We have entered the Age of Austerity. It's already arrived in Europe and is destined for the United States. Governments throughout Europe are cutting social spending and raising taxes—or ...

Europe, After The Vote Against Austerity Voters in France and Germany voted decisively against the EU austerity measures last week, ... and even talks about lowering the retirement age for some folks.

Overdue bills reach 2.6 billion euros in country's financial crisis, with an additional 500 million euros in energy stolen ...

WASHINGTON -- We have entered the Age of Austerity. It's already arrived in Europe and is destined for the United States. Governments throughout Europe are cutting social spending and raising taxes ...

Austerity pushing EU into new Dark Age: study ... Europe is sinking into a protracted period of deepening poverty, mass unemployment, social exclusion, greater inequality and collective despair as a ...

Amid budget cutbacks and a 'diminishing appetite' for war, Europe has turned increasingly to the 'soft power' assignments like training and institution-building.

Of course this is just a not-very-credible excuse, but a very welcome one for Europe and the world, since Italian and Spanish bonds are at the heart of the current crisis.

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The fall of Roman Britain in 410 AD marked the beginning of a dark and turbulent chapter in the history of the British Isles. After nearly four centuries of Roman rule, Britain, once a province of ...

The Great Recession of 2008–2009 and the European debt crisis of 2010–2012 were the greatest interruption in economic growth since the Second World War.

That would put the Dark Ages monarchs of Europe to shame. If that is not enough to capture the Dark Ages vibe, consider what the new administration will do to education, the arts, and science.

In between the fall of the Roman Empire and the birth of the Italian Renaissance, Western Europe economically stagnated and culturally declined in what are commonly called the Dark Ages. This ...