Новости за 21.08.2015

The Dutch government budget submitted in 2014 prioritized a boost in consumption and employment. Growth was projected at 1.25% of the GDP. On August 12, the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) revised growth projections; the Dutch economy is expected to grow by 2% — considerably better than originally envisaged than the government in […]

Solidarity & unity of purpose The parallel trajectories between the Podemos movement in Spain and Syriza in Greece continue; calling for snap elections in Greece was, according to a Pamblo Inglesia’s Tweet “a lesson in democracy.” The number two of Podemos,  Iñigo Errejón, stated at a press Conference in Brussels that “Syriza’s split is not […]

The BBC’s Security Correspondent Frank Gardner investigated a sharp rise in the number of British women joining the extremist group Islamic State. His conclusion: Islamic State has a dual attitude to women. He writes: “On the one hand it treats those it considers heretics as almost sub-human, as commodities to be traded and given away […]

The borders of Venezuela and Colombia have shut down for 72 hours, following an incident in which three Venezuelan army officers and one civilian were injured. The Venezuelan officers were pursuing contraband suspects. Trafficking goods sold at subsidized prices in Venezuela at market prices thrives in the border region of San Antonio del Táchira. Venezuelan […]

One of the consequences of the crisis in Greece is the destruction of the country’s political establishment. The parties that dominated politics between 1974 and 2010 crashed under the austerity measures imposed by Greece’s lenders. The electorate became disoriented and looked for alternative political proposals. Pasok, a party that ruled the longest time since 1981, […]

Banksy is a British  graffiti artist, political activist, film director and painter. He is mostly famous for his satirical street art that can be found on walls, streets or bridges in cities around the world. Banksy’s works are always displayed on publicly visible places, such as walls or self-built pieces. He never sells his works nor […]

One Syrian woman drowned Friday off the Bodram peninsula, according to Turkey’s state-run news agency. The woman was with nine other migrants traveling to the Greek island, Kos in a fiberglass boat. The boat sank early Friday off the coast of the popular Turkish visitor destination. The other nine migrants were successfully rescued, according to […]

The European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström has announced the Commission will be publishing information about the Transatlantic and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiation state and process. TTIP has been one of the most secretive negotiations in the EU’s history, with wikileaks even raising money for insider document rewards. In a tweet, Malmström said she is “committed to […]

The initiative is meant to support the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The strategy has been adopted by the European Commission in 2010 and endorsed by the European Council in 2011. According to the Commission, “The Strategy seeks to create synergies and coordination between existing policies and initiatives taking place across the Danube Region.“ The […]

Recent weeks have witnessed the most serious violence in Eastern Ukraine in more than six months. Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eleven wounded at the hands of pro-Russian militia, whose artillery bombardment destroyed two tanks and additional heavy equipment in violation of February’s Minsk II deal. But the fact that this deadly skirmish and […]