December 19, 2008 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. President George W. Bush today said his administration is prepared to loan $17.4 ...
 
Standpoint: Germany and Russia
Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad
Edward Lucas

Germany's relationship with Vladimir Putin's Russia is the most puzzling and troubling ...
 
Time to change the rules (3)
Edward Lucas

Most people who give the matter any thought agree: one of the main rules for countries wanting to join the euro is perverse. Yet ...
 
European eels to feel the pinch at Xmas
Stockholm – The European eel, categorized as “critically endangered” by the IUCN and red-listed in WWF’s fish guide, is set for a rough ...
 
The Fed fixes bayonets
Interest rates are close to zero as the Fed promises more unconventional measures

Central bankers ordinarily strive to be boring. But these are ...
 
Robert Fripp receives Estonian State decoration (4)
Estonian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Margus Laidre presented world-renowned guitarist, composer and record producer Robert Fripp with the ...
 
suurepärane
My Estonian language has progressed to the point that I am able to get by in daily life without needing to switch to English or relying on my own ...
 
Obama and US-Russia Tensions
(From Consortium News. Their Editor’s Note: The following article was written by two analysts from an international organization. However, given ...
 
Political Season’s Greetings for 2008
Toronto saw two politically flavoured seasonal festivities of note: the one at Queen’s Park hosted by Premier Dalton McGuinty on December 15; the ...
 
Banks could care less about common sense
Lessons not learned from banking history

The present global finacial crisis was created by bankers – called banksters by many today - who ...
 
The Presidential Inauguration: Challenges and the home field advantage
Fred Burton and Scott Stewart

STRATFOR – In a little more than a month, Washington will host the 56th U.S. presidential inauguration, during ...
 
A warning for anonymous commentators (4)
The following item comes to us courtesy of the Baltic Business News website, whereby we are reminded that civility and courtesy are the lubricants of ...
 
Warning of popular unrest in the regions comes true in Vladivostok
VIENNA, December 17 – Moscow economist Yevgeny Gontmakher’s warning of two weeks ago that the financial crisis is likely to trigger protests in ...
 
OPEC agrees to cut oil production, as do Russia, Azerbaijan
(RFE/RL, December 17) -- The Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has announced a significant cut in oil production in a bid to lift ...
 
Russification efforts in Mari El disturb Hungarians (1)
VIENNA, December 17 – Suggestions by some Russian officials that the name of the capital city of Mari El, a Finno-Ugric republic in the Middle ...
 
Boom to bust and worse
Economic growth and political stability: those were the two proudest achievements of Vladimir Putin and his ex-KGB associates in the eight years ...
 
Ilves: now is the time for all of us to be accountable
“Many local governments are already, or will soon be, facing an inevitable reduction in their revenues, and this will mean that they have an ...
 
The crisis with no name
Frank Furedi

Society's inability to make sense of the downturn is hampering what we really need: a major public debate about the economy.
 
Canadian cities in rapid decline: CIBC
Virginia Galt, Globe and Mail

Canadian cities are losing their economic momentum, and the slowdown is intensifying, the Canadian Imperial Bank of ...
 
What will help the Baltic tiger back on its feet? (4)
his and other questions will be answered on December 18 from 10-12 (Estonian time ) by Mart Laar, member of Parliament and Pro Patria and Res Publica ...
 
Top 10 Green Christmas tips
This holiday season, Canadians have the opportunity to join together to help the environment. One Million Acts of Green is a unique collaboration ...
 
Estonia supports EU police mission in Palestinian territories
The Foreign Ministry is supporting the European Union Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) with 2 200 000 kroons (140,575 ...
 
Estonian parliament to strip leaders of immunity
Bribery is still rampant among leaders

TALLINN - The Estonian parliament is getting ready to strip political immunity from two former leaders of ...
 
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