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Tag: Europe

Ear to the Ground: All Hades Breaks Loose in Greece

Reports: Europe Decides Not to Play America’s Game

Reports: Focus on Iran and China Could Hasten American Decline

Ear to the Ground: Is Europe Making a Comeback?

Ear to the Ground: Bailout, Tune Out

Cartoons: Euro Dragon

Truthdig Podcast: Chris Hedges on His Lawsuit Against the President

A/V Booth: Chris Hedges on His Lawsuit Against the President

Reports: Moving Obama to Europe

Arts and Culture: Europe in Free Fall

Ear to the Ground: Zuccotti Park Reoccupied

Ear to the Ground: Germany and France to the Rescue, Again

Reports: Germany Dominates Europe Once Again

Ear to the Ground: Krugman Calls It a Depression

Cartoons: Time Is Up

Ear to the Ground: Brussels Summit Will Not Avert Eurozone Crisis

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Europe Kicks the Can

Reports: Fiction, Fantasy and the Euro

Reports: Giving Politicians a Good Name

Cartoons: Euro Santa

Ear to the Ground: Europe’s Plight Chills Year-End Market Predictions

Cartoons: Bunga Bunga

Ear to the Ground: S&P Accidentally Downgrades France

Reports: How Libya Plays Into NATO’s Identity Crisis

Ear to the Ground: Fed Changes Growth, Employment Forecast for the Worse

A/V Booth: Chris Hedges in Times Square

Ear to the Ground: This Billionaire Likes to Tinker With Government

Ear to the Ground: Scientists Investigate Fish Shrinkage

Ear to the Ground: Siemens Drops Nuclear Power

Ear to the Ground: Sperm Bank Bans Redheads

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: The European Debt Crisis, Boehner on Jobs and Romney vs. Perry

Ear to the Ground: U.S. and European Markets Drop as Volatility Rises

Reports: Victory in Tripoli: They Did It

Reports: How Obama Can Save His Presidency

Cartoons: Time for a Chat

Ear to the Ground: Stock Market’s Wild Ride Continues

A/V Booth: London Riots: The View From Brixton

Reports: Can America Still Lead?

Arts and Culture: Sex Slavery and Impotent Outrage

Reports: The World Has Been Watching

A/V Booth: Sex Tourism: Is Ukraine Becoming the Thailand of Europe?

Cartoons: Terror of the Crazy Brain

Reports: Norway Attacks and Europe’s Failed Immigration Policies

Ear to the Ground: Norway’s Horror: Anti-Semitism Becomes Islamophobia

Cartoons: Panda Diplomacy

Reports: Greece and EU Attempt to Avoid Disastrous Default

Ear to the Ground: Dutch MP Off the Hook in Hate Speech Case

Reports: Turkey in Position to Lead Region Out of Tumultuous Century

Cartoons: The Grim Grocer

Ear to the Ground: New, Killer Strain of E. Coli Crops Up in Europe

Ear to the Ground: Germany Puts an Expiration Date on Nuclear Power

Ear to the Ground: No Resolution Reached at Greek Austerity Summit

Reports: Libyan Intervention Exposes European Disunity

Reports: Strauss-Kahn Scandal an Embarrassment for France

Reports: Mr. Big Takes a Perp Walk

Ear to the Ground: Tourism Threatens Libyans’ Ocean Rescue

Reports: Unexpected Revelations in Libya Intervention

Ear to the Ground: EU Moves to Shore Up Bailout Fund

Ear to the Ground: Scientists Predict the End of Religion in These 9 Countries

Reports: The Libyan Question: Now What?

