France and Germany tumbling towards recession, economists warn as crisis in eurozone deepens

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222581/Now-Germany-gets-sucked-deeper-eurozone-crisis-new-business-results-worst-figures-years.html Economic region’s two biggest economies running into trouble Research shows business activity in eurozone is declining By Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 12:24 EST, 24 October 2012 | UPDATED: 17:35 EST, 24 October 2012 Slump: Economists have warned that Germany is heading towards recession Germany and France are being sucked into the abyss as the crisis […]

EDITORIAL: Germany proposes a Drudge Tax – Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/12/germany-proposes-a-drudge-tax/ EDITORIAL: Germany proposes a Drudge Tax – Washington Times. Government seeks to impose fees on news aggregators By THE WASHINGTON TIMES -The Washington Times Monday, March 12, 2012 European politicians are on the hunt for new sources of revenue as the continent’s fiscal situation worsens. The level of desperation is clear in the latest […]

DON’T give us a break! Swiss voters say no to six weeks’ paid holiday fearing move would put economy at risk

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2113711/DONT-break-Swiss-voters-say-weeks-paid-holiday-fearing-economy-risk.html Swiss voters have rejected an increase in their annual paid holiday over fears it would put their economy at risk. Polls closed last night on several national referendums, including one pushed by a union to raise the minimum holiday from four to six weeks. Two-thirds of voters reportedly rejected the proposal, which would have […]

Athens ablaze as Greece votes in favour of £110bn bailout: Rioters attack police and set ten buildings on fire in protest at cuts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100099/Athens-protests-Lawmakers-endorse-austerity-measures-Greece.html By Kirsty Walker Last updated at 12:39 AM on 13th February 2012 Greek MPs last night voted in favour of a controversial austerity bill as rioters again took to the streets and set buildings alight. The punishing cuts to wages and pensions are fiercely stoking tensions in the near-bankrupt country. Yet if the bill […]

The EU is Considering Using Drones to Police Farm Subsidies, Enforce Environmental Rules

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-02/eu-considering-using-drones-police-farm-subsidies-enforce-environmental-rules By Clay Dillow Posted 02.08.2012 at 4:39 pm   Looking Down on Farmland in the UK Jim Bain via Wikimedia When European farmers turn their eyes skyward, they soon may have more than the weather to worry about. The more progressive aviation framework in Europe means that government monitors potentially have a new weapon […]

You might need more than one can of WD-40 to start that one! Europe held in icy grip as temperatures plummet as low as -20C

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099435/Youll-need-lot-WD-40-start-car-Europe-held-icy-grip-temperatures-plummet-low-20C.html Death toll across the continent due to extreme weather reaches 460 By Graham Smith Last updated at 6:26 PM on 10th February 2012 Every driver dreads having to de-ice his car on winter mornings, but the owner of this vehicle really has his work cut out. Parked on the frozen waterside promenade at Lake […]

Ice age Europe: How the big freeze, with temperatures as low as MINUS 40, has turned Britain and the continent BLUE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097779/Europe-weather-Snow-covers-continent-temperatures-plunge-MINUS-40C.html Hundreds of Eastern European villages cut off as temperatures plummet to -40C Melting snow causes dam wall to break and flood entire village in southern Bulgaria, killing four European crisis commissioner says ‘the worst is yet to come’ By Lee Moran Last updated at 9:54 PM on 7th February 2012 Europe continues to be […]

Colosseum closes and drivers abandon cars as snow falls on Rome for the first time in 26 YEARS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096402/Rome-snow-Colosseum-closes-drivers-abandon-cars.html Italian capital grinds to halt as severe weather halts traffic Locals shiver in tiled homes thanks to city’s heating restrictions -36C temperatures across eastern Europe send death toll to 176 Military on alert in the UK as temperatures drop and snowfall is predicted Over 11,000 villagers in Serbia trapped by snowdrifts and blizzards Death […]

‘There will be riots on streets of America’: George Soros predicts class war in U.S. as euro triggers collapse of global economy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091190/George-Soros-predicts-U-S-riots-insists-Euro-saved-global-economy-collapse.html Billionaire New York investor warns of impending economic meltdown Backs euro and buys Italian bonds from Jon Corzine’s failed MF Global Warns it’s ‘difficult to know right decisions to make’ after boom years Supports Occupy Wall Street, Democrats and Obama re-election efforts By Mark Duell Last updated at 6:32 PM on 24th January 2012 […]

IMF warns that Europe poses global recession threat

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-imf-idUSTRE80N1CP20120124 By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:56am EST (Reuters) – The euro zone debt crisis is escalating and could derail the global economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday as it called for urgent action to restore confidence. The IMF chopped its 2012 forecast for global growth to 3.3 […]