Zero Hedge | March 9, 2015 No lessor official than European Commission President (and liar-when-it’s-serious) Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the creation of an EU army… in order to show Russia “that [The EU is] serious about defending European values.” Juncker explained an EU army would “help us fulfil Europe’s responsibilities in the world,” arguing that NATO…
Nako Minchev | Global Research | March 04, 2015 It is common knowledge that at end-January 2015 the global movement Amnesty International published a report, titled “Breaking the conspiracy of silence: USA’s European “partners in crime” must act after Senate torture report”, which throws further light upon the information gathered within the US Senate investigation into torture…
GWPF | 26 Feb 2015 Eastern Europe Key Battleground In US-Russia Shale War Russia threatened yesterday to disrupt gas supplies to Europe within days, opening a new front in the showdown over Ukraine. President Putin demanded immediate advance payments from Kiev to keep the gas taps on in the depths of winter. Cutting off gas…
Oliver Tickell | The Ecologist | 19 Feb 2015 While mainstream media promulgate a fictitious message of Russian threats in the Baltic, Vladimir Putin’s next big play lies far to the south, writes Oliver Tickell. The gross intransigence of the EU, the IMF, the European Central Bank and Germany are forcing Greece into a powerful new…
TBIJ | 17 Feb 2015 The European Court of Human Rights today confirmed that the Polish government was complicit in the CIA’s secretive programme of rendition, detention and interrogation. The Court in Strasbourg today rejected a challenge from the Polish government to a landmark ruling from last July, a decision which now makes that original judgement final. July’s…
Andreas C Chrysafis | Global Research | February 14, 2015 There is a serious political and economic clash going on deep inside the chambers of the EU. The newly elected Tsipras government has triggered a tsunami that may not be so easily contained. The northern states dominated by Germany and braced by the ECB have now also…
Paul Craig Roberts | 12 Feb 2015 Judging by the report on RT http://rt.com/news/231667-minsk-ceasefire-deal-breakup/ I conclude that the Ukraine peace deal worked out in Minsk by Putin, Merkel, Hollande, and Poroshenko has little chance of success. As Washington is not a partner to the Minsk peace deal, how can there be peace when Washington has…
Zero Hedge | 9 Feb 2015 “We want to avoid further deterioration in relations between Russia and Europe,” explained Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades upon reportedly signing an agreement to offer Russia military facilities on its soil (that we noted previously). The air force base at which Russian planes will use is about 40 kilometers from…
Hans Kundnani | ECFR | 9 Feb 2015 As opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has increased, and as research has shown that the economic benefits are likely to be smaller than originally suggested, supporters of the deal have increasingly fallen back on the “strategic” case for an ambitious agreement with the…
Zero Hedge | February 9, 2015 Anti-Europe, anti-austerity, anti-Merkel political parties storming to the forefront Every two weeks or so on average, we ask ourselves: why do central bankers only tell the truth after they have quit their post (rhetorically, of course). The last time it was the BOE’s former head Mervyn King, who said…