IEA Head Says Energy Crisis Risks Destroying European Unity Ahead of Looming Winter

The scramble for energy resources between the EU countries this winter could destroy European unity and trigger social unrest, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Friday, citing International Energy Agency (IEA) Head Fatih Birol.

50.000 musulmans radicalisés en Europe, plus de 2.000 en Belgique: "Ils posent un problème aux services des sécurité"

Il y a en Belgique 500 aspirants à combattre en Syrie, mais aussi un groupe de plus de 2.000 individus radicalisés. Dans toute l'Europe, on en compte 50.000.

Grèce - La zone euro suspend l'allègement de la dette après des mesures sociales de Tsipras

Les mesures d'allègement de la dette grecque, accordées début décembre par la zone euro à Athènes en échange de réformes, ont été suspendues après l'annonce par le Premier ministre grec, Alexis Tsipras, de nouvelles mesures sociales, a annoncé mercredi le porte-parole du président de l'Eurogroupe.

Business-friendly cabinet : Temer Vows to Get Brazil ‘Back on Rails’

Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer vowed Friday to get Latin America's largest economy back on track.

Cameron: Some progress but still no EU deal

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he was still working towards a deal with European partners on keeping Britain a member of the European Union, adding he would stand his ground to defend British interests.

Labor market impact by refugees debated in Finland

A debate has erupted in Finland about the impact of the ongoing influx of refugees on the country's labor market.

New EU support for the Civil Society in Ukraine (EC)

From the Official Website of the European Commission, Press release, Kiev, 13 September 2014(?):

"Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle and Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed a new programme to support civil society in Ukraine. The new programme, worth €10 million, is designed to enhance the role of civil society in promoting and monitoring democratic reforms and inclusive socio-economic development in Ukraine.

Rising poverty: 343,000 Germans on welfare benefits...

While German policymakers are boasting of an improving economy, the number of households needing government support is on the rise. Official figures show those requiring welfare in the country went up 3.3 percent to 343,000 at the end of 2012.

The latest figures show an increase from 332,000 Germans on  subsistence payments  in 2011, the German Federal statistics office said on Monday. The category of people on  "public assistance"  embraces those who can’t support themselves from their own resources or from benefits of other social institutions.

Germany is often seen as the European economic powerhouse, and at the forefront of the EU economic recovery between April and June of 2013. The country’s 0.7 percent expansion served as a key driver for the area’s 0.3 percent GDP increase – the first growth following 18 months of economic contraction.

One year after IMF bailout, Greece still big on military spending

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Exactly one year ago, the EU agreed to several extreme measures to combat the ongoing economic crisis, to mixed results. But despite its unique economic distress, Greece shows no sign of cutting back its considerable military budget.
­A year ago to the day, EU leaders met to tackle debt troubles that German Chancellor Angela Merkel described as Europe’s worst economic crisis since the end of WWII. The EU spent a month negotiating the deal, which was proclaimed to have saved Greece by writing off half the country’s debt, which at the time amounted to 160 percent of its GDP.