Europe is being torn apart – but the torture will be slow This monetary union without a political one will continue to cause suffering and divide the north from the south “If the euro fails, Europe fails”: thus spake Angela Merkel [ http://www. 16.03.2015
UK prisons won’t let journalists in – what do they have to hide? I found it easier to visit a military prison in Vladimir Putin’s Russia than to gain access to a British jail When officials block a visit by a journalist, you do wonder what it is they don’t want you to see. 16.03.2015
Iceland drops EU membership bid: 'interests better served outside' union - Country first applied in 2009 after economic crisis hit banking system hard - Opinion polls had shown growing resistance to membership Iceland has announced it is dropping its bid to join the European Union [ http://www. 16.03.2015
How Putin Blocked the U.S. Pivot to Asia “The collapse of the Soviet Union removed the only constraint on Washington’s power to act unilaterally abroad…. 16.03.2015
Portuguese parliament approves legalization of euthanasia despite last-minute attempt to delay vote .
Former Russian President Medvedev calls Twitter ‘politicized’ platform, slams ban of Trump & claims site is biased towards Navalny .
Alexey Navalny jailed for over 2.5 years as Moscow Court says he violated terms of suspended sentence in 'Yves Rocher' fraud case .
"Quickly and Suddenly": The USA has developed a scenario of a NATO preemptive strike on the Kaliningrad region .