Poles have realized that the big league ticket was in their pockets all along. Their own currency, the zloty, has buffered Poland from the turbulence surrounding it, and few here are in any rush to adopt the euro, even though... more ››
To understand Greece's recent travails and how the country got there, it is useful to quote what Mikis Theodorakis, the famous Greek songwriter and composer, wrote about it recently on his homepage:
"Until 2009, there was... more ››
It is one of the world's great political alliances, the strange bond known as Merkozy. But as French president Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election odyssey takes him deep into far-right, anti-Europe territory this week – to the... more ››
