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Dec 1, 2010 3:30 AM CST

Snow Shuts Europe Air Hubs

Storms, strikes snarl travel across continent

(Newser) - European air travel hasn't been disrupted this much since Eyjafjalljokull was spewing: Winter storms have snarled air and road traffic across Europe for the third day in a row, forcing major air hubs like Edinburgh and Geneva to shut down completely and causing delays at many others, the AP reports....

Germany Must Stop Carping, Step Up in Euro Crisis

roger cohen

Nov 29, 2010 1:59 PM CST

Germany Must Stop Carping, Step Up in Euro Crisis

Berlin's not getting the bigger picture, writes Roger Cohen

(Newser) - Is the euro the new League of Nations—a grand experiment that eventually gets abandoned and left to waste away? With bailouts in Greece and Ireland and threats to Portugal and Spain, the currency “can no longer take its survival for granted just because its collapse would be unthinkable,...

Europe Markets in Turmoil Over Debt Worries

Nov 26, 2010 12:31 PM CST

Europe Markets in Turmoil Over Debt Worries

New concerns (and rumors) center on Portugal, Spain

(Newser) - Authorities across Europe rejected a report that a Portuguese bailout would cut the risk of Spain needing similar action, the Wall Street Journal reports. A German paper had cited German finance ministers in the matter, but the ministry, Portugal, Spain, and the European Commission all said Portugal wasn’t being...

Irish Citizens Pay the Price
for 'Sins' of Bankers

paul krugman

Nov 26, 2010 12:11 PM CST

Irish Citizens Pay the Price for 'Sins' of Bankers

Paul Krugman: Austerity programs aren't working anyway

(Newser) - "Private wheeler-dealers" caused Ireland's mess, but the Irish government has been punishing its citizenry for three years now with austerity programs to repay the debt incurred, writes Paul Krugman. This pain is necessary to restore confidence, say all the "wise heads," even though the deep spending cuts...

Spanish Bailout Could
Be Too Much for Euro

analysis

Nov 25, 2010 5:01 PM CST

Spanish Bailout Could Be Too Much for Euro

Nation's collapse represents 'systemic risk' for EU

(Newser) - The eurozone has bailed out troubled member states with success thus far, but Europe now faces a graver economic threat then ever before: the possibility of a major economic collapse in Spain. The busts in Greece and Ireland (and now possibly Portugal) have all been manageable because the economies in...

Belgium Charges 9
After Terror Raids

Nov 24, 2010 10:29 AM CST

Belgium Charges 9 After Terror Raids

Authorities cite plot against unknown Belgian target

(Newser) - Authorities charged nine people today in a Belgian anti-terror court following yesterday's raids in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Belgium charged 7 for plotting an attack on an unknown target within the country; they include 6 Belgian-Moroccans and a “Russian of Chechen origin.”...

Euro in 'Survival Crisis'
as Portugal Heads for Bailout

Nov 16, 2010 7:56 AM CST

Euro in 'Survival Crisis' as Portugal Heads for Bailout

Finance ministers meet to discuss new stability plan

(Newser) - The euro, and the European Union, may be in serious trouble. Portugal suggested yesterday that there was a “high risk” it would need the same bailout treatment as Ireland and Greece. European finance ministers will meet in Brussels tomorrow to discuss a European stability plan that would lend billions...

Bailout of Ireland Looks Likely

Nov 13, 2010 4:36 PM CST

Bailout of Ireland Looks Likely

EU fears a delay will bring another Greece-like crisis

(Newser) - Ireland is under heavy pressure to take a bailout before its financial troubles spread to other members of the European Union, reports the Wall Street Journal . Dublin is balking because of the handcuffs and political embarrassment that would come with it, but EU authorities don't want to a repeat of...

Nuclear Protests Turn Violent

Nov 8, 2010 5:45 AM CST

Nuclear Protests Turn Violent

Demonstrators against nuclear power attack police, face water cannon

(Newser) - Protesters railing against the use and storage of nuclear materials in Germany became violent yesterday, lashing out against police with sticks and pepper spray, CNN reports. Police responded with mounted officers and water cannon. Anger was prompted by a train carrying nuclear waste to Germany from France for storage. The...

Al-Qaeda Sent Parcels
in Sept. 'Dry Run'

Nov 2, 2010 7:36 AM CDT

Al-Qaeda Sent Parcels in Sept. 'Dry Run'

US officials studied packages, let them continue

(Newser) - Packages sent from Yemen to the US in September may have been a “dry run” for the explosives intercepted Friday, officials tell the New York Times . American officials investigated the parcels at the time and, finding no explosives, allowed them to continue to “random addresses” in Chicago. But...

