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Thousands this September, crossing Hungary’s frontier into Austria, replayed the events at the same place in September 1989, with a clear tinge of irony.
Then as now it was a desperate rush to take advantage of an open frontier, to be received with open arms, moving on to find protection and freedom in Western Europe, writes Lee Duffield. … Read More »
The new Romanian Ambassador in Canberra, Nineta Barbulescu, can claim some special knowledge of Australia through her earlier work as a specialist in non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (i.e. nuclear, chemical and biological weapons). … Read More »
The European Commission has released its first comprehensive report on corruption, revealing large scale malfeasance across all of the 28 European union states. … Read More »
European authorities are actively studying a uniform testing regime to prevent meat substitution, after the discovery of horsemeat being sold as beef in thirteen or more countries. … Read More »
Night settled on the Saharan outpost of Tiguentourine, Algeria on Friday, with gross confusion over the fate of hostages, several from Western countries; taken in a terrorist assault on the Amenas natural gas installation there.
It was linked to the war developing in the neighbouring state of Mali, between the government side and Islamist insurgents. … Read More »
Elections in Romania on the weekend (9.12.12) produced a clear winner, the centre-left Social Democrats party of the incumbent Prime minister, Victor Ponta – but are not expected to provide any end to severe political infighting. … Read More »
Russian inspectors are reported to have cleared the way to re-start the trade in kangaroo meat suspended in 2009. … Read More »