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Jaroslaw Suplacz: Poland on its way to Greece
August 09, 2011A stimulated GDP The Polish GDP is strongly influenced by a stream of financial transfers from the European Union, in 2010 the net income from the EU budget was about 8 billion euro. Were it not for the transfers from the Union, the change of the Polish...
Global economic downturn: A crisis of political economy
August 09, 2011By George Friedman* Classical political economists like Adam Smith or David Ricardo never used the term “economy” by itself. They always used the term “political economy.” For classical economists, it was impossible to understand...
Happy Birthday, Mr. Barack Obama!
August 04, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- As it is widely known Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is also the first African American to hold the office. And today the entire American nation and...
Top Terrorism Risk list by Maplecroft (198 countries)
August 04, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Maplecroft, a consultancy firm that studies and monitors political, economic, social, and environmental risks, developed the Terrorism Index to allow business to identify and monitor the risks posed...
Moscow increases economic stranglehold on Belarus and Ukraine, using its gas and customs union
August 04, 2011Moscow is piling the heat on Minsk and Kyiv to subordinate their economies, notably their energy sectors, to Russia and with that accept Russia’s political tutelage. In both cases, Moscow is using the instruments of its gas and its customs union...
U.S. avoids default - White House and Congress Republicans reached deal (video)
August 01, 2011U.S. President Barack Obama has announced an agreement with congressional leaders on a compromise deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and keep the government from defaulting on its $14.3 trillion debt (watch video below). Mr. Obama told reporters...
Arnold Schwarzenegger won't give his wife the money
July 25, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- The legendary known Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wasn’t going to pay alimony to his wife, Maria Shriver, who has recently filed for divorce. Former Governor of California has also...
Bombs in Norway. Opened fire on children camp (VIDEO)
July 23, 2011Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- A last-minute attempt in Norway, where seven people were dead and over 20 injured, was committed today, July 22, in the Norwegian capital center, near government buildings and institutions. Police assumed that there could...
Barack Obama meets with the Tibetan separatist, Dalai Lama XIV, in spite of China's anger
July 17, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Despite all the requests, appeals, protests and outrages from Beijing the U.S. president Barack Obama met Dalai Lama XIV, Tibet’s spiritual leader, in the White House. The Chinese authorities have...
7 years old children will participate in hostilities against Muammar Gaddafi
July 14, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Libyan rebel fighters are going to implement kids of about 7 years old in hostilities against Gaddafi loyalist troops. Although children from the photo below are smiling, many of them have already managed...