EU Economic Crisis: ‘Extend And Pretend Game’ Cannot Last

Originally published on Sputnik, March 30, 2017. With the UK’s Brexit negotiations finally triggered, the EU faces the prospect of losing one of it’s strongest economic partners. John Hardy, a financial analyst at the Danish Investment Saxo Bank, told Sputnik’s Nima Green that a recession within the Eurozone within the next three years is likely.…

Civil liberties groups call for freedom from state snooping

Broadcast on 24th Sept 2013 on VoR. RADIO: Forty human rights groups, along with public figures like Stephen Fry and author A.L. Kennedy, have called for an end to what they term industrial-scale spying by the US and the UK. Human rights groups launched a petition, which urges EU leaders to do more to prevent…

Russia chairs G20 business summit in London

RADIO: Business leaders from the G20 countries – called the B20 – met in London to discuss recommendations on how to tackle the Eurozone crisis and stimulate growth across different regions and industries. The meeting comes ahead of July’s G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Voice of Russia’s Nima Green reports. Top of the agenda was how to tackle the…

Calls for GM food rules to be relaxed

RADIO: Britain’s chief scientist has backed calls to relax EU restrictions on genetically modified (GM) crops. Sir Mark Walport said the rise of genetically modified food was “inexorable”, but his views have met with protest. Voice of Russia’s Nima Green reports. Currently biotech firms and British farmers are not allowed to grow GM crops except…