The Coming of the Universal Financial Transaction Tax
In the clearest indication yet, a high French government official confirmed last week that an FTT — Financial Transaction Tax — will be...
Europe
Latest Numbers from Germany Confirm Recession
The announcement from the German Economy Ministry over the weekend confirmed that the long-awaited European recession has officially begun: German factory orders dropped...
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Lufthansa To Hike Ticket Prices Due to EU Carbon Tax Scheme
German airline carrier Lufthansa warned passengers on Monday that the European Union’s (EU) new carbon tax on airlines will translate into higher fares,...
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Blowing Up the Euro
In her article on Monday, financial journalist Jessica Mortimer said that the euro had just set a new record low against the Japanese...
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Gallup World Poll: French Gloomiest About Their Nation’s Economy
Although a September Gallup poll showed that close to half of Americans believe that the economy will be worse in a year than...
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Latest Research Leads to New Speculation on Shroud of Turin
Scientists in Italy studying the famed Shroud of Turin, which many Christians believe is the burial cloth of a resurrected Jesus Christ, have...
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Prime Minister Defends Britain’s Christian Heritage
Great Britain’s Prime Minister has declared of his country what President Obama has notably denied of his own. Speaking to an audience of...
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Several European Countries Accused of Hiding Info on CIA Rendition Flights
Earlier this week, two human rights advocacy groups issued a joint preliminary report denouncing the governments of Europe for allegedly aiding the Central...
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Britain’s Cameron: Britian Is a “Christian Country”
British Prime Minister David Cameron has sent atheists and leftists into a rage by asserting that Britain is a Christian country. ...
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Europe No Longer Center of Christian Faith
Christianity was once so localized to Europe that the term “Christendom” largely meant Europe. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the last...
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Hold the Presses on Glowing Vaclav Havel Eulogies
Vaclav Havel, a Czech playwright and political figure who became Czechoslovakia’s President following a non-violent uprising in 1989 that ended decades of Soviet...
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Is France’s Credit Rating the Next Domino in the Eurozone’s Demise?
Is it certain that the nations of the European Union are heading for a hard fall? It certainly looks that way. When the...
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Judge Upholds Rule that Immigrants to UK Know English
Last November, the British coalition government introduced a new requirement into immigration rules: The immigrant must be know the English language. The rule...
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Forbes: United States of Europe Coming Soon
A United States of Europe — minus recalcitrant Great Britain — is nearly upon us; thus saith Forbes magazine. “The euro, in its...
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The European Union Agreement: “Too Little, Too Late”?
As reported by Annika Breidthardt for RealClearMarkets.com, the latest European crisis summit that ended last weekend resulted in “a historic agreement to draft...
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