Good lord, this looks serious:
A dawn bomb attack devastated a major Shi’ite shrine in Iraq on Wednesday, sparking nationwide protests and sectarian reprisals against Sunni mosques despite appeals for calm from government and religious leaders. The attack on the Golden Mosque in Samarra, one of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest sites, provoked more violence than attacks that [...]

It all started with the Catalan Statute, then there was this piece, then Wolfgang Munchau joined in. Today comes the news that:
“The European Union’s top competition regulator will this week issue formal antitrust charges against Telefónica, alleging that the Spanish telecommunications group has abused its dominant position in the fast-growing market for broadband services.”
And there [...]

Methinks the first serious test of the eurosystem is now looming on the horizon. The title of this post refers to an earlier point made by Nouriel Roubini. The FT this morning is reporting that:
“The German cabinet will on Wednesday endorse a 2006 budget that breaks the European Union’s fiscal rules for the fifth year [...]

The EU launched a new website today, EURES where one million jobs within the EU will be on offer. From the EURES-site:
EURES (EURopean Employment Services) brings together the European Commission and the public employment services of the countries belonging to the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Other regional and national bodies concerned with employment issues [...]

Yes gentle readers, les jeux sont faits. Italy has entered the election season, and this time the game is for real. The outcome of this election, and the decisions which are subsequently taken will be important not just for Italy, but for the whole EU, and the stakes are not small ones: the whole [...]

Guy of these pages recently spoke to a “source” who has an interesting counter-take on the Italian economy and the Italian government’s debt problem to that frequently discussed here. Apparently, the feller says, there’s no chance of “an Argentinian-style blowout” because of the low levels of private debt.
The source is essentially arguing that Ricardian equivalence [...]

Here are the winners of the 2nd Annual European Weblog Awards, also known as the Satin Pajamas:
Most Underappreciated Weblog: Metamorphism by Mig
Best Central European Weblog: All About Latvia by Aleks
Best Expat Weblog: Petite Anglaise by Petite
Best Personal Weblog: Petite Anglaise by Petite
Best French Weblog: Journal d’un avocat by Eolas
Best German Weblog: Atlantic Review by various
Best [...]

The German newspaper whose website could be better organised has this pleasant-enough story

The day is approaching fast (likely the release date of Microsoft’s next version of its Windows operating system, called Windows Vista) on which a so-called trusted platform module on your computer’s motherboard will be able bar you from accessing the data on your computer, or at least bar you from doing with it what you [...]

I’m finally done, about three weeks too late. Go vote.
Btw, we lost the page for last years awards, but you can look at it here.
…The polls will close on Friday.
…20:00.
Update (by Tobias, 23:43 CET) - I’ve seen some nominees use screenshots of our lovely satin pajama wearing teddy bear in order to visually enhance a [...]