Cartoons: European Libya Watchdog

Ear to the Ground: Inconsistent Principles

Ear to the Ground: Europe Hits the Panic Button Over Nuclear Power

Cartoons: Worry

Ear to the Ground: Europe Cares About Privacy, Even If Europeans Don’t

Ear to the Ground: Foreign Leaders Work on Terms of Libyan No-Fly Zone

Ear to the Ground: Berlusconi Indicted on Underage Sex Charge

Ear to the Ground: Belgium’s Sex Strike

Ear to the Ground: Don’t Blame Workers for the Crimes of the Wealthy

Ear to the Ground: The Arizona Shooting, as Seen From Europe

Reports: Economic Suicide

Ear to the Ground: EU Moves to Defend the Euro

Ear to the Ground: Kosovo Goes to the Polls

Ear to the Ground: Weight Problems Expanding in Europe

Ear to the Ground: Ailing Spanish Economy Seeks a Cure

Ear to the Ground: Israel on a PR Campaign

Reports: NATO Summit Unlikely to Answer the Most Important Questions

Reports: Why the Rest of Europe Isn’t Happy With France and Germany

Ear to the Ground: EU to Institute Stricter Euro Zone Rules

Reports: War Should Be an Election Issue

Reports: French Demonstrations Mark the End of an Era

Ear to the Ground: Millions March in France

Ear to the Ground: Toxic Spill Reaches the Danube

Ear to the Ground: State Department Issues Europe Alert

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Stocks Dip After Stronger September

Reports: U.S. Could Be Alone as Europe Turns Inward

Reports: A New Season in Military Fashions

Ear to the Ground: Fashion Police: France Votes to Ban the Burqa

Ear to the Ground: Tea Party’s European Vacation

Ear to the Ground: How Sweden Cut Prostitution by Half

Reports: Shorting Economists: The ‘Experts’ Keep Getting it Wrong

Reports: Germany’s Good Fortune Tips the Scales Against Its Neighbors

Reports: What Is the Point of All This Spying?

Reports: Will China Rule the World?

Reports: Reality and Reform for How the EU Keeps Its Peace

Reports: Are Low Taxes Exacerbating the Recession?

Ear to the Ground: Banning the Burqa

Ear to the Ground: Poles Head to the Polls

Arts and Culture: The Hack: Reflections on a Nazi-Era Filmmaker

Reports: Stealth Superpower: How Turkey Is Chasing China in Bid to Become the Next Big Thing

Ear to the Ground: Turning the Crisis Corner

Ear to the Ground: The Five-Morning-After Pill?

Reports: Russia Has Trouble Escaping the Past

Ear to the Ground: Google to Hand Over Data Collected During Photo-Mapping

Ear to the Ground: Haiti in Waiting

Ear to the Ground: Hungary Hungry for Economic Stability

Reports: The Greeks Get It

Ear to the Ground: Here They Come to Save Das Day

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Stocks Take a Nosedive as Euro Worries Rise

Cartoons: Recovery

Reports: What Next for NATO?

Cartoons: Speculators [A cartoon from Austria]

Ear to the Ground: The ‘Right’ Kind of Justice

Ear to the Ground: How Rude: France Condemns the Veil

Ear to the Ground: Euro-Bailout Helps U.S. Stocks Rise High

Reports: Greece Offers to Repay Loans with Giant Horse

Reports: A Fragile Partnership

Ear to the Ground: What’s Euro Problem?

Ear to the Ground: The European Adventures of a Christian Right Leader and His ‘Rent Boy’

Ear to the Ground: Spain’s ‘Desempleo’ Rate at 20%

Reports: The NATO Nuisance

Ear to the Ground: Remembering the Armenian Genocide

Cartoons: Iceland Erupting [A Cartoon from Australia]

Ear to the Ground: European Flights to Resume—With Caution

Ear to the Ground: Icelandic Volcano Grounds Flights Across Europe

Ear to the Ground: $40 Billion for Greece Bailout

Reports: Greece Isn’t Europe’s Only Problem

Ear to the Ground: The Prince of Tides

Ear to the Ground: A World Without Tuna

Ear to the Ground: Bailing Out Greece

Reports: Competition in Ignominy

Ear to the Ground: Gadhafi’s Personal Holy War

Reports: U.S. Allies in Europe Begin to Pull Back

Cartoons: Greece’s Dysfunctional Economy [A Cartoon From Slovakia]

