Croatia, Albania, Macedonia and EU Accession: The View from Bruss

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Croatia on the Verge of EU Accession From our window in the iconic, art deco, recently renovated, and surprisingly affordable Hotel Regent Esplanade in Zagreb, Croatia’s increasingly chic capital...

Navalny As Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Antagonist

Highly charged criminal trial against the Kremlin's most dangerous opponent Alexei Navalny is to be continued. Russia's Investigation Committee spokesman General Markin was unexpectedly candid, actually admitting freely that the lawyer and corruption whistle-blower must...

Billionaire Prime Minister: In Four Years, Georgia In NATO, EU

By Aris Jansons Last night, Latvia’s weekly television program „Pasaules telpa” introduced to its audience the Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili (57), the richest Georgian citizen and an...

Note To Gay Son From Dad Becomes A Novel

Upon reading a heartfelt note that a father posted on his son’s door, author Robert Joseph Greene became inspired to write a novel about the event. A high school reader for ages 14-18, Would You Mind? is a LGBT story about a young boy named Nate who meets and falls in ...

Russian tycoon Usmanov tops Sunday Times Rich List

Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov has topped the Sunday Times ranking of the wealthiest people in Britain and Ireland with a fortune of £13.3bn. The Surrey-based tycoon, 59, who has a 30% stake in Arsenal...

Crisis, Energy

It seems that the fossil fuel conglomerates like oil,and coal are increasingly thwarting the green energy movement not only in Europe but in the United States as well. They have purposely made it almost impractical or financially infeasible for millions to augment their...

Why the U.S. should cease recognizing the Vatican as a nation

Well, we've had a new Pope, in Pope Francis I, for over a full day now. Not we, as the Catholic Church, but we as the world. I say the world because no matter what your religion might be (or if you have no religion like me) the Church is still very powerful in much of the...

The last Faberge`s: Midnight In Moscow

The turbulence during the first World War led to the intrigue that brought about the downfall of the last Tsar of Russia. It was during this period that Nicholas II took control over his vast fortune and hid it hoping to retrieve it one day to reclaim his rightful place as...

Want a hike in your salary? Grasp the PMP certification

Money: the catchy part of PMP certification The PMP certification is not any ordinary certification. The PMP certification is granted to you once you are admitted to the PMP course and completed the PMP training. The PMP certification provides you with correct knowledge about...

Cyprus Delays Vote on Bailout Plan

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Leaders in Cyprus and Brussels scrambled Monday to contain the fallout from an unprecedented effort to force ordinary bank depositors in this crisis-hit nation to pay for part of an...

Why the U.S. should cease recognizing the Vatican as a nation

Well, we've had a new Pope, in Pope Francis I, for half a week now. Not we, as the Catholic Church, but we as the world. I say the world because no matter what your religion might be (or if you have no religion like me) the Church is still very powerful in much...

Do you know how PMP certification can help in your project manage

What is a PMP certification? The PMP Certification Exam offered and conducted by the Project Management Institute or the PMI. This organizational institute is intended in giving you the credential of the Project Management Professional finally after you pass the PMP...

Antisemites

Song by Vladimir VysotskyRather than be a vandal and bandit,I'd like to apply to be antisemite,On their side, though laws are missing,Is support and fervor of millions of people.I've chosen, and that means to beat up somebody,But I need to know who are all these semites,And...

Will Pope Francis continue his Church's opposition to gay rights?

So we have a new pope. The former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is now Pope Francis I. Or maybe just Pope Francis, because there is no other pope named Francis to number him against anyway. I was watching the crowds in the Vatican and they were elated even before...

Anders Brevik and Norwegian Liberalism

Much attention has been paid to recent shootings in America; but the worst shooting in recent history has not taken place in America. Anders Brevik, a Norwegian conservative, opened fire on a youth political camp, killing over 90 people, most of them children. He did this out...
 

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