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France: The euro is here to stay
feature While 62 percent of the world’s central bank reserves are in dollars, 27 percent are now in euros—and only 4 percent, I might add, are in British pounds, said Alain Frachon in Le Monde.
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Germany: Pining for the Deutschmark
feature Discontent with the euro began in May after the bailout of Greece and rose again last month with the European bank's rescue of Ireland.
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Europe’s banking crisis: Is the rescue too late?
feature Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have apparently reached an agreement on recapitalizing European banks, but they will not provide specifics until later this month.
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France: Strauss-Kahn’s self-serving apology
feature Dominique Strauss-Kahn gave his first interview since New York prosecutors dropped all charges and allowed him to return to France.
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Serbia: The capture of Mladic
feature The former Bosnian Serb military leader is accused of being responsible for the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995.
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Turkey: The dimming appeal of EU membership
feature Given that so many EU members regret their own membership, Turkey should rethink its goal of joining them, said Semih Idiz at Hürriyet.
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United Kingdom: Judging each other's patriotism
feature Those people who chose instead to wear a white poppy, which symbolizes pacifism and honors the civilian war dead, were vilified as near-traitors, said Joan Smith at The Independent.
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Libya: Europe divvies up the goods
feature France, Great Britain, and Italy are dividing the spoils of war, arguing among themselves while keeping a wary eye on China.
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WikiLeaks: Security breach burns American sources
feature The guerrilla whistle-blower group has lost control of its entire trove of 251,287 leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.
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United Kingdom: Good-bye to the News of the World
feature The News of the World closed down this week, amid revelations that it had hacked the phone messages of thousands of people.
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Spain: The nuclear accident the U.S. forgot
feature In January 1966, a U.S. B-52 bomber collided with a tanker as it was refueling above the Spanish village of Palomares, releasing four nuclear bombs, said Miguel Ángel Criado in Público.
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Italy: Berlusconi’s follies are dead serious
feature The constitutional court overturned a law that gave Berlusconi legal immunity, and he is now charged with tax fraud, corruption, and abuse of power.
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France: The burka ban comes into force
feature Many Frenchmen doubt the National Assembly's law against the covering of the face while in public will be fully enforced.
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Europe: Does the Greek crisis mean the end of the euro?
feature The euro was meant to bring Europeans together, but the bailout of Greece is driving them apart.
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