EU Sets Crisis Summit on Migration
Jun 23, 2018 European Union leaders will try to find common ground for tackling a growing political drama that is threatening to undermine the entire alliance.Tens of Thousands of Slovaks Protest Journalist’s Slaying
Mar 9, 2018 The protesters pack a central square in Bratislava, and rallies take place across Slovakia and abroad in the largest demonstration since the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
Erdogan’s Education [a cartoon from Slovakia]
Feb 2, 2017
Read All About It [a cartoon from Slovakia]
Jan 12, 2017
Being a Poor Child in the U.S. Is Worse Than in Slovakia or Turkey
May 7, 2016 A new study by UNICEF places the United States at 18 out of 41 among the world’s wealthiest countries in terms of the well-being of their impoverished children.
Western Europe’s Right-Wing Parties Are Sensational but Ineffectual
Apr 16, 2015 The current transatlantic view of Europe is one of continental political decline, elegant at best but ominous at worst.
Is There Still Hope for the European Union?
May 27, 2014 Far-right, Eurosceptic political parties won significant victories in the recent European parliament elections, but does this spell the end of the EU?
S&P Downgrades and Banks: Threats to Global Stability
Jan 19, 2012 The markets weren’t shocked by last week’s wave of pre-broadcast S&P sovereign debt downgrades. For months, the question wasn’t “if” but “when.” And true to form, just as with the U.S. downgrade, S&P’s reasoning skated the surface of prevailing wisdom.Standard & Poor’s likes moving on Friday nights after the markets are closed.
