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A Novel Way to Combat Russia's Love of Cheap Booze
Michael C. Moynihan | Reason.com

Because the average Russian drinks like an unemployed Foster Brooks, the Kremlin has decided to create a black ...
 
Iceland won't pay Britain and the Netherlands (1)
The Swedish Wire
REYKJAVIK (AFP) - Iceland's president said Tuesday he would not sign a controversial bill to compensate the British and Dutch ...
 
Belarus warns Russia of power cut
BBC
Belarus has threatened to cut the supply of electricity via its territory to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
 
EU enters decisive period for economic plan
Andrew Willis

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The next few months will be decisive for the European Union's future economic health, with the bloc ...
 
Icelanders sign up against plan to pay off banking debt
Deutsche Welle
Iceland's president is under pressure to sign a law that would pay overseas compensation on behalf of one of the country's ...
 
Una voce poco fa Flute Guitar Gerard Bagger Rossini Carulli Excerpts (1)
 
Stairway to Heaven acoustic Led Zeppelin Siiri Sisask Boris Bagger (excerpt)
 
Schwarzenegger Seeks The Right Bailout
Josh Barro, Real Clear Markets

Next month, California's governor plans to ask Washington for another bailout to help close his state's ...
 
Berlin cabinet ministers fire broadsides at US
Deutsche Welle

Germany’s new coalition government promised to make improved bilateral relations with the US a top priority. But some young ...
 
EU on alert over Russian oil supplies
Renata Goldirova

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – A fresh row between Russia and Ukraine over energy shipment fees - fast becoming something of a New ...
 
Nokia requests US inquiry against Apple
HELSINKI (AFP) - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it had asked the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to open ...
 
Britons vie with French for pessimism
James Blitz in London and Ben Hall in Paris, FT.com
Nearly seven in 10 Britons believe the welfare state will do less for them and their families ...
 
Ford confirms Volvo sale to Geely
The Swedish Wire
US auto giant Ford said Wednesday it had reached a deal with China's Geely on the potential sale of its Swedish brand Volvo.
 
Swine flu kills 7 more, but spread slows
Adam Mullett, Baltic Reports
RIGA — Seven more people have died from swine flu in Latvia, the country’s Infectious Diseases Center reported, ...
 
Latvian court ruling targets EU-IMF bailout
Andrew Willis, EUObserver

Latvia's constitutional court has ruled against government pension cuts, drawing a question mark over the ...
 
Germany grants Nord Stream permit for territorial waters
Alla Petrova, Baltic Course, Riga, 21.12.2009
Nord Stream AG today received the permit to construct the 50 kilometre section of its 1,223 kilometre ...
 
Emergency plan for Saab's hometown Trollhättan
The Swedish Wire
Trollhättan, a town of 55,000 in southwestern Sweden, and the Västra Götaland county will be supported with 542 million kronor ...
 
Irish commissioner critical of Sarkozy
Andrew Willis

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Outgoing EU commissioner for internal market affairs - Charlie McCreevy - has said the French hold ...
 
NATO Secretary General completes visit to Russia
NATO
On 17 December, the last day of his stay in Moscow, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen continued his political talks and engaged with the ...
 
Political groups outline criteria for commissioner hearings
Valentina Pop
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Leaders of the four largest political groups in the European Parliament on Tuesday called for ...
 
Microsoft settles debate with EU over browsers
Deutsche Welle
European users of Microsoft's operating system Windows will soon have their choice of internet browsers. Previously, Windows ...
 
Climate talks almost derailed by bad faith between rich and poor
Leigh Phillips

EUOBSERVER / COPENHAGEN - UN climate talks in Copenhagen were briefly suspended on Monday (14 December) as anger bubbled over ...
 
Russian Defence Ministry website criticises Finnish views of Continuation War
Article says Finland was a "satellite of Nazi Germany" and mistreated Soviet POWs
Helsingin Sanomat

An article has appeared on the ...
 
Sweden clips wings of EU foreign ministers (2)
Valentina Pop

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on Thursday (10 December) dismissed criticism from some of his EU ...
 
Filthy lucre fouls the air
Arguments over money dampened the euphoria at the start of the Copenhagen climate talks
From The Economist print edition

Despite the gloomy talk ...
 
The story of non-economist Elinor Ostrom
Bloomington (Indiana) Herald-Times, published by The Swedish Wire
When Elinor Ostrom accepts the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Thursday in ...
 
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