Archive
Back to homepageTackling the Debt Crisis 0
Post Views: 18 Protests in Europe Ahead of Euro Summit Riot police are attacked by petrol bombs during clashes in Athens. Greece was hit by violent protests and a general strike on Wednesday and workers also demonstrated in other
Read MoreJulian Assange’s bail challenged in high court by Sweden 0
Post Views: 13 Prosecutors want WikiLeaks founder to remain behind bars until extradition is decided despite £240,000 in guarantees Mark Tran and Matthew Weaver Supporters outside the court hearing in London at which Assange was granted bail. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
Read MoreUnemployment rises unexpectedly 0
Post Views: 2 Today’s data – fuelled by a drop in public-sector employment – will fan fears that Britain could suffer a ‘jobless recovery’ Graeme Wearden and Polly Curtis Unemployment has risen. Photograph: Ben Stansall/Getty UK unemployment has risen back
Read MoreSinn Fein and the election in 2011 0
Post Views: 8 Gerry Adams (for Leargas) President of Sinn Fein This blog is now the Sinn Fein candidate for Louth and East Meath. In the Fairways Hotel last night party activists from across the constituency unanimously and enthusiastically endorsed
Read MoreQ&A: Wikileaks and freedom of expression 0
Post Views: 9 Q&A: Wikileaks and freedom of expression The right to freedom of expression includes the right to receive and impart all kinds of information © Alex Milan Tracy/Demotix International controversy over the Wikileaks release of US diplomatic cables
Read MoreLibya and Malta: failing refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants 0
Post Views: 8 Amnesty International Report“It is better to die in the sea than return to Libya.” Farah Anam, a Somali woman who arrived in Malta in July 2010 via Libya.Migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers escaping persecution and armed conflict, face
Read MoreKosovo PM claims victory, rivals refuse to concede 0
Post Views: 10 Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci greets supporters at his party’s headquarters in the capital Pristina. Kosovo waited for official results on Monday to confirm Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s claim of victory in the first general election since
Read More
Turkey: The New indispensable nation
Post Views: 175 RECEP TAYYIP ERDO?ANPrime Minister of Turkey Turkey put its imprint as one of the most influential countries not only on 2010, but on the first decade of the third millennium. At the start of the new decade,
Read MoreDo?an to sell all media assets except Hürriyet daily 0
Post Views: 30 The headquarter of Do?an Holding’s media conglomerate Do?an Yay?n plans to sell all of the companies in the media business except the Hürriyet daily. The Do?an Holding conglomerate’s media group, Do?an Yay?n Holding (DYH), has announced that
Read MoreEighteen women killed by men in November 0
Post Views: 5 The great shame: violence against women Bianet monitoring of violence against women makes grim reading According to Bianet scanning of newspapers, websites and news agencies, at least 18 women were killed by men in the month of
Read More