In Norway opposition Labor Party withdraws support for oil exploration off Lofoten islands in Norway’s Arctic, creating solid majority in parliament to keep area off limits for oil. How long that will hold is anyone´s guess, but it is a step in the right direction.
EU politics
Ada Colau: Europe must act to protect the rights and freedoms of Catalans
From The Guardian Ada Colau is the mayor of Barcelona. She was one of the founders of the anti-eviction Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) in Spain. Read here
Economics
Shaun Richards: Ireland creates quite a problem for attempts to measure an economy via GDP
A look at Ireland’s phenomenal economy. Read HERE
Corruption
BBC: US airlines used up spare cash buying back shares
Over years we have read how corporations have stopped investing, instead buying back shares to drive up the price of their, thus enriching the rich and the managers. Now they want us to bail them […]
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