EU Helps Greece Recover $81B of Unpaid Taxes From Swiss Banks
According to the Swiss newspaper The Local, last week "[t]he European Union said ... it is helping Greece negotiate with Switzerland in a...
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NYTimes Piece Distracts from the Real European Story
Thursday’s article in The New York Times by writers Jack Ewing and Nicholas Kulish about the “rift” between factions over the role of...
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Germany’s Merkel Yields More Sovereignty to the EU
At a joint briefing on Wednesday with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) announced the next step towards the creation...
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Critics Blast New ECB Boss, EU Banker “Coup D’Etat”
Critics are assailing the new European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi — an ex-Goldman Sachs chief and a regular attendee at secretive Bilderberg...
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Central Banker Takes Over Greece; Demands Tax Hikes, More EU Control
Trilateral Commission member Lucas Papademos (right in picture at left), an unelected career central banker with decades of experience, is taking over the...
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Bilderberg Leader Mario Monti Takes Over Italy in “Coup”
Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Monti (with wife at left), who rose to power in what critics called a “coup d’etat,” is a...
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UK Foreign Official Predicts Israeli Attack on Iran in a Month
Speculation over a potential Israeli attack on Iran has circulated via media reports and governmental agencies, and was heightened following the release of...
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France, Germany, and UK Discuss Euro Collapse
As the debt crisis in Italy and other European Union countries spirals out of control, reports said the French and German governments have...
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100,000 Britons Sign Anti-Immigration Petition in One Week
More than 100,000 Britons have eagerly signed an e-petition on the government’s website that says immigration to the sceptr’d isle must stop before...
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A Hard Look at Italy
With yields on Italy’s 10-year government debt rising sharply higher and beyond the seven-percent ceiling deemed unsustainable, Italy is running out of options...
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Lesson from Iceland’s 2008 Financial Crisis: Let Banks Fail
The downward spiral of the Greek economy — and now likely that of Italy — has led to calls for the European Union...
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The Eurozone Continues to Unravel
With Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou agreeing to step down in order to secure more bailout funds from the ECB, attention turned immediately...
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Bulgarian President-elect Vows to Root Out KGB Moles
Rosen Plevneliev managed a narrow victory in Bulgaria's recent presidential elections on a reform platform pledging to clean up the country's corruption-plagued government,...
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EU Creates “Dictatorship” Under Guise of Financial Stability
Using “financial stability” as justification, the European Union is quietly plotting to foist a massive, perpetual bailout machine on eurozone members that critics...
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EU Antitrust Agency Probing Apple and Samsung
The European Commission has requested information on patents from smartphone powerhouses Apple (makers of the immensely popular iPhone) and Samsung. While Apple is...
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