World / Politics
Facing up to harder times
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
THE IRISH economy has hit hard times. The evidence now is incontrovertible. From virtually every point on the economic compass, the news is bad. Economic growth is evaporating, unemployment is rising, consumer sentiment is weakening, the public finances are falling deeper into the red.
Ireland
Opinions
World food crisis
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
PROLONGED LOW world food prices have inhibited investment in food production and innovation. Suddenly this problem has become apparent over the last year, when soaring food prices have left many more of the world's population - an estimated 842 million people - hungry. It is a central issue in the Food and Agriculture Organisation's World Food Security conference in Rome, which concludes today. The problem has been reinforced by the recent large scale switching of agricultural land and resources to biofuels. Disagreements on this admittedly important matter should not obscure the need to make increased productivity a priority in food security policy.
Ireland
Opinions
Spare a thought for our long-suffering politicians
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
Nothing beats tramping the streets on a political canvass to see the public at its obnoxious worst, writes David Adams.
Ireland
Opinions
Now Obama must calculate the perils of choosing Clinton
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
Clinton as running mate could deliver key voters to Obama but should he select her with all her political baggage and record of attacking him? asks Denis Staunton.
Ireland
Opinions
Sustainable production can end food shortages
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
A fundamental re-think is needed to feed the world's rapidly growing population, writes John Gibbons.
Ireland
Opinions
Yes vote lets us tackle energy and climate issues together
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
If you care about the world environment, you should vote Yes, writes Eamon Ryan.
Ireland
Opinions
Europe is trying to govern us by deception and ruse
04.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
Vote Yes and face big tax hikes by Brussels decree; Vote No and do the rest of Europe a big favour, writes Frederick Forsythe.
Ireland
Opinions
Just imagine joy is waiting for you somewhere
04.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
SCHOOL IS winding down and small children are staring out the windows at freedom and counting the days until the heavy hand of grammar and spelling will be lifted from their backs, writes Garrison Keillor.
Ireland
Opinions
An Irishman's Diary
04.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
WHEN the normally highbrow novelist Sebastian Faulks accepted the challenge of writing a James Bond book to mark this year’s Ian Fleming centenary, I wonder if he considered the option of sniffing glue first.
Ireland
Opinions
Russia Approves Appointment Of Hryschenko As Ukraine's Ambassador
04.06.2008 12:29
ukranews.com
Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko announced this to journalists in Slovenia.
Ukraine
Politics
Health Ministry Sees Need To Resume Vaccination Against Measles And Rubella
04.06.2008 11:36
ukranews.com
Deputy Minister of Health Valerii Bidnyi announced this at a press conference.
Ukraine
Politics
Foreign Ministry Considers Impossible Increase Of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Structure In Crimea
04.06.2008 10:31
ukranews.com
The Foreign Ministry's press service has disclosed this in its commentaries.
Ukraine
Politics
Yuschenko Directs Cabinet To Ensure Preparation For NATO Secretary-General Scheffer's Visit To Ukraine
04.06.2008 08:29
ukranews.com
This is stated in the presidential decree No. 508/2008 dated June 3.
Ukraine
Politics
Rada Urges Cabinet To Submit Draft Agreement With Cyprus On Avoidance Of Double Taxation
04.06.2008 08:29
ukranews.com
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Arsenii Yatseniuk has instructed the staff of the parliament to draw up a corresponding protocol resolution.
Ukraine
Politics
Italian Companies Interested In Investing In Ukrainian Businesses
04.06.2008 07:25
ukranews.com
Italy's Ambassador to Ukraine Pietro Giovanni Donnici stated this in an interview with the Den newspaper.
Ukraine
Politics
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