Poland’s push for fossil fuels

28 June 2012  | European Voice

Poland is trying to re-brand dirty fuels.

Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Talks Trouble for Largest Mine

24 June 2012  | eurasia.net

Kyrgyzstan’s Kumtor gold mine is responsible for some 12 percent of the country’s GDP. Nevertheless, or perhaps for that reason, politicians can’t seem to keep their hands off it.

EIB in the spotlight, but not the answer to the eurozone’s woes

14 June 2012  | European Voice

EIB prepares to take on a greater role.

Overpriced and underwritten – The hidden costs of Public-Private-Partnerships

13 June 2012  | Tackle Tax Havens blog

A phenomenon that has become quite fashionable over the last decade or so among governments is the Public-Private-Partnership, or PPP. The UK started to introduce this model in the mid-1990s, and it is also a favoured option in Spain and Hungary. One of the many dangers is that it allows private companies who enter into partnership with government to funnel the profits into tax havens.

Money in the bank? In a new region, EBRD told to enter with care

7 June 2012  | Egypt Independent

http://www.egyptindependent.com/weeklyedition/2012/jun/07

Germany is holding Greece to ransom

4 June 2012  | New Europe

Bloomberg, not exactly a Bolshevik press agency, recently highlighted why we should have zero sympathy for the bankers of Frankfurt and Berlin. Its editors cited estimates that Germany took more than 284 billion euros from other countries in the single currency bloc between 2009 and the end of last year. Greece has so far received 340 billion euros in loans as a response to the financial crisis; just 15 billion euros of that sum came directly from Germany.