Spanish police fire at peaceful protesters in Barcelona
Barcelona Police Brutality Jérôme E. Roos Roar Mag Police just cleared the protest camp on the Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona, firing rubber bullets at…
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It’s ever more obvious, Greece must leave the euro
I’ve hardly been alone, but that’s no excuse. For more than a year now, I’ve been regularly predicting the euro crisis’s final denouement, yet still…
Arab Spring + European Summer = World Winter of Discontent
Greek protests AFP image Gerald Celente Trends Journal KINGSTON, NY, 25 May 2011 — The biggest news this past week was not the rape accusation scandal embroiling…
The Spanish are Rising (Video)
Sovereign Independent Thousands have taken to the streets this week in Spain to protest against corruption, precariousness, unemployment, and a political structure that favors a…
IMF warns EU debt crisis may still spread to core
Christiaan Hetzner and Dina Kyriakidou Reuters FRANKFURT/ATHENS (Reuters) – Despite bailouts for Greece, Ireland and Portugal, Europe’s debt crisis may yet spread to core euro…
Dollar to Yo-Yo Back Up on Faux Euro Troubles
Eric Blair Activist Post Here we go again. With the debt ceiling approaching, the dollar hitting a record low against the Swiss Franc, dollar-based commodities…
Greece Mulls Plans to Exit Eurozone, Start New Currency
Acropolis Wikimedia Image Christian Reiermann Spiegel Online The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information about the government’s…
The EU Crackup
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Lew Rockwell Political upheaval has hit Finland, and it’s merely a foreshadowing of bigger changes ahead. The core issue is whether…
Europe Whispers “Crisis” While the Market Continues Screaming
Jason Kaspar, Contributing Writer Activist Post Last year the Europe Union (and the euro) teetered on the verge of collapse when the Greek financial crisis…
EU leaders reach deal on debt crisis
European leaders reached agreement in the early hours of this morning on how to tackle the debt crisis afflicting the nations using the single currency,…
EU paralysis drives fresh bond rout
Political paralysis in Brussels and monetary tightening by the European Central Bank has set off a fresh spasm of the eurozone bond crisis, pushing spreads…
Iceland Shows Ireland Did ‘Wrong Things’ Saving Banks
Yalman Onaran Bloomberg On his second day as head of Iceland’s third-largest bank, Arni Tomasson faced a crisis: The firm he had been asked by…
Spain to rescue its banks
The Spanish government is set to launch a sweeping restructuring of its troubled regional savings banks in an attempt to reassure the market it can…
End of Euro? Ireland Prints Own Notes
Telegraph image Daily Bell Emergency lending from the ECB to banks in Ireland fell in December, the first decline since January 2010, but only because…