European Union

  • Brexit impasse at European Union summit

    Brexit impasse at European Union summit

    Oct 25, 2018 09:16

    British Prime Minister Theresa May held a further round of talks with European Union leaders in Brussels Thursday, after the deal she agreed with her cabinet in July was formally rejected Wednesday night.

  • Slashing of welfare spending forces millions into poverty in UK

    Slashing of welfare spending forces millions into poverty in UK

    Oct 19, 2018 09:33

    After a decade of severe austerity imposed on millions of people across the UK, by the year 2021 there will be £37 billion spent less on working age social security compared to 2010.

  • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    Oct 17, 2018 09:56

    There is an inseparable connection between extreme poverty and human rights. This means that the people who live in poverty, many of their human rights are violated. Joseph Wresinski, who founded International Movement ATD Fourth World, realized this important link between poverty and human rights.

  • EU punches the US in the face over trade with Iran

    EU punches the US in the face over trade with Iran

    Oct 11, 2018 08:48

    As said before, the US policy of sanctions vis-à-vis Iran has put it in diplomatic isolation, forcing its most trusted ally since the Second World War, Europe, in an antagonistic position.

  • A small nation that thinks it's a world power

    A small nation that thinks it's a world power

    Oct 09, 2018 15:37

    There were many reasons why Britain narrowly voted to leave the EU just over two years ago.

  • Risk of no-deal Brexit staggers European companies and economy

    Risk of no-deal Brexit staggers European companies and economy

    Oct 07, 2018 14:29

    The growing likelihood of a no-deal Brexit next March is sending economic and political shock-waves across Europe.

  • Behind the Anglo American war on Russia

    Behind the Anglo American war on Russia

    Sep 18, 2018 10:41

    Perhaps they had a chance back during the Obama days when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed her amusing “Reset” in USA-Russia relations to the new Medvedew Presidency following Putin’s rotation to the seat of Prime Minister in March 2009.

  • Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions – the final demise of Dollar hegemony?

    Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions – the final demise of Dollar hegemony?

    Aug 25, 2018 22:37

    Sanctions left and sanctions right. Financial mostly, taxes, tariffs, visas, travel bans – confiscation of foreign assets, import and export prohibitions and limitations; and also punishing those who do not respect sanctions dished out by Trump, alias the US of A, against friends of their enemies.

  • World must fight against US economic dictatorship

    World must fight against US economic dictatorship

    Aug 17, 2018 22:11

    US President Donald Trump has kicked off trade wars with several countries, placing tariffs on everything from steel to chicken incubators. Trading partners including China, Canada, the European Union and Mexico are not sitting on their hands. They have hit the US with retaliatory tariffs in a tit-for-tat reaction.

  • International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

    International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

    Aug 09, 2018 08:51

    Indigenous people are often described as part of human communities that try to stick to their traditions and customs while being in contact with the advancements in the way of living and technological progress.