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January, 2010

Europe in Crisis.

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At the start of the last decade, in March 2000, the European Union heads of state announced the Lisbon Strategy.

Its aim, by 2010, was to make Europe "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion." This would create "the conditions for full employment and the strengthening of regional cohesion in the European Union."  Read more »

Swine Flu - it's not a Pandemie, it's Marketing!

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Submitted by Constantine on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 14:04.

The severity of the H1N1 outbreak was deliberately exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies that stood to make billions of dollars from a worldwide scare, a leading European health expert has claimed.

Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, has accused the makers of vaccines for the virus of influencing the World Health Organisation's (WHO) decision to declare a pandemic.

He believes it is "one of the greatest medicine scandals of the century" — and has called for an inquiry.  Read more »

Iceland leader vetoes bank repayments bill.

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Submitted by Constantine on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 03:05.

Iceland’s president has refused to sign a controversial bill to repay $5bn (£3.1bn) to the UK and the Netherlands.
President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said he would instead hold a referendum on the bill, following public protests.
On Saturday, the president received a petition calling for the bill to be vetoed, signed by almost a quarter of the country’s population.

Campaigners against the bill say that the Icelandic public are being forced to pay for the mistakes of banks. The total compensation package equates to about 12,000 Euros ($17,300; £10,800) per Icelandic citizen.  Read more »