Europe

U.S. to Develop Missile Shield in Romania

Romanian President Traian Basescu announced on February 4 that Romania's Supreme Defense Council had approved a U.S. proposal to include Romania in a...

February 5, 2010

British Inquiry Into Iraq War

January 29, 2010

Reuters news reports that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will make a long-awaited appearance before an inquiry into the Iraq War on...

82-year-old Russian Dissident Arrested in Moscow

James Heiser January 13, 2010

Veteran dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva’s recent arrest by Russian authorities is demonstrating several facts: First, that “post-Soviet” Russia is still far from being a...

UN Commercial to Feed Hungry Schoolchildren

Nima Sanandaji January 8, 2010

During much of 2009 European TV audiences were shown a commercial in which Sean Penn makes a plea for a "human rescue plan."...

Socialist International in Copenhagen: “Birth of Global Governance”

William F. Jasper January 8, 2010

World government and world socialism. Those are the explicit goals of the Socialist International, one of the planet's most influential organizations, but one...

Icelanders Resist Bailout Scheme

James Heiser January 5, 2010

As reported previously, last year’s financial meltdown in Iceland seemed in many ways to offer a summary of the worldwide economic crisis. Rampant...

Europe to Investigate WHO ‘False Pandemic’ Scandal

Alex Newman January 5, 2010

The Council of Europe is set to investigate the World Health Organization’s swine flu campaign this month over allegations of improper influence from...

Pachauri’s Lucrative World of Climate Change

Rebecca Terrell January 2, 2010

Many analysts bemoan the failure of governments at December's UN Climate Change Conference to arrive at a legally binding agreement to rescue the...

Copenhagen Report: Obama Fails to “Seal the Deal”

William F. Jasper January 1, 2010

It had been billed and hyped as the "Seal the Deal" summit, a conference that would produce a binding global agreement on greenhouse...

Cheers and Jeers at Copenhagen’s Climate Conference

Alex Newman January 1, 2010

Edward Conlon, in his book Blue Blood, provides an in-depth and colorful narrative of his career as a New York City cop. In...

Vladimir Putin Condemns U.S. Nuclear Defense

Rebecca Terrell December 29, 2009

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling for drastic reductions in planned U.S. missile defense as U.S. and Russian officials spend the last...

Lithuanian Parliament Condemns CIA Prisons

Thomas R. Eddlem December 23, 2009

A Lithuanian Seimas investigating committee has concluded that he Soviet-era holdover “Committee for State Security” spy agency had struck a deal with the...