On another embarrassing day for international justice, the judge ordered a halt to proceedings after it emerged that the prosecution had failed to disclose millions of pages of evidence to the former general’s defence team. The extraordinary blunder is a severe blow to the reputation of the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and is likely to lead to a delay of several months before the case begins again. Given Mladic’s frail health, the suspension has also raised fears that he could, like Slobodan Milosevic before him, die before a verdict is reached. The trial had already been scheduled to last at least two years. Milosevic, the former Serbian President, was the first head of state indicted for... [Full article]
France’s new government has held its first cabinet meeting and announced a 30% pay cut for President Francois Hollande and all his ministers. A campaign promise, the cut reduces Mr Hollande’s monthly salary from 21,300 euros to 14,910 (£12,000; $19,000). The cut contrasts sharply with predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy’s decision... [Full article]
The European Union needs to become more integrated with a common finance policy and a central government, German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Wednesday (16 May). “I would be for the further development of the European Commission into a government. I am for the election of a European president, he said at an event in Aachen, reports Reuters. “I am... [Full article]
With their average age of 59, Italy’s ruling classes in politics, the economy and public administration are the oldest in Europe. The picture emerges from the first report on the average age of credit-crunched Italy’s ruling classes, presented at the assembly of the Coldiretti farmers’ association youth section and compiled in collaboration with the university of Calabria. “The majority of... [Full article]
Shares of Bankia, the Spanish bank that was partly nationalized last week, went into free fall on Thursday on reports of a run on the bank’s deposits that was subsequently quashed both by the lender and the government. Bankia’s shares closed down 14.08 percent at 1.422 euros after having fallen 11.12 percent the previous session. At one point Bankia was... [Full article]
Headhunters in Lisbon are currently lining up highly skilled Portuguese workers for good paying jobs in Angola, an African country currently experiencing enviable growth. There is no economic crisis in the former Portuguese colony and it offers something that is currently scarce in Portugal: jobs. That’s why António Sàágua, 45, a soon-to-be economic migrant, is sitting in the stark gray office of Ema Partners International on a sunny spring afternoon. The employment agency, located on a quiet side street off of Lisbon’s grand Avenida da Libertade, places skilled personnel and managerial staff. Sàágua is dressed as if he were going for a job interview, in... [Full article]
The German Social Democrats have indicated to French President François Hollande that they will support him in adopting... [Full article]
SPIEGEL: Minister Sikorski, when you recently visited Germany, you lodged a complaint with the hotel you were staying... [Full article]
Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister... [Full article]
A novel about a serial-killer in Athens is so realistic that its author, Petros Markaris, had to warn... [Full article]
British Prime Minister David Cameron urged eurozone leaders today to sort out their debt problems soon or risk... [Full article]
Ratko Mladic, the former Serb military commander during the Bosnian war, has gone on trial for crimes against... [Full article]
France’s newly elected president and the German Chancellor on Tuesday (15 May) both said they want Greece to... [Full article]
The European Commission’s latest economic forecast ranked Poland as the fastest developing EU member state in 2012, although... [Full article]
The European Union’s top economic official on Saturday warned against funding national growth packages with new debt and... [Full article]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has warned the West that he will not allow his country to be humiliated,... [Full article]
