- July 27th, 2020
- Posted by EU Australia
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, came out of the European Union summit last week all smiles, saying the deal just reached on eventually getting over CORVID-19 was an “historic” game-changer.
It had set up spending forthwith of €750-billion (A$1230-bilion) to repair and re-start the European economy, an act proclaimed by Macron as signalling strong unity, the emergence of not only an economic union, but political and strategic – “sovereign, unified, democratic”. … Read More »
- May 25th, 2015
- Posted by EU Australia
Swedish singer Mans Zelmerlow triumphed on Saturday night at the Eurovision Song Contest, his song ‘Heroes’ at the end of voting, delivering a clear win over the other great favourite, Russia’s Polina Gagarina singing ‘A Million Voices’ — 365 votes against 303. … Read More »
- February 4th, 2014
- Posted by EU Australia
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 »
- December 30th, 2013
- Posted by EU Australia
Gatherings in Warsaw and Colombo kept the international community’s focus on anxiety about climate change and sustainability, at the year’s end, though the Australians started to march out of step.
Actions on the home front in Australia show clear trends in a ‘non-environmentalist’ direction.
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- December 18th, 2013
- Posted by EU Australia
The drip feed of information purloined from American security files continued this year as Edward Snowden, former CIA-NSA contractor, continued the campaign from his Russian sanctuary.
The news of American phone-tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel (picture), provoking an apology from President Barack Obama (picture) who indicated such practices would stop, was matched by complaints from South-east Asia saying Australia was running the Asia-Pacific side of such operations.
Targetted in this were the so-called Five Eyes states that share intelligence, the United States and the old “white Commonwealth”: Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. … Read More »
- March 31st, 2013
- Posted by 7thmin
OPINION: Some extreme weather this Easter season is a reminder that climate itself looks to be changing.
TIMES OF HARMONY
The date of the “moving feast†of Easter has to do with the full moon and changing seasons. … Read More »
- January 15th, 2013
- Posted by EUEditor
“Wotch out for the chunder from down under!â€, British tabloids are screaming *; more prosaic but also to the point is this warning from the Eurosurveillance public health service:
“Healthcare institutions are advised to be prepared for a severe norovirus season.†… Read More »
