Greeks resigned to tightening belts

Daniel Proussalidis | 19 March 2010

"Either we eradicate the debt, or the debt will eliminate the country," says the Prime Minister.

Abortion in Italy declines while fertility inches up

Vincenzina Santoro | 15 October 2009 | comment 1

Is Italy breaking out of a demographic nose-dive?

Western Europe’s dream world

George Friedman | 13 October 2009 | comment 15

Norwegians, like other Europeans west of the Danube and east of the English Channel, like Obama. They are deluded. 

The business of looking after the family

Nuria Chinchilla | 07 August 2009 | comment 2

Only if they act responsibly towards the family can businesses and society at large thrive.

A daring Baltic ban on gay propaganda

Bryan P. Bradley | 31 July 2009 | comment 28

A new Lithuanian law aims to protect minors from information that could be harmful to them.

Italy, land of earthquakes and elderly nonnas

Angela Shanahan | 25 July 2009 | comment 1

An Australian journalist sojourning in the L’Aquila region reflects on the quake that has been and the shake-up needed to stop Italians dying out.

Which language for Europe?

Daniele Archibugi | 12 June 2009 | comment 5

Europeans once had a common language, Latin. Why not make English the new Latin? 

In Ukraine, the stench of the Soviet era lingers on

Matthew Rarey | 29 April 2009 | comment 1

Life in Ukraine offers a dismal but fascinating panorama of how difficult it is to shake off the blight of Communism.

Turkey the key to Obama’s Europe policy

George Friedman | 07 April 2009

It was all smiles and hugs in Europe, but the President did his heavy lifting in Ankara. 

Could the Asian Schuman please stand up?

Margriet Krijtenburg | 11 March 2009 | comment 1

Southeast Asian nations aspire to EU-style economic union, but do they have what it takes?

The Middle East - In Their Own Words. Merkel

Angela Merkel | 02 January 2009 | comment 3

World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what German Chancellor Angela Merkel has to say.

What’s the matter with Greece?

Daniel Proussalidis | 20 December 2008 | comment 17

The riots in Athens and across Greece have nothing to do with "alienated youth" and everything to do with a society in decline.

“Birds of a feather”

Rosa Pich and Fabizio Assandri | 10 December 2008 | comment 12

The need for a buddy system among many siblings provided the motto for a Spanish family.

Don’t expand NATO

Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan | 24 October 2008 | comment 3

  US President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper are pushing NATO to accept Georgia and Ukraine as members. Two CATO Institute scholars say that is a bad idea.

Why Germany is lukewarm about Nato

George Friedman | 08 October 2008 | comment 11

Once again, Germany faces a menacing Russia to its east.

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