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
January 13, 2010
Haiti suffers again
One of the worst earthquakes to hit the Caribbean region struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon. With a magnitude estimated at 7.0, it leveled shantytown dwellings as well as causing the collapse of the National Palace. It seems nobody was spared. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 10, 2010
After the Lisbon Treaty
On the 1 January, Spain took over the rotating EU presidency, a six-month tenure with a change from the until now other presidencies. Since the Lisbon Treaty which entered into force a month ago, the EU has a newly appointed president, Herman Van Rompuy, and the rotating presidency of Spain will have to work together with him. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 5, 2009
Who will be President of the EU?
After the Lisbon Treaty was finally ratified by the Czech Republic, the last of the 27 European countries to do it, the EU got in a celebrating mode. But now comes the hard part, the implementation of the treaty which is expected to become effective December 1. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 3, 2009
Corruption and waste among politicians
While France and Spain are going through the mechanisms of putting some of their politicians in prison or accusing them of corruption, the US is not immune to this trend -to call it in a polite way. In these days when many average citizens are loosing their jobs or home or unable to take care of their basic needs it is more than disheartening to know that many of the politicians who were supposed to serve us are nothing else than criminals or are being investigate for their possible involvement in influence peddling. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 26, 2009
Finally recognizing Franco’s victims
Many tourists who visit Madrid have been told to go and see the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) located outside Madrid. For many of these tourists it is just something else to see in Spain. For Spaniards it means much more. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 15, 2009
With friends like that…
Firm in his resolution and in spite of the consequences, the Czech Republic president, Václav Klaus, has not signed yet the Lisbon Treaty. He has demanded new “opt-outs” to prevent Germans expelled from the Czech Sudeten region after World War II from reclaiming their property. Read the rest of this entry »
