Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
May 11, 2010
Who will be Prime Minister?
Now that we were a little more at ease with the future of the euro, it became time to think back again about the future of the United Kingdom which in some ways it can also affect Europe. It is Tuesday afternoon and still no clear indication of what is or can happen with the three British parties talks. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 26, 2010
Bailout for Greece
It was not easy but after months of debate the 16 European countries that use the Euro as their currency agreed on a financial deal to help Greece. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 16, 2010
US special forces in Afghanistan
All is not as perfect in Afghanistan as the military would like to be or would like us to believe. The problem is that together with the American conventional forces and coalition troops plus the Afghan troops, there are American Special Operation forces that are also taking part in the Afghan war. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 4, 2010
Obama will not attend the planned EU/US summit
In 1991 the ECC (the European Economic Community which became the EU in 1993 by the Treaty of Maastrich) and the US agreed to a system of regular summits to deal with a wide range of economic, environmental and travel related issues that could impact the Americans. Each time these summits were held in different cities in Europe or the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 1, 2009
More uncertainty in Afghanistan
The confusing and disturbing state of affairs in Afghanistan has become worse if possible. In the previous days Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival of President Hamid Karzai, laid down conditions before his agreement for his participation in the second round of the elections. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 22, 2009
Pessimism before Copenhagen?
With less than 50 days for the climate summit set in Copenhagen at the beginning of December, there is not much optimism for the results. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said too many people have not yet grasp the scale and urgency of the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
August 28, 2009
Farewell to Edward Kennedy
The death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy marks the end of an American dynasty: the Kennedy’s. Much has been written about them and probably will continue to be written as their descendants are numerous. But the main ‘characters’ the ones who forged what was known as Camelot are gone. Read the rest of this entry »
