Commentary: ...But A Harsh Diagnosis For Europe
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BusinessWeek Online - During his 13-year stint as the head of the International Monetary Fund, Michel Camdessus perfected the art of dressing down the world's budget-busters and fiscal profligates. Now it is the turn of Camdessus' native land, France, to come in for an earful of criticism. Charged by the French government five months ago to look into why France can't boost its economic growth rate, Camdessus delivered a withering critique of Gallic business as usual when he unveiled his report on Oct. 19. ...
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Software on the Seine, anyone? Backup in Budapest? VTL from Vienna? And why not. Europeans have far more experience when it comes to dealing with data regulatory issues than we do.
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Europe-wide coordination is needed to tackle cancer more effectively, a group of leading experts say.
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The fear here is that the whole of Europe has succumbed to the virus of racism and that new political parties based on some variant of racism will swell in popular support, win elections, run institutions of ...
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Mental illness according to experts is assuming an alarming dimension all over the world. The preponderance of such cases is attracting the attention of individuals, governments and non-governmental organisations
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The debate by the Israeli parliament on whether to pull out of the Gaza Strip is the focus of much editorial comment in Europe Tuesday, while other European papers look at the high price of oil.
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Europeans accustomed to sneering at China as a producer of cheap shoddy goods must realize the world's most populous country is taking a great leap forward in the technology stakes, according to a new report that urges the EU to innovate or stagnate.
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Common sense, Ã¦sthetics, and national character have prevailed; the forces of high modernism and weenie rationalism have received a setback.  The European Union has chosen to no longer pressure people in the British Isles to convert exclusively to the metric system.
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European nations battled Thursday over whether urgent government intervention is needed to combat a surge in oil prices that France has warned presents a dangerous new threat to economic growth.
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The euro's strong performance in recent weeks is worrying everyone from small-business owners to heads of state.
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Fearful the southern Asian tsunami may leave millions traumatized, especially children, European health ministers urged governments to be mindful of the psychological scars of the disaster.
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Signs of shaky economies in France and Germany have sharpened worries about Europe's less-than-robust recovery &#151; and underscored the struggle to shake up regulation-clogged economies in countries that use the euro.
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Â· Some states 'in denial' over constitution  Â· Barroso rejects Ã  la carte Europe of exemptions
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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Da Europa ritardi e debolezze verso montare fondamentalismo
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: The EU must not relent to the siren voices who oppose the territory's path to independence.
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Its plan may be flawed, but at least Europe is taking action. What is the US willing to do?