Europe on the brink of currency crisis meltdown
- Telegraph: “The financial crisis spreading like wildfire across the former Soviet bloc threatens to set off a second and more dangerous banking crisis in Western Europe, tipping the whole Continent into a fully-fledged economic slump.”
(…) Experts fear the mayhem may soon trigger a chain reaction within [...]
The Bank Bailouts Are Very Well Intended, But Where Is All The Money Going To Come From?: “It has been estimated that European government bond issuance will rise to record levels of more than €1,000bn in 2009 – 30 per cent higher than 2008 – as governments seek to stimulate their economies and pay for [...]
Political poster in Serbia accusing the EU of having fascistic policies
Serbia as Shylock the Jew?: “(…) wonderful rhetoric about justice delivered by rank hypocrites operating under a double standard in a biased system resulting in endless ‘conditions’ and deliberate humiliation of a ‘villain’ who is in many ways the biggest victim.
Sound familiar?”
(Via LimbicNutrition Weblog.)
Genetic Map of Europe (from Strangemaps)
306 - The Genetic Map of Europe: “Genetically speaking, Finns and Italians are the most atypical Europeans. There is a large degree of overlap between other European ethnicities, but not up to the point where they would be indistinguishable from each other. Which means that forensic scientists now can use [...]
International Court of Justice
BalkanInsight.com - Britain: Serbia is Challenging EU on Kosovo
Serbia’s request that the International Court of Justice give an opinion on Kosovo’s independence is ‘a mistake’ and ‘a direct challenge to the EU’, Britain’s ambassador to Serbia said.
In an interview with the Belgrade daily, Vecernje Novosti, published Sunday, Stephen Wordsworth warned the move [...]
Belgrade Street Art
UN: Balkans ‘one of the safest’ parts of Europe - Yahoo! News: “A United Nations report released Thursday says the Balkans, a region once known as a hotbed of crime and violence, has become one of the safest zones in Europe.
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The report says that the levels of crime against people and property, like [...]
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