jeudi, 05 juin 2008
PERHAPS A CANCER IN EUROPE
There is something that I have often emphasized, that Africa or south-east Asia are very far away in our minds, much more than they are in reality, and we have connected the embarrassing acts of our times, like human and drug trafficking, with these corners of the earth. The connection is not entirely unfair since a lot happens and there are states like the dictatorship of Myanmar that champion human and drugs trafficking; actually, the dictators of Myanmar hold the record in both ‘sports.’07:40 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , POLITIQUE , RELATIONS EXTERIEURES , THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (52) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : Europe, balkan, FYROM, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org
mardi, 05 février 2008
A DILUTED GREED AND ECO-TERRORISM
In a link to the media, the Federation of Finnish Technologies Industries expressed their ‘uncertainty created by the energy and climate change package published by the European Commission that threatens to freeze investment in Finland’ and I had the sense that greed was drooling from everywhere.00:06 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , ENVIRONNEMENT , THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : europe, environment, eco-terrorism, thanos kalamidas, europeus
mercredi, 16 janvier 2008
FATHER BILL GATES
The European Commission announced two more anti-competition investigations against Microsoft while there are already a couple against the same company going on and some millions the company pays for penalties month after month for the last four years.10:02 Publié dans ECONOMIE , ENGLISH EDITION , THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : europe, usa, microsoft, bill gates, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org
lundi, 14 janvier 2008
RUDY GIULIANI AND THE HARE
While all the lights are on, Democrats Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama and Republican John McCain declares the old soldier’s heroic comeback, there is somebody missing: the 9-11 mayor Rudy Giuliani! The man has not shown up yet, even though the race has started and there are already some rumours for financial difficulties that I find hard to believe.
14:05 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , THANOS KALAMIDAS , USA | Lien permanent | Commentaires (1) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : usa, campaign'08, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org
dimanche, 11 novembre 2007
CHINESE TOYING WITH THE OLYMPICS
Another blow for Chinese toys manufactures was the latest news from the USA and Australia with the recall of millions of toys due to a drug contained in the coating of the toys. I decided to check in my daughter’s room, not to make sure what toys were made in China, but how many things she has from the last Olympics in Greece.13:41 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , SOCIETE , SPORT , THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : sport, china, toys, thanos kalamidas, europeus
mercredi, 07 novembre 2007
I WANT YOUR... EUROS
What does it mean when a fashion model refuses to be paid in US dollar but insists on being paid in Euros emphasizing that the US dollar is not a strong currency? To many probably nothing, but to bankers it raises a most likely huge, gigantic question mark. The Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has been for sometime avoiding US currency payments because of uncertainty over its strength.22:20 Publié dans ECONOMIE , ENGLISH EDITION , THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : europe, euro, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org
lundi, 05 novembre 2007
ANOTHER DARK DAY FOR PAKISTAN
A few months ago I was criticized because in one of my articles I was referring to General Musharraf as one of the worst dictators and I was sure that he has no intention to let Pakistan know democracy; after all, he was the last in a long chain of military dictators in this poor country. The commentator who, as he said at least, came from Pakistan was suggesting that perhaps democracy had a chance with General Musharraf and his slow and peaceful transaction from a militaristic dictatorship or regime, as the commentator argued, to a parliamentary democracy with control over corruption and violence. My argument to that was that if we only look at the 20th century, from Salazar, Franco, Hitler, Mussolini to Idi Amin, Marcos, Saddam Hussein and Musharraf’s predecessor Muhammad Zia we will see that the corruption of the politicians has been always their excuse to lead their countries to the edge of total catastrophe.12:19 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , RELATIONS EXTERIEURES , THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : pakistan, Musharraf, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org
jeudi, 18 octobre 2007
TURKEY: A KURDISH QUESTION MARK
For a very long time Turkey has learned to play the card of the country at the crossroads, a country between east and west, between Christians and Muslims, a country between Europe and Asia. Turkey has often been neutral but has been equally often playing the game of both sides also. They are pro-Palestinian and, at the same time, they sign military treaties with Israel. They want to be full members of the EU often using blackmails and opportunistic games and they like to be big brother to the middle Asian and other Muslim countries. For a long time they have stood in the gray shadows between the sides taking sides only when their opportunistic interests led them or when their militaristic, sometimes imperialist, dreams led them.14:50 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , THANOS KALAMIDAS , TURQUIE | Lien permanent | Commentaires (1) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : turkey, irak, oil, israel, pkk, plo, thanos kalamidas
mardi, 16 octobre 2007
HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONDOLEEZZA RICE : WHO SAID IT!
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her Russian visit showed concern about Russia’s situation, especially over human rights issues, and was worried about too much power concentrated within the Kremlin. Before we get to the Kremlin, I would like to say something to Ms. Rice: Lady, do you think about what you say or do words just drop uncontrollable out of your mouth?02:50 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , RUSSIE , THANOS KALAMIDAS , USA | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : usa, russia, torture, human rights, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org
samedi, 06 octobre 2007
PAKISTAN: MS BHUTTO'S DISINFORMATION
Worse than accepting a dictator is giving him an alibi for all of his or her actions and it gets even worse when this alibi is covered with excuses for democracy. Unfortunately this is exactly what the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has done. In a press conference in London she announced her return to Pakistan after a power sharing deal with Pervez Musharraf.07:13 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION , RELATIONS EXTERIEURES , THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, taliban, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org