Italy Ends Search
for US Balloonists

Oct 4, 2010 3:42 PM CDT

Italy Ends Search for US Balloonists

'No hope' of finding Americans alive: officials

(Newser) - Italian police canceled the search for two balloonists who went missing six days ago while flying over the Mediterranean, the Telegraph reports, with authorities saying there was "no hope" of finding them alive. The pair, who are American citizens, disappeared while flying through a patch of thunderstorms during a...

Europe Travel
Alert: Just an
Overreaction?

Oct 4, 2010 11:34 AM CDT

Europe Travel Alert: Just an Overreaction?

US warning not based on new info, officials say

(Newser) - European officials are not happy about the travel alert issued for the continent by the US yesterday. The new warning was not a result of any new intelligence, officials say, and they are "irritated" the US leaked warnings of possible shooting attacks before more intelligence could be gathered, the...

Now Japan Issues
Travel Alert
for Europe

Oct 4, 2010 6:37 AM CDT

Now Japan Issues Travel Alert for Europe

Latest warning follows those by Britain, America

(Newser) - One day after the US State Department issued a travel alert to Americans in Europe, Japan has followed suit. Japanese citizens living or traveling in Europe have been warned of possible attacks by al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups. The Foreign Ministry asked citizens to use caution when visiting tourist sites...

US Issues Europe Alert

UPDATED

Oct 3, 2010 8:26 AM CDT

US Issues Europe Alert

Urges Americans to be vigilant in crowded places

(Newser) - The State Department formally issued a travel alert to Americans living and traveling in Europe today, urging them to be vigilant, particularly in crowded places. The alert is a notch below a formal warning against foreign travel, reports the AP, but the feds are clearly taking seriously reports of a...

US Plans Travel Alert
for Americans in Europe

Oct 2, 2010 5:32 PM CDT

US Plans Travel Alert for Americans in Europe

It will ask them to be 'vigilant' because of terror threats

(Newser) - Threats about a terror attack in Europe are real enough that the State Department is expected to issue a "travel alert" tomorrow asking Americans to be wary about visiting tourist sites overseas. In the semantics of government-speak, it's expected to be a notch below a "warning"—...

News Flash:
WWI Ends Tomorrow

News Flash: WWI Ends Tomorrow

Germany to pay final installment of war reparations

(Newser) - Ninety-two years after the end of combat, World War I comes to an end of sorts tomorrow when Germany pays off the final installment of its war reparations. The payment of about $94 million in interest on foreign bonds will complete Germany's obligations under the Treaty of Versailles, reports Der ...

CIA Ups Drone Strikes
to Foil Euro Terror Plot

Sep 28, 2010 7:52 AM CDT

CIA Ups Drone Strikes to Foil Euro Terror Plot

Drones target Pakistan as Europe sits on high alert

(Newser) - The CIA has launched a flurry of drone attacks in Pakistan in an attempt to disrupt a huge suspected terrorist plot against European targets, according to the Wall Street Journal . While the exact nature of the plot is unclear, there have been multiple warnings in France, Germany, and the UK...

Artist Puts Our
Stereotypes
on the Map

Sep 22, 2010 5:11 AM CDT

Artist Puts Our Stereotypes on the Map

Innovative 'cartographer' outlines prejudices

(Newser) - Americans thinks the French are "smelly," the Italians "godfathers" and Russians "Commies." At least that's the view of a Bulgarian artist living in London who has created seven maps of different nations' stereotypes that have become an internet hit. In Yanko Tsvetkov's map of French...

Jobless 'Wasteland':
Europe, US on Brink
of Social Revolt

IMF REPORT

Sep 15, 2010 1:26 PM CDT

Jobless 'Wasteland': Europe, US on Brink of Social Revolt

Recession left 'gaping wounds' says IMF head

(Newser) - To those who think the worst of the recession is over, the head of the IMF has this to say: "We are not safe." An astounding 30 million jobs have been lost since the beginning of the financial crisis , three-quarters of those in richer economies, a new report...

Europeans Surveyed
on Toplessness

Jul 27, 2010 4:09 PM CDT

Europeans Surveyed on Toplessness

And guess what? They're in favor

(Newser) - No surprise—they like it. It turns out the Germans like toplessness the most—99% approve (at the beach and pools only, of course.) The prudish Brits come in second with 93% approving of topless bathing. The usually progressive Swedes were at the bottom with only 81% approving of...