Sniper at large in Vienna
For four weeks, an unknown “sniper” has been using an air rifle to shoot at pedestrians across Vienna, triggering widespread fear and commentary in the media. Twenty-one victims have so far reported to...
View ArticleToo Hot for Comfort
As insecurity reigns on global financial markets, and debt crises grip Europe and the United States, the Swiss franc (CHF) has become a lifeboat for investors looking for sound bonds. But as currency...
View ArticleBosnia: Free Travel at Risk
The European Commission is considering cancelling Bosnia and Herzegovina’s right to visa-free travel in the EU, Bosnian daily Dnevni Avaz claimed on Sept. 22. According to a leaked communiqué from...
View ArticleOn Utopia’s Doorstep
“We have developed a new form of living here,” the wiry speaker in a trim, dark grey suit announces to a languid crowd of mainly students, dotted around the open plan kitchen-living room on monochrome...
View ArticleTaxing the Rich
The Rich Speak, Sept. 25 by Christine Imlinger, Helene Sorgner, and Jakob Zirm Master of the Woods: Esterházy-nephew Stefan Ottrubay can imagine paying a wealth tax, but only under certain...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: The Public Trust
In Europe, the Monetary Union may be unravelling as Greece teeters on the edge of bankruptcy and others may follow; Vladimir Putin has announced his return to the Russia Presidency; French Socialists...
View ArticleBulgaria: Presidential Race
Bulgaria’s presidential vote, to be held on Oct. 23, will decide a successor to Georgi Parvanov whose constitutional two terms as head of state are coming to an end. The main players in the...
View ArticleSlovakia Says No to Greece
The Slovak parliament voted to withhold its contribution to the eurozone’s bailout fund for Greece. In a landslide 69-1 vote, with 14 abstentions, the parliament refused to lend €816 million,...
View ArticleSlovenian Government Falls
Slovenia’s government failed to secure a confidence vote in parliament, which could trigger the country’s first early elections since its independence in 1991. Prime Minister Borut Pahor’s Social...
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