New York Times (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Javier Solana, the union’s foreign policy chief, was widely expected to step down, though he had not before been so explicit in public about his future.
I.E. Lester (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
I've finally decided to write something here about one of my biggest passions - the European Union. I'm English. I live in a country which has a reputation for being a little xenophobic. I'm not though. Quite the opposite. I love different cultures, different peoples, different ideas. I look at this continent wide institution with a mixture of passionate pride and despair. I think the EU is possible...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The latest news from Afghanistan is of a third soldier being killed yesterday, making five in less than a week and bringing the total to 174 dead. The latest casualty is another from the Welsh Guards, killed while on foot by a "contact explosion". He was taking part in a "deliberate operation" near Gereshk, as part of Operation Panthers Claw. Given the intensity of operations and...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | yesterday
With two more British soldiers killed today, there is every indication that the defence debate raging in today's newspapers is about to ramp up a notch, especially as one of the reported casualties is a soldier from The Light Dragoons, who was killed by an IED. The Light Dragoons are known to operate Jackals and a recent Dragoon casualty , L/Cpl Nigel Moffet, was also killed in a Jackal. According...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | yesterday
I am sorry if it offends – and it certainly does upset some of the military types, and the "consultants" and designers responsible for the Viking and the decision to deploy it to Afghanistan – but, on the basis of all the evidence we have, Booker and I both have come to the conclusion that Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond should not have died. More...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
... from the real news. First reaction to Sarah Palin's resignation announcement over on Your Freedom and Ours . A victory (if only temporary, I suspect) for the political establishment that does not tolerate real outsiders. Well, sometimes it is forced to tolerate them and that is what I hope will happen here. Oh yes, happy Independence Day to all our American readers.
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Read this and then read this . Now read the offering from The Times and wonder. Looking at the bigger picture, Matthew Parris reckons we can't win , while Tim Collins, on a narrower front , writes about Rupert Thorneloe and ventures that this was war. "Things like this happen, and often they are flukes," he says. We beg to differ. We all accept that, in war, soldiers die. What is not acceptable...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
The utilities face potentially heavy penalties from European Union competition authorities as a decision looms over allegations that they had a deal not to intrude on each other's markets
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Margaret Thatcher's reputation as a defender of Britain's interests in Europe has been challenged by a former French diplomat, who claims that at the moment of her greatest triumph she was a tearful figure
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
... on Defence of the Realm . What a bizarre media we have!
Autopia (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
*I am icily determined to watch this, no matter how stunningly boring it is. I’ve known for a long time that stunning boredom is the secret weapon of European integration. Europe succeeds precisely by being so entirely and utterly boring that the world’s most fractious and warlike peoples are, like… huh? What were you saying? Cucumbers? [...]
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Some light relief for our readers while the boss concentrates on the really important news of the day. But it seems that in some countries highly placed officials resign after being accused of misusing public money. The chap in question is The Director of the Spanish Secret Service, CNI, Alberto Sáiz, who resigned after several weeks of revelations and claims about him in the press, led by newspaper...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
With the recent deaths of Lt-Col Thorneloe and Trp Joshua Hammond, the number of service personnel killed in Afghanistan by mine strikes and IEDs while riding in poorly protected vehicles rises to 49 by our estimate. With 140 KIA, that amounts to 35 percent of deaths due to enemy action (or accidental minestrikes from legacy mines). Perhaps twice as many service personnel have suffered very serious...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Portugal's economy minister has resigned after making an insulting gesture during a parliamentary debate, damaging the image of the Socialist government three months before a general election
Ian Geldard (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
The European Union is considering a travel ban on some Iranian officials, Financial Times Deutschland reports #Iranelection
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