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A Victory for the Internet? – US House of Representatives Will Not Vote on SOPA Bill

Following a day of unusual industrial action, the US House of Representatives has capitulated on its controversial SOPA bill. Wikipedia and Google, as well as many other web operations, blacked…

January 18, 2012No CommentRead More

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Visits Baltic States on Whirlwind Tour

The UN Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen is on a whirlwind tour of Baltic States with stops in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia at the end of January 2012. On 19th…

January 18, 2012No CommentRead More

Diamond Jubilee 2012: HRH The Prince of Wales becomes Patron of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant

Prince Charles, HRH The Prince of Wales, has agreed to become Patron of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, established to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of his mother, The Queen, in…

January 18, 2012No CommentRead More

President Obama Reassures Middle Eastern Leadership with Flurry of Top-Level Meetings

The US President, Barack Obama, has taken pains to reassure Middle Eastern leaders of United States’ support following Western pressure on the Bahraini, Yemeni & Syrian leadership to bow to…

January 12, 2012No CommentRead More

Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary

Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, just one week after inching a victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa. The former governor of Massachusetts has enjoyed a blistering start…

January 11, 2012No CommentRead More

French Journalist Gilles Jacquier Killed in Syria

The French journalist, Gilles Jacquier, has been killed during unrest in the Syrian capital, Homs. The television reporter worked for France 2 and had been working on a report authorised…

January 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Clashes Mar South Sudan’s Newfound Independence

Clashes in Jonglei district of South Sudan have tested the young government of the newly independent state with a battalion of blue helmets having to be drafted in to Pibor…

January 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Obituary: Kiro Gligorov – President Who Guided Macedonia to Independence

Kiro Gligorov passed away on 1st January 2012. The 94-year-old former President was at the helm of the Macedonian nation from 1991 until 1999 and oversaw the transition to independence…

January 3, 2012No CommentRead More

President Komorowski Offers Condolences to Families of Five Polish Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

President Komorowski sent his condolences on Wednesday to the families of five Polish soldiers killed in Afghanistan. The President is visiting his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, but nevertheless ordered that…

December 22, 2011No CommentRead More

Growth Statistics for Europe Revised Downwards on Low Confidence

The European Forecasting Network has released its quarterly report on Euro area economy, with the latest projected GDP growth rate for 2012 now standing at 0.3%. In the scenarios explored…

December 21, 2011No CommentRead More