Microsoft escaped with a rap on the knuckles from their anti-trust woes with the United States Justice Department. They are not faring nearly so well with European authorities. Microsoft recently lost a long and hard-fought battle with European antitrust authorities over their mandatory inclusion of...

It all started as an idle conversation in the loo. The next thing The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) and the Hungary’s Financial Supervisory Authority (PSZÃ�F) had to come out in public to declare that they were closely monitoring the status of the financial system, adding that from what they ...

Czech officials are pushing hard for President Obama to come to Prague for a meeting of the European Union, of which the Czech Republic is the current president....

Well, will you look at this? Remember Tory MEP Syed Kamall, who was the author of a proposal to implement total Internet surveillance in the EU, in order to make the French record industry happy? (I’m sorry to say I spelt his name wrong.) We beat that one. But now look at him - here’s a ...

I groaned audibly when David Cameron challenged Gordon Brown in Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) today. Cameron fell plop into an elephant trap when he complained about Brown’s dishonest phrase, “British jobs for British workers”. Brown simply retorted, “Who is not in ...

Important note: The following story has been published on several Christianist sites I follow, but I can't yet find confirmation in the secular press. From the Christianist site One News Now: A division of the European Union that deals with "gay" rights has demanded that all foreign aid to Nigeria b...

Since the day Obama was sworn in, the French have been obsessed with what new protectionist policy Obama will or won't promote. Oh really? While I sympathize with the people of Roquefort in their battle against Bush's 300% tariffs against their cheese, it was Sarkozy who immediately talked about sup...

Time - By Jonas Moody - Feb. 01 (News Report) - When Barack Obama was sworn in as the new U.S. President last week, Americans made much of the fact that he was the country's first black Commander in Chief. On Saturday, when Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir takes over as Prime Minister of the small (pop. 32...

Protectionism is not for us, says Gordon Brown in exclusive Davos yesterday. So too does Peter (Lord) Mandelson, who has his own vested interest. Brown should realize that if a leader refuses to protect his own nation, he is by default giving comfort to the rest of the world. The Prime Minister can ...

France paralysed by a wave of strike action, the boulevards of Paris resembling a debris-strewn battle�eld. The Hungarian currency sinks to its lowest level ever against the euro, as the unemployment �gure rises. Greek farmers block the road into Bulgaria in protest at low prices for their produ...