The Business of Torture

A report published in March 2010 by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation and titled “From Words to Deeds” accused European companies of manufacturing and selling “tools of torture”. Among these were fixed wall restraints, metal...

Lebara: ‘There are more opportunities’

" Increased marketing Quality marketing and distribution are also an essential part of Lebara’s strategy. The company’s plans to expand its customer base further were evident when it recently embarked on a brand building drive. Lebara not only launched in more countries...

Royal Mail; EC investigates plans to privatise

29th July 2011 The European Commission has opened an investigation into the UK government's plans to privitise the Royal Mail. It will look at plans to relieve the postal operator of a pension deficit of ...

Macedonia: The Case of the Abused PCL

By: Sam VakninEditor in Chief of Global PoliticianIn January 2011, the Republic of Macedonia became the first country to benefit from the IMF’s PCL (Precautionary Credit Line): a contingent “insurance policy” of c. $650 million USD. At the time, the Executive Board of...

Welsh House Prices Rise 6.55% in Two Months

14th September 2011 AVERAGE house prices in Wales rose nearly £10,000 in the two months to July, according to new figures. Prices increased from £140,920 in May to £145,281 in June before reaching £150,161...

Dispute over European IMF leader

Five of the world's main emerging economies have called for the end of the tradition that the head of the IMF should be an European. In a joint statement IMF directors from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said the convention was obsolete, they said it fail to...

Iceland volcano ash closes airspace in northern Germany

Germany has grounded air traffic in and out of Bremen and Hamburg airports in the north of the country, because of the spread of volcanic ash from an eruption in Iceland. The European air control agency, Eurocontrol has warned that parts of Denmark and southern Norway and...

Queen Elizabeth greets President Obama on first UK state visit

The BBC is reporting that President Obama has met Queen Elizabeth at the Buckingham Palace at the start of his state visit to Britain. He will later have a meeting with the British Prime Minister David Cameron,...

Nicolas Sarkozy to host key internet forum ahead of G8 summit

The debate over whether - and how far - to regulate the internet is expected to dominate a two day international e-summit which opens in Paris today, hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Top executives from the world’s biggest internet companies will come face to...

Surviving on Nuclear Waste

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" On May 11, 2005, Romania hosted a two-day exercise simulating a nuclear accident. It was conducted at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant. But the real radiological emergency is already at hand and unfolding....

Longer Recession With Gas Prices Over $4 A Gallon

Los Angeles, California ⎮Friday March 11, 2011 7:00am In late 2008, at the start of the recession, we found big banks starting to fail due to the unregulated greed of many in the banking industry brought on by...

UK 'over-reliant' on GPS signals, engineers warn

" The UK may have become dangerously over-reliant on satellite-navigation signals, according to a report from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Use of space-borne positioning and timing data is now widespread, in everything from freight movement to synchronisation of computer...

How Germany Became the China of Europe

"There is no particularly special technology needed to make a chainsaw. It's really just plastic and metal parts screwed together with old-fashioned nuts and bolts. The Chinese already make chainsaws. But that hasn't stopped German power-tool manufacturer Stihl from selling...

Super-fast broadband planned across UK by 2015

" Every community in the UK will gain access to super-fast broadband by 2015 under plans outlined today. The private sector is to deliver broadband to two thirds of the UK. Other, mainly rural, areas will receive public funds to build a "digital hub" with a fibre optic...

85 Billion Euro Bailout for Ireland in Final Stages

European Union nations working for the past two weeks to prevent a bankruptcy in Ireland have reached a agreement that will loan 85 Billion Euro's to the government, according to public officials. Belgian Finance...

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