Tensions Flare as Vladimir Putin Calls Turkey’s Downing of Russian Jet ‘Stab in the Back’

By Jon Queally / Common Dreams Nov 25, 2015 A volatile situation hangs in the balance as Moscow and Ankara express mutual disgust and worries reverberate over the regional and global implications of the latest incident along the Syrian border. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Will Europe Address the Muslims of Its ‘Marginalized Ghettos’?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2015 As authorities search a locked-down Brussels for suspects in this month’s Paris attacks, Belgian-born Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director for Human Rights Watch, talks about the pockets of European cities where many migrants live. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brussels Maintains State of Emergency as European Crackdown Grows

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Nov 23, 2015 Officials tighten security measures in former border-free zone amid terror warnings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tsipras Pushes Greeks to Take Bailout Deal

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 15, 2015 Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday continued the diplomatic high-wire act that his country's economic crisis has obliged him to attempt by working hard to persuade members of the Greek Parliament and the general population to accept the bailout package he was just offered in Brussels. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

EU Bailout Terms Are Designed to Force Syriza From Power

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 2, 2015 The aim of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU powers in the Greek debt crisis is “apparently to humiliate Tsipras and his government in preparation for its early replacement with a more pliable administration,” writes Seamus Milne, associate editor of The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Two Killed in Belgian Raids Reportedly Were Part of Plot to Massacre Police

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 16, 2015 A major scheme to kill police officers was foiled in the nick of time, prosecutors said, after counterterrorism raids led to the arrest of 15 suspects in Belgium and France. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EU, U.S. Sway Bulgaria to Stop Work on Russian-Backed Gas Pipeline

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2014 The prime minister of Bulgaria, Plamen Oresharski, has suspended work on a gas pipeline that has recently drawn scrutiny from U.S. and European Commission officials. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nationalist Will Creeps Into European Parliaments

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 26, 2014 The far right took election victories in France, Denmark and Austria among continentwide contests Sunday that produced a record number of parliamentary members who are unfavorable toward the European Union. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Switzerland Votes to Narrow Immigration Pipeline From EU Countries

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 That old saw about Swiss independence could in part explain Switzerland's vote, held Sunday, in favor of tightening restrictions on immigration into the country from European Union member nations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hollande Urges Germany to Reconsider Crisis Response

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 17, 2012 On the eve of a eurozone summit that will consider a unified continental budget, French President Francois Hollande said that his half of the Paris-Berlin crisis team will insist on an easing of German leader Angela Merkel's hard push for "austerity and the surrender of national powers to tighten fiscal discipline,” The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Saving the Euro Might Mean a United States of Europe

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 6, 2012 European leaders are drawing up a solution to the EU's fiscal crisis that would hand sovereignty over the budgets and fiscal policies of eurozone states to Germany in return for the pooling of national debt and banking liabilities. Brussels, France, Spain and Germany all support a federalized eurozone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is Europe Making a Comeback?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2012 Once again, European leaders convened for a eurozone pep rally on Tuesday, meeting up in Brussels to see if their economic resuscitation efforts in recent months are paying off and if Greece will stop hogging all the attention anytime soon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )