Nearly seven years ago, the United Nations (UN) declared that 2005 was the ‘year of microcredit.’ Thirty years after Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus pioneered the phenomenon of microcredit (also known as micro-...
Europe Miliband to act against migrant workers Ed Miliband, leader of Britain’s Labour Party, has promised today to deter firms from employing foreign workers should he win a general election. He has said Labour “got it w...
Egypt is in turmoil. The presidential election has raised many questions and given the answer to none. One has to wonder today: was the January 2011 revolution beneficial for the Egyptians? “The tree of liberty must be refres...
Europe A conservative-led coalition government has taken power in Greece yesterday, promising to steer the country through one of the biggest crises in its history. As part of this, the new government has pledged to negotiate...
Once the Euro 2012 quarterfinal between Greece and Germany had been set an article was posted on UEFA’s website with the cruelly ironic headline, “Greece Hope to Profit from German Lessons”. As if the European community...
[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”][fbshare type=”button”] If there was ever a time for the Arab League to step up its role in the region’s politic...