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Additions to the Transparency Register November 7 — November 31
Nov16

Additions to the Transparency Register November 7 — November 31

Alitalia Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A. All with us – Tous avec nous American Insurance Association Asociación Dominicana de Productores de Banano Association for the International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works Associazione Difesa Consumatori e Ambiente promossa dalla CISL Autohaus Schaller GmbH Banana Growers Association, Belize...

There’s no winning a war against an ideology | 444.hu – Hungary
Nov16

There’s no winning a war against an ideology | 444.hu – Hungary

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Attacks in France put NATO on the spot
Nov16

Attacks in France put NATO on the spot

Calls grew Sunday for the NATO military alliance to defend France in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, raising the prospect of a more robust military campaign — possibly including the use of ground troops — to take on the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria and other countries where the militant group has extended its reach. Signs of a stronger...

A Ukrainian mongrel
Nov13

A Ukrainian mongrel

KIEV — The convenience store opposite my apartment in this city’s historic center is run by people from western Ukraine who make no secret of their disdain for the Russian language. When I order my cigarettes or beer in Russian, they’re churlish, and often claim not to have any change for my large bills. When I throw in a few words of...

[Focus] Ukraine gives equal rights to gay workers, to please Brussels
Nov13

[Focus] Ukraine gives equal rights to gay workers, to please Brussels

The adopted legislation was a requirement from Brussels if Ukraine wants visa-free travel. …read more Source:...

Despots and democracy
Nov13

Despots and democracy

A specter is haunting Europe, and the world — the specter of elected despotism. In Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iran, and even as far afield as Venezuela, a new order is challenging the Western model of liberal democracy. Turkey’s recent election shows this phenomenon is replicable and contagious, not absolutist in the form of fascism or...

Journalists can save Ukraine
Nov12

Journalists can save Ukraine

KIEV — Wide ranging and massive corruption, censorship, lies, and an atmosphere of impunity — this is what Ukrainian politics looked like two years ago. And it almost buried the country in the mass grave that was the Eurasian Union under the ruby star of the Kremlin. There is a group of members of the corrupt Party of Regions in Ukraine that I...

The EU helps Israel oppress Palestinians
Nov12

The EU helps Israel oppress Palestinians

Despite Israel’s descent into unmasked, right-wing extremism, particularly with the current escalation of its brutal occupation and repression, Europe remains largely complicit in supporting Israel’s occupation and violations of Palestinian rights, despite the empty rhetoric coming from the European Union. All the buzz in Brussels and...

Glucksmann: The consummate contemporary
Nov10

Glucksmann: The consummate contemporary

PARIS — Swirling around my head since this morning are the many André Glucksmanns that I have known. Caroming, they send me into zones of memory that I had not expected to revisit so soon. There is the handsome young man haranguing a group of 10 or so workers and students in an apartment on the Rue du Bourg-Tibourg in Paris in 1969 or 1970. The...

Exodus to Europe: Merkel can pull through this crisis too | Népszabadság – Hungary
Nov10

Exodus to Europe: Merkel can pull through this crisis too | Népszabadság – Hungary

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