Austria had national elections this past Sunday. The results stunned the country as the governing coalition lost many votes opening the way for two populist far-right parties which made big gains. But it is not the first time that such a thing happens as less than a decade ago, in the year 2000, a far-right party won power for the first time since the Second World War. Read the rest of this entry »

One could expect that such a large financial crisis as the one taking place in the United States would cross both the Atlantic and the Pacific and affect the financial markets of Europe and Asia. Read the rest of this entry »

At the end, it seems everybody realized the situation was so dire for the economy of the United States -and also for the global economy- that there was no solution but an agreement by both political parties on a bailout. Read the rest of this entry »

Today my day began reading the update someone on my team had written. I like it when they do it as one can then read opinions other than mine and it gets more interesting. Also, it is good for me when I am very busy that someone else helps with the blog. Read the rest of this entry »

This last weekend has been charged in Germany but not all of it has been pleasant. In Cologne, the fourth-largest city in the country, a large manifestation of the far-right group Pro-Cologne
had been called. Read the rest of this entry »

I cannot recall how many times have I had conversations more or less heated with friends and family in the US. The subject: Death Penalty. The talks generally started when some controversial case of somebody to be put to death became front page in some newspapers. Read the rest of this entry »

The Italian government of Berlusconi proposed recently the creation of some measures against the Gypsies living in Italy, particularly the fingerprinting of adults and children. Unlike conquering Tatars, Mongolians and Turks, the Roma (as the Gypsies are known) arrived on the European continent in smaller groups. Read the rest of this entry »