Entre l’Aude et l’Hérault, une multinationale suédoise se prépare depuis 2009 à exploiter du pétrole de schiste. Mais la population s’y oppose de plus en plus et se mobilise ce samedi 28 juin à Argeliers (Aude) autour du slogan : « Ni ici ni ailleurs, ni aujourd’hui, ni demain ».

REPORTERRE

The ambassadors of several Western EU countries have indicated their countries’ support for Kristalina Georgieva, the Bulgarian Commissioner responsible for Humanitarian Aid, to be nominated for the new EU executive, indicating that she might get the post of foreign affairs chief currently held by Catherine Ashton...

EURACTIV

More than 18 months ago, on January 16, 2013 Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, announced that it will repatriate to Germany all 374 tonnes it had stored with the Banque de France in Paris, as well as 300 tonnes held in Manhattan by the New York Federal Reserve, by 2020.

ZEROHEDGE

Competition is fierce among Europe's major financial centres to trade in China's currency. Frankfurt and Luxembourg are vying with London, the favourite of many analysts, and Switzerland is trying to muscle into the competition.

REUTERS

Regeringen ger uppdrag om förhandlingar om värdlandsstöd
Sverige förhandlar om Nato-trupper på svensk mark
Anders Ferm (S): Vi kan bli en indirekt kärnvapenmakt

A Sunni armed group which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria has announced the establishment of a "caliphate" straddling the two countries, urging other groups to pledge allegiance. In an audio recording released on Sunday, the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declared its chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, "the caliph" and "leader for Muslims everywhere".

ALJAZEERA

Today, as conflict rages again in Iraq, four Blackwater guards involved in the Nisour Square shooting are on trial in Washington on charges stemming from the episode, the government’s second attempt to prosecute the case in an American court after previous charges against five guards were dismissed in 2009.

NYTIMES

C’est un accord commercial dont personne ne parle, négocié dans l’opacité la plus totale. 50 pays, parmi les plus fervents défenseurs de la libéralisation, discutent en ce moment de l’ouverture du « marché des services » à la concurrence internationale. Éducation, santé, transports, télécommunications, services financiers... Tout est sur la table des négociations. Sans que les citoyens ou parlementaires aient leur mot à dire. Les négociateurs – soumis à la forte pression des lobbys – sont cette semaine à Genève pour le 7ème round de ces pourparlers internationaux, qui pourraient gravement menacer les services publics et les tentatives de régulation du secteur financier. Enquête.

BASTA MAG

In the past year or two, stocks have moved from being "expensive" to "very expensive." In fact, according to one historically valid measure, stocks are now more expensive than they have been at any time in the past 130 years with the exception of 1929 and 2000 (and we know what happened in those years). 

BUSINESS INSIDER

In den Verhandlungen um den neuen Kommissionspräsidenten der Europäischen Union ist aus Sicht der Bürger in Deutschland klar, wer über die Besetzung entscheiden sollte: Das Parlament (60 Prozent). Demgegenüber ist ein Viertel der Meinung, dass die Regierungschefs der Mitgliedsländer diese Personalie entscheiden sollten (26 Prozent). Eine Mehrheit der Deutschen (60 Prozent) honoriert, dass Angela Merkel bei dieser Personaldiskussion für einen Interessensausgleich zwischen den EU-Mitgliedsländern sorgt.

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