Turkey arrests journalists who exposed illegal trade of weapons
Zero Hedge — One of Turkish president Recep Erdogan’s key contentions in the ongoing diplomatic spat with Russia is that everything that Russia has accused […]
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The man who funds ISIS
ZeroHedge — Russia’s Sergey Lavrov is not one foreign minister known to mince his words. Just 24 hours after a Russian fighter was brought down […]
Weapons used by Paris attackers could have come from Germany
Sputnik – Kalashnikov rifles used by attackers in Paris on November 13 could have come from a German arms dealer, the N-TV news channel reports. […]
Is Portugal about to go down the same road as Greece?
AP — An anti-austerity alliance including radical leftist parties takes power. A shaky economy and huge debts menace the national economy. The rest of Europe […]
France strikes ISIS targets in Syria in retaliation for attacks
New York Times — France bombed the Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday night, its most aggressive strike against the Islamic State group it blames […]
Why Syrian refugee passport found at Paris attack scene must be treated with caution
The Guardian — One of the most chilling details from the Paris attacks is that the passport of a Syrian refugee was found on or […]
Paris attacks: investigation spreads across Europe as terrorist identified
The Guardian — The investigation to identify members of the terrorist cell behind France’s deadliest attack since the second world war has spread to Belgium, […]
Two men linked to Paris attacks registered as migrants in Greece
News 24 — Two men who French police are seeking to identify in connection with the Paris attacks registered as migrants with Greek authorities earlier […]
Europol crackdown nets 133 people for airline fraud
More than 130 people have been arrested in an international operation to crack down on using stolen or fake credit cards to buy plane tickets, […]
The eurozone economy grew by just 0.3% in the third quarter of the year.
That’s a slowdown on the 0.4% recorded three months earlier, showing that Europe’s recovery remains fragile and lacklustre despite the huge stimulus measures launched by […]
‘Sick man of Europe’ Finland agonises over austerity
Reuters — Finland was one of the toughest European critics of Greece during its debt crisis, chastising it for failing to push through reforms to […]
Germany loses key ally in Portugal as austerity regime crumbles
The Telegraph / Ambrose Evans-Pritchard — Portugal’s Communists and radical Left Bloc are poised to take power in a historic departure as part of an […]
Deutsche Bank’s fine for breaking sanctions is by no means its biggest problem
Forbes — Deutsche Bank has joined an ever-growing list of global financial institutions that have been found guilty and fined for breaking US sanctions on […]
Germany one of the worst member states for tax dodging
euractiv.com — Germany’s secretive financial sector is second only to Luxembourg in its vulnerability to money laundering, and is one of the worst member states […]
EU survey: Percentage who see euro as good for their own country reaches new high
A survey conducted by Eurobarometre, the public opinion analysis sector of the European Commission, found that European citizens are happy with the euro, European policies, […]