We owe it to democracy to vote today June 3, 2009 TODAY is Election Day – even though the astonishing circus of resignations, backstabbings and the near collapse of the Labour government have completely overshadowed the parties’ manifestoes for the European parliament. Many readers will doubtless be planning to abstain in disgust at the evident moral and financial corruption of our ruling classes, a belief that [...]
Berlin is still emerging from the shadows of the past November 8, 2009 WHEN you walk across the joint expanse of Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz in central Berlin, you’re surrounded by futuristic architecture, vast advertising hoardings, neon-lit brand names and thundering traffic. It makes it easy to forget you’re crossing what was once known here as the “Death Strip”. A cobbled line marking the old route of [...]
UBS tax deal due tomorrow August 5, 2009 THE US and Switzerland are expected to reach a final settlement tomorrow to end a tax row against UBS, but details of the deal will not be made public the same day, sources familiar with the situation said. US tax authorities have sued UBS as the bank refused to hand over the names of 52,000 [...]
UBS tax deal due tomorrow August 5, 2009 THE US and Switzerland are expected to reach a final settlement tomorrow to end a tax row against UBS, but details of the deal will not be made public the same day, sources familiar with the situation said. US tax authorities have sued UBS as the bank refused to hand over the names of 52,000 [...]
Rwanda has a pop at France for genocide August 6, 2008 Rwanda formally accused senior French officials yesterday of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial. Among those named in a report by a Rwandan investigation commission were former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and late President Francois Mitterrand. Kigali has previously accused Paris of covering up its [...]