If This Is Alex Salmond's Plan B, Scotland 'Would Fail Within A Year'
The independent National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has warned that an independent Scottish state would fail within a year if Scotland unilaterally takes the pound as its currency and reneges on its share of UK debt. In a note Angus Armstrong and Monique Ebell write (emphasis ...
EFP Establishes The Van Vlahakis’ Environmental Excellence Award
The Van Vlahakis’ Environmental Excellence Award was established in memory of Earth Friendly Products’ late CEO, Van Vlahakis, and is open to organizations in California. The CleanTech OC, Sustainability Council of Orange County in conjunction with Earth Friendly Products, annually recognizes excell ...
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All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football 2014 Australian Rules Football League All Australian Awards — Fox Soccer Plus, 6:30 a.m. College Football BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon CFB Daily: The Experts — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m. College Football Fea ...
Europe’s Deadly Borders: An Inside Look at EU’s Shameful Immigration Policy
Originally posted on New Scholars Network: Der Spiegel Along the frontiers between Spain and Morocco, Greece and Turkey and Hungary and Serbia, the EU is deploying brutal methods to keep out undesired refugees. Many risk everything for a future in Europe and their odysseys too often end in death. ht ...
"The European School-to-work Transition And The Crisis" by Luca Giuliani and Francesco Pastore
Luca Giuliani The school-to-work transition is a long, dark tunnel for many young people around the world. However, the problem is not the same everywhere; in Germany, for example, young people have almost the same probability of working as adults, while in the Eastern and Mediterranean EU countries ...
IOM Investigates Reports of Deliberate Drowning of 500 Migrants in Mediterranean
Source: International Organization for Migration Country: World, Egypt, occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic Switzerland - Investigators from the International Organization for Migration have obtained eyewitness testimony of a tragic incident in which as many as 500 migrants w ...
Ratings upgrade subdues Greek yields, Irish supply eyed
Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:56am EDT Reuters * Investors buoyed by S&P ratings lift * PM Samaras says Greecewill not need third bailout * Fed meeting, Scotlandvote pose volatility risks * Spain's bonds claws back ground after torrid week (Updates prices, adds analyst comment) By John Geddie LONDON, Sept 15 ...
What you don’t read about the Greek crisis – Part 2
I’d like to tell you something about the Greek society; corruption does not run in our blood. You would, however, be justified to think so. It’s important to me that you understand this, so I will ask you to imagine that you are born in a poor country. Not modern-day developed-world poor, but starvi ...
Greece deserves respect for holding to its word
September 15 at 5:35 PM Letters To The Editor The Washington Post Instead of applauding Greece for meeting its responsibility to NATO during a time of unprecedented economic crisis, Charles Lanechose to take an unnecessary, sarcastic swipe at the United States’ longtime ally in his Sept. 4 op-ed col ...
Olympiakos – Atl Madrid
Olympiakos tries to get at least a point from their home match with Atletico Madrid but it will be very hard even in Greece to stop a side that just won against Real at Bernabeu. Olympiakos played 3 official games this season so far and won 2 of them (1 draw). Last season was great for the Greeks, r ...
Town of Greece seeking applicants for library board
The Town of Greece is looking for applicants to join their library board of trustees. Officials say a trustee would be responsible for help setting policy to guide the library operations and participating in the development of the library's plan.
Greece gets three bids in mobile phone spectrum sale
ATHENS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Greece has received three bids for the sale of mobile phone frequencies aimed at upgrading telecom services in the country, the telecoms regulator said on Tuesday, Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE, Vodafone and Wind Hellas ...
Greece sells 1.3 bln euros of 3-month T-bills, yield eases
ATHENS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Greece sold 1.3 billion euros ($1.68 billion) of three-month treasury bills on Tuesday to roll over a maturing issue, the country's debt agency PDMA said. The T-bills were priced to yield 1.70 percent, down five basis points ...
