Greeks Stage Nationwide Anti-Austerity Strike Ahead of Merkel Visit

Greeks have lost about a third of their disposable income since the debt crisis started, and unemployment has soared, leaving more than 1 in 4 people jobless.

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Net Neutrality Wins In Brazil’s "Internet Constitution"

The groundbreaking legislation in South America’s biggest country would enshrine Net neutrality and attempt to curb NSA spying.

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Privacy Activists Take UK Government to Court As Europe's Leaders Stumble

The attitude of Europe’s leaders toward data privacy marks a victory for U.S. companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple – and a stunning defeat for the many civil rights groups demanding E.U. sanctions for violations of its citizens' privacy.

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Big Brother’s Loyal Sister: How Dianne Feinstein Is Betraying Civil Liberties

As chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the California senator generates an abundance of fog, weasel words, anti-whistleblower slander and bogus notions of reform — while methodically stabbing civil liberties in the back.

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The Myth of the German Economy Vs. the Reality of Struggling Germans

Germany continues shifting more and more of its respected, high-quality manufacturing jobs to low-paid workers who lack employment protection and purchasing power. Meanwhile, the 100 richest individuals here grew significantly richer last year.

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Spain Reports NSA Tracked 60 Million Phone Calls In a Month

The Spanish newspaper El Mundo reproduced a graphic illustrating that the NSA spied on tens of millions of phone calls in the country late last year, widening the net of European nations and leaders under heavy U.S. surveillance.

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Thousands March on Washington Demanding End to Surveillance

Masses of protesters aligned with the coalition Stop Watching Us assembled on the 12th anniversary of the Patriot Act to urge Congress to reform the legal framework that supports the government's secretive online data gathering network.

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Global Power Project: Connecting Josef Ackermann, the Institute of International Finance and the Euro Debt Crisis

When the European debt crisis hit headlines in 2010, the Institute of International Finance was again on the scene and playing a major part, like it did during the 1980s debt crisis. At the center this time was the CEO of Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann.

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Germany's Euroskeptic "Alternative Party" Leads Fringe Heading into Sunday Elections

Alternative for Deutschland's success stems from its leaders exploiting Euroskepticism among Germans who feel their wealthy, productive country is unfairly shouldering the burden of economic growth in the E.U.

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Der Spiegel: NSA Hacked UN Videocalls As Part of Surveillance Program

The extent of U.S. covert surveillance at the UN was further detailed Sunday in a report by Germany's leading weekly, which claimed agents hacked into video conferencing at New York headquarters.

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