EU politics
Reuters: Spain’s Basques form 202-km human chain to call for independence vote
It appears democracy is catching up with the Spanish central government in Madrid. First in Catalonia now in the Basque conuntry. Read here
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EU politics
Reuters: ECB mulls shelving rules tackling euro zone’s bad loans pile
With regard to austerity for the people, the EU wields an iron fist. When it comes to banks it will bend over backward to be obliging and generous. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Spain defies resolution of the UN Human Rights Committee again blocking Catalan election of government
As expected, Spain defied this resolution of the UN Human Rights Committee. The investigating judge at the Supreme Court on yesterday rejected the request of Jordi Sanchez to stand for election as president of the […]
Finance
Reuters – Denmark: Danske Bank executive exits over Estonian money-laundering controls
Who said the hygge and money-laundering are incompatible. It took five years after a whistle-blower informed the Danske Bank of massive money-laundering for something to happen. Maybe less candles and more integrity is called for […]
EU politics
Reuters: Swiss bank whistleblower arrested in Spain
Suddenly Europe is seeing a radical increase in political prisoners. Falciani is supposed to be extradited to Switzerland in exchange for the Catalan Marta Rovira. It will be interesting to see what Germany receives for […]
Finance
Reuters: KPMG hit by Hong Kong High Court in $400 million China Medical fraud
Odd, not much happens to the Big 4 accounting firms in Europe. Read here
EU politics
Reuters – Catalan academic fighting extradition from Scotland stirs nationalist tension
You do not have to be for Brexit, but nor do you have to be pro-EU. The SNP is looking very foolish at the moment with regard to Clara Ponsati. In such situations one sees […]
EU politics
Reuters: EU to offer Erdogan billions more in cash to keep Syrian refugees out of Europe
Angela Merkel continues her policy of supporting Erdogan with massive cash injections – thus supporting Turkey’s war against the Kurds – as long as he keeps refugees from crossing into the EU. Is this the […]
EU politics
Reuters: EU court rules against tribunals settling intra-EU disputes
This is a very important case, as it starts to erode the authority of arbitration tribunals, in this case in the EU. Apparently this could affect law suits with corporations outside of the EU. Interesting is […]
Corruption
Reuters: Diesel collapse gives automakers carbon headache
This is how absurd things can become – thanks to the EU: Diesel was supposed to reduce CO2., but the car manufacturers, to increase their profits, cheated, and produced radically more nitrogen oxide than permitted, […]