ABC The Drum – Infectious misery of a Greek tragedy

Posted by Matt in February 26th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Financial, Abc, Bearing, Debts, Dilemma, Face, Greece, Greek Tragedy, Greeks, Misery, Public Debt, Southern Europe

Beware of Greeks bearing debts. However you look at the emerging crisis in southern Europe, it doesn’t look good.
European nations such as Greece with high levels of public debt face a terrible dilemma.
ABC The Drum – Infectious misery of a Greek tragedy

Long Pipelines Make Bad Neighbors | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Bad Neighbors, Balance Of Power, Balance Of Power In Europe, Belarus, Economic Dependence, European Customers, Foreign Policy, Former Soviet Union, Gas Deliveries, Gas War, Kiev, moscow, Payment Dispute, Pipelines, Reflection, Relationship, Russia, Russian Oil, Southern Europe, Ukraine

Why Russia is feuding with Belarus and what it means for Europe’s security.
Almost exactly a year after a payment dispute with Ukraine led Russia to cut off gas deliveries to its European customers in a misguided attempt to force Kiev to pay up, a similar dispute between Russia and Belarus threatens to disrupt deliveries of [...]

Pak behind Iran missile test: Israeli expert

Posted by Matt in May 21st, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Expert, Iran Missile Test, Israel, Israeli Security, Middle East, Security Experts, Southern Europe, Technological Advances

Israeli security experts suspect Pakistani hand in the technological advances shown by Iran in its latest Sejil-2 missile test, which with a range of 2,000km can hit Israel, southern Europe and American bases in the Middle East.
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Russia Tightens Europe’s Energy Noose

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Catalan, Cni, Construction Company, Energy Companies, Energy Supplies, Independent Oil Company, Intelligence, La Caixa, Long Time, Lukoil, moscow, Noose, Percent Stake, Repsol Ypf, Russia, Russian Energy, Sacyr Vallehermoso, Southern Europe, Spain, Spy Agency

A leaked intelligence document issued by Spain’s CNI spy agency in October warns that Russia is aggressively pursuing a plan to “monopolize access to energy supplies to Europe.” The report validates what many analysts have been saying for a long time, namely that Moscow is using Russian energy companies to gain geo-strategic control over northern, [...]

U.S. says Iran has missile that could hit Europe

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Iran, Missiles, Air Force Lt, Ballistic Missile, Eastern Europe, Europe Air, Iran, Launch, Missile Defence Agency, Pentagon, Southern Europe

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Iran has the ability to launch a ballistic missile capable of hitting sections of eastern and southern Europe.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, director of the Missile Defence Agency, told reporters he believes Iran now has a missile with a range of 2,000 km, but he declined to say [...]