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Two-way Pressure On G20: Who Should Pay?

  • June 26th, 2010
  • Posted by Lee Duffield

g20-canada-2010.jpgCOMMENTARY: “Who should pay out the deficits, following the financial crash of 2008?” is a keynote question for the G20 international economic summit this weekend, in Canada.

After billion-dollar government bail-outs of errant banks, protesting workers, right now in France and Italy, say it should not be them.

The incoming head of the international trades union movement, Australian Sharon Burrow, has added in a warning that the deficit cutting will stymie economic growth. … Read More »

Grand Slam: Still Not This Time, For Australia …

  • June 6th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

schiavone.jpgFrancesca Schiavone (picture) has become Italy’s first-ever women’s Grand Slam winner, in the French Open tennis, in Paris (5.6.10).

She defeated Australia’s Samantha Stosur, 6-4, 7-6. … Read More »

Samantha Stosur: “Thanks Everyone, Keep On Cheering” …

  • June 4th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

samsite23.jpgAt the French Open tennis, Samantha Stosur has become the first Australian to reach the final in a Grand Slam event for thirty years, defeating  the fourth seed , Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic, 6-1, 6-2, in an hour (3.6.10).

(The last was Evonne Goolagong-Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980).

The seventh-seeded Australian said later she’d had a “bit of a slower heart rate” during the match than her earlier, hard-fought victory against the American favourite Serena Williams. … Read More »

EU Summit: “In Greeks We Trust”

  • March 28th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

europ-council-26310-reduced.jpgEuropean Heads of Government meeting in Brussels (25-26.3.10) have approved a stand-by formula to support efforts by Greece to handle its debt crisis, involving both the IMF and EU member states. … Read More »

Tight Times: Greece, Portugal, Spain On The Block?

  • February 10th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

euro-symbol-reduced.jpgThe chance of governments defaulting on their loan repayments has imperilled the Euro currency, with stock markets faltering and talk of intervention from Brussels. … Read More »

Papal Moves: Mary MacKillop; Migration

  • January 15th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

mary-mackillop.jpegThe Pope, who moved at Christmas to advance the claim to sainthood of the Australian, Mary MacKillop, turned his attention this month to violent rejection of immigrants, in Italy. … Read More »

Summer Blazes

  • July 27th, 2009
  • Posted by EUEditor

greek-fire.jpgWildfires have returned to Southern Europe, with emergency crews battling large blazes in France, Greece, Italy and Spain, many of them on Mediterranean Islands. … Read More »

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