Europe

The number of bankruptcy in the United States has reached its highest level in nearly five years. Legal services have identified 422,061 bankruptcy during the quarter April to June, a 9% increase over the previous three months and 11% higher than the corresponding period last year. Small-business bankruptcies rise 81% in California, US bankruptcies rise...
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Finland wants to build the first “Green Highway” with terminals delivering electricity and biofuel. Local resources including waste could produce biofuels. The goal is to create a model of ecological highway, which could be used at international level. There is no such project elsewhere. A green highway: It would be an example to the world The...
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Russia The embargo on grain exports came into effect Sunday Decided by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the measure aims to stem the rise in prices caused by the collapse of crops in Russia because of the heatwave. It should apply until 31 December. But it could be extended beyond that date depending on crop conditions. Russia third largest...
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They should note their disagreement on the taxation of banks and have lively discussions on financial regulation. Between countries with very different financial systems but had made ambitious commitments at their previous summit (Pittsburgh, 2009), the whole purpose of the meetings in Toronto will be to maintain unity. Canada, host of the meetings, has...
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Over 44 million British vote Thursday for the hotly disputed legislative ahead In power for 13 years, Labour is struggling to win a historic fourth consecutive victory. But the unpopularity of Prime Minister Gordon Brown as their best hope of being based on a renewed coalition with the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg. The UK Independence...
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Valentine was a priest who attracted the wrath of the Roman Emperor, because he blessed the couples, devoted for the union of lovers. The emperor had banned him to practice, considering that soldiering was not compatible with marriage. Persecuted, Valentine was condemned to be beheaded on the 14th February, probably around the year 269...
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Faced with the threat of Hurricane Oli, from 9:00 pm, all travel jets are prohibited on these islands. Several houses near the sea and the mouths of rivers are flooded. Tourists (700, according to local authorities) who would take an airplane in the day from Bora Bora have all been repatriated in hotels. // (1...
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The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting was held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland between 27-31 January, 2010. Economy of entire nations put in difficulties, shambles and debt “ad vitam aeternam” by international funding institutions without control. The meeting brings together top business leaders, international political leaders, and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world...
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Brussels gave the green light the stability terms of Athens but Greece is placed under supervision. The European Commission, which must make its formal recommendations on Wednesday, has already considered “feasible” but “risky” objectives set by Greece to reduce its deficit. It announced a strict supervision of the implementation plan of the Greek economy, which will...
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The real masters of the world are not governments but the officers of multinational financial groups and industrial and opaque international institutions (IMF, World Bank, OECD, WTO, central banks). Now these leaders are not elected, despite the impact of their decisions on people’s lives. The power of these organizations is made on a global scale,...
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The International Monetary Fund will propose the creation of a green fund against global warming. Global warming is one of the main problems that humanity has to deal with in the coming years. The basic idea is to find the necessary funding to organize in a green fund. The problem is where to find money? And...
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The security of Europe is a cornerstone of American foreign policy, Hillary Clinton has reaffirmed. That is what the U.S. secretary of state said on Friday in a speech in Paris also aimed to reassure Russia, calling for NATO to prepare for “new threats”. She stated the “core principles” of Washington is to revitalize the...
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“Hopenhagen in Copenhagen”, as said Dr Cheiklh Majid Abi Saab, MOREP president, about COP15 promisses The action and funds it would take to make a real difference are not on the table. This a challenge to save the environment. MOREP Lebanon hopes to reach not only an agreement and decision but to apply perfectly...
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The world should see clearer on January 31, when countries are called to say they are ready to commit, and on what. According to “the Copenhagen agreement”, concluded in extremis, industrialized countries must communicate to the UN, by Sunday, their goal of reducing emissions of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Others are invited to submit their...
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Traffic will be banned in Milan on Sunday due to air pollution that has lasted more than two weeks. “Only environmentally friendly vehicles (electric, methane or LPG) can move as well as doctors, health workers and priests,” said the Lombardy region on its website. The level of suspended particulates PM 10 Wednesday exceeded the limit...
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