By Miren Gutiérrez * IPS/IFEJ interviews PAOLO DI CROCE, head of Slow Food International BELLAGIO, Italy, Jul 31 (IPS/IFEJ) – Slow Food, obviously, is the opposite of fast food. And it’s a movement now with more than 100,000 members in… Continue Reading
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica July 30, 2009. Good Jobs First, a nonprofit group watching the stimulus, released a report on Wednesday rating every state’s stimulus Web site. While some states were deemed impressive, “most are failing to make effective use… Continue Reading
By David Cronin IPS interviews European Commissioner for External Relations BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER BRUSSELS, Jul 30 (IPS) – Israel enjoys closer relations with the European Union than almost any other foreign country – and work on deepening ties with Israel continues,… Continue Reading
John Lindsay-Poland The U.S. Air Force made its last flight from its military base in Manta, Ecuador in mid-July; it’s closing because of Ecuador’s concerns over arrogance and aggression. While the Pentagon abided by the eviction, it didn’t use the… Continue Reading
By Apostolis Fotiadis IZMIR, Turkey, Jul 29 (IPS) – Isabelle Caillol, an activist with the Turkish branch of the human rights advocacy group Helsinki Citizens Assembly, sent a mass email to pro-migrant activists in Greece in May seeking help to… Continue Reading
AllAfrica Global Media Johannesburg — UNLESS African states start embracing labour migration by enacting laws that will enable the free flow of skills and talent, the African Union’s (AU’s) facilitation of regional economic co-operation and integration will remain a pipe… Continue Reading
By Marina Litvinsky and Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Jul 28 (IPS) – Despite its conviction that climate change represents a serious threat to national and global security, the administration of President Barack Obama has proposed spending one dollar on addressing the… Continue Reading
Editorial-The Nation This article appeared in the August 3, 2009 edition of The Nation. When Congress investigated the Iran/Contra scandal twenty-two years ago, the Republican Representative from Wyoming argued that in matters of national security, executives should do as they… Continue Reading
By Pascal Lamy (*) GENEVA, Jul (IPS) The world economy remains fragile and the economic outlook is still uncertain. There have been a few encouraging signs recently of better-than-expected performance here and there. Some are interpreting this as an indication… Continue Reading
By Fareed Zakaria | NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Aug 3, 2009 Tehran needs to work out its turmoil What is happening in Iran? On the surface, the country has returned to normalcy. Demonstrations have become infrequent, and have… Continue Reading
Wim Dierckxsens, et al. Two events, three contexts, the answer, two premises, two questions, two consequences and five conclusions and actions. Event 1 Honduras (Central America): A country of 7.5 million people; one of the smallest and poorest countries in… Continue Reading
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, Jul (IPS) – Israel’s newly installed ambassador in Washington says the “disagreement” with the U.S. over Israel’s settlement policy will be resolved “soon”. Speaking on Israel Radio, Michael Oren was giving his… Continue Reading
Eurostat news release Five million young people unemployed in the EU27 in the first quarter 2009 After three years of decline, the EU unemployment rate started to rise in the first quarter of 2008 in the wake of the economic… Continue Reading
By Zoltán Dujisin SARAJEVO, Jul 23 (IPS) – Sooner or later Bosnians will have to abandon their status of quasi-protectorate, and take control of their own state if they ever want to join the European Union.
Mark Leon Goldberg – UN Dispatch July 22, 2009 – Enough Project chief John Norris links approvingly to Randy Newcomb’s Foreign Policy piece explaining why the next 18 months are a make-or-break time for the Save Darfur movement. The argument… Continue Reading
Mark Leon Goldberg – UN Dispatch July 22, 2009 – Enough Project chief John Norris links approvingly to Randy Newcomb’s Foreign Policy piece explaining why the next 18 months are a make-or-break time for the Save Darfur movement. The argument… Continue Reading
Tom Loudon * Three weeks have passed since the military coup d’état in Honduras, yet the United States has failed to join the international community in issuing a clear denunciation of the illegal overthrow of the government of Honduras.
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, Jul 20 (IPS) – A joke deriding U.S. President Barack Obama is said to be making the rounds in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau, according to Aluf Benn, the normally well-informed… Continue Reading
By Supachai Panitchpakdi (*) GENEVA, Jul (IPS) The attention of policymakers is being drawn to addressing fiscal policy and financial issues in an effort to close the credit crunch and release financial flows, especially investment.
Mark Weisbrot The current standoff in Honduras, in which the coup government headed by Roberto Micheletti is refusing to allow the return of elected president Manuel Zelaya, is raising questions about who is in charge of U.S. foreign policy for… Continue Reading
