Cyprus and the emerging Mediterranean gas wars

April 4, 2013 By dralfoldman in Business Administration, Cyprus, Israel, Politics, Turkey Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, European Union, Greek Cypriot, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey Leave a comment

English: Map of major bathymetric features to the south of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, based on a screenshot from the NASA World Wind software. Names of features from various published papers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This blog is worth a read. Check it out!

via Cyprus and the emerging Mediterranean gas wars

The blog provides some interesting insights into the emerging gas business in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Any views?

The euro crisis: Has anyone seen the ECB? | The Economist

April 4, 2013 By dralfoldman in Austerity, Central banks, Euro Crisis, Politics, Reform 3 Comments

Euro ECB (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an interesting blog from the Economist and well worth a read. Check it out!

via The euro crisis: Has anyone seen the ECB? | The Economist.

Personally, I agree that the ECB is looking very ineffective when compared to the pioneering initiates of the Fed & the BoE. Also the Cyprus experience has shown that the ECB seems to have become a bit of a political lackey which is a disgrace.

Any views?