Reports: Europe Needs to Believe in Its Own Adequacy

Ear to the Ground: My Big Fat Wall Street Bankers

Ear to the Ground: Kremlin Ally Wins Ukrainian Presidency

Ear to the Ground: Irish Abortion Law Is Targeted

Ear to the Ground: European Human Rights Group, U.S. Media Decry SCOTUS Ruling

Arts and Culture: Milton Viorst on the Emancipation of Europe’s Jews

Ear to the Ground: Portugal Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Ear to the Ground: Notable Quotable: Berlusconi Is Lucky

Reports: Squaring Idealism and Realism

Ear to the Ground: Berlusconi Bloodied by Attack

Cartoons: Shame on the Swiss

Ear to the Ground: That’s One Big Bang for Mankind

Ear to the Ground: For 23 Years, Fully Aware but Mute and Paralyzed

Arts and Culture: Claire Wasserman on Europe’s Islamic Immigrants

Ear to the Ground: Blair Bows Out of EU Race

Ear to the Ground: Kudos for Kosovo Elections

Reports: Learning to Speak Anew in a Tribal World

Ear to the Ground: Europe Balks at Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Tony Blair Isn’t Conservative Enough to Be President of Europe

Ear to the Ground: Rich Germans Want More Taxes

Reports: The Country That Cries Wolf

Ear to the Ground: Newsweek Tells Italy to ‘Dump Berlusconi’

Ear to the Ground: Condoms, Not Laws, Help Cut Abortions

Reports: In Search of Great Men

Ear to the Ground: What Does the Nobel Mean for Obama?

Ear to the Ground: Tony Blair, President of Europe?

Ear to the Ground: ‘Viva Berlusconi’? Not So Much

Ear to the Ground: Ireland Votes to Streamline the European Union

Reports: In Europe, the Left Has Run Out of Gas

Ear to the Ground: Merkel Claims Victory in Germany

Ear to the Ground: Obama Punts Missile Shield, Russians Dance the Kalinka

Ear to the Ground: One Tax to Save Us All

Ear to the Ground: Should Hitler Be the New Face of AIDS?

Ear to the Ground: Abortion Ships Sail Into Troubled Water

Ear to the Ground: Japan Exits Recession

Ear to the Ground: Here’s Hoping Obama Really Is a Socialist

Ear to the Ground: Urban Beekeepers Resist Colony Collapse

Ear to the Ground: Blair for EU President?

Ear to the Ground: Two Elections in the World Spotlight

Ear to the Ground: Brown in the Dumps

Ear to the Ground: Childhood Diabetes on the Rise in Europe

Reports: The West’s Reckless Approach to Relations With Russia

Reports: War-Addicted U.S. Afflicted With Imperialist Hangover

Reports: Europe Needs No Part in Doomed Afghan War

Ear to the Ground: How Many World Leaders Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?

Cartoons: Obama in Europe

A/V Booth: ‘How Did This Country Get Stuck With an Empire?’

Ear to the Ground: EU President Calls Obama Policies ‘the Road to Hell’

Reports: Obama’s Plan to Save the World

Arts and Culture: Jacob Heilbrunn on Alger Hiss

Reports: What Is the Point of NATO?

Reports: Sarkozy’s Courtship of NATO Defies Rationality

Ear to the Ground: Krugman Is Worried About Europe

Reports: Barack Obama, Meet Team B

Reports: If Only Obama Were as Radical as They Say

Ear to the Ground: GM Is Europe’s Headache, Too

Reports: Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling

Reports: At Last, Accepting Some Clues From Across the Pond

Reports: Toxins ’R’ Us

Ear to the Ground: British PM: We Need ‘Global New Deal’

Reports: A Choice Between Peace and Peril

Arts and Culture: Zachary Karabell on ‘The Case for Big Government’

Reports: U.S. Fear, U.S. Folly in Afghanistan

Reports: Avoiding Another Cold War

Reports: Bad News From America’s Top Spy

Arts and Culture: David Rieff on ‘Africa’s World War’

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