By December 1, Sweden, the current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, was to have passed a measure that would have given the United States wide ranging access to the EU bank accounts, particularly international transactions, as part of terror inquiries. Read the rest of this entry »

The White House released today an statement announcing that the G20 leaders -the group of 19 countries and the European Union- had agreed that the body should permanently replace the G-8 as the world’s main economic forum. Read the rest of this entry »

On September 24 until the 26, the G20 summit will take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 of the world’s largest national economies plus the European Union will gather to discuss the financial state and try to get agreement on proposals aiming to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis. Read the rest of this entry »

In early October, if the Lisbon Treaty is endorsed by Ireland in a referendum, the European Union will create the new post of President of the Union. With that in mind several candidates are already being seen as possible presidents. Read the rest of this entry »

This week, starting today in some of the EU countries and finishing on this coming Sunday, the European Union is voting to elect a a new set of Members for the common Parliament which is the principal democratic component of the EU system. Read the rest of this entry »

This past Monday 24 of the 27 member states of the European Union adopted a plan for a work permit aimed at attracting highly skilled foreigners, a permit similar to the US’ Green Card. Read the rest of this entry »

In this global financial crisis we are going through, one of the most affected countries was Iceland, to the point of being brought to its knees. The Icelanders, and specially its women, after blaming the men for the crisis, looked for a female solution to clean up the mess choosing caretaker Primer Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir from the Social Democrats to lead the country until the elections. Read the rest of this entry »