Wednesday-Night

Kosovo readies bid for UN membership
Kosovo’s foreign minister, Skender Hyseni, will meet with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and address the Security Council next week as part of Kosovo’s bid to obtain UN membership. Hyseni predicts a wave of official recognitions of statehood from other countries, following an International Court […]

While we cannot avoid keeping a weather eye on the ever-changing political winds to the south, we are happy to turn to developments in Europe and elsewhere this week.
In the company of one of our favorite (and only Balkan) experts, Misha Crnobrnja, former ambassador, author, banker, environmental economist, professor of European Integrations and Economy of […]

February 7, 2007
This message of dribs and drabs makes no claim to any sort of thematic coherence (much like many Wednesday Nights). We would welcome other offerings, should you wish to suggest them, provided you stay away from the U.S. presidential candidates - it’s too early to take anyone seriously; and the arrest of astronaut […]

More (photos) on Wednesday-Night.com
Susan Eyton-Jones on the eve of her departure for Charlottesville Virginia and the Ash Lawn Festival, came to say a quick goodbye and thank you to her many Wednesday Night friends who had encouraged her and written letters of recommendation on her behalf.
Misha Crnobrnja introduced his guest, Yuri Boldizeff, a graduate of […]

It has been quite a week! For those of us privileged to hear Kimon on the subject of Global Governance last Wednesday, it was a bit of a shock to wake up to Global Chaos on Thursday morning. Presumably this will give rise to a new entry in the Lexicon - E-Chaos.
Then […]

Harry Mayerovitch (90 in April) will have an exhibition in our new Vic Hall Gallery April 12 to May 24. Described by Mayor Peter F. Trent as a true Renaissance man, Harry is an accomplished architect, town planner, author, painter, photo expert, book illustrator, poster creator (WW II), sculptor and cartoonist.
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The Report (photos and more)
This Wednesday’s invitation advertised “we have Misha Crnobrnja back from a very successful tour at William and Mary and just about to leave again for Macedonia. We look forward to hearing his usual informed opinion regarding the latest thinking in Washington regarding Kosovo, what is most likely to happen […]

17 December 1997
This was the first Wednesday after the wrap-up of the Kyoto Protocol meeting and we, naturally, looked at the results of the Conference and what the impact will be, not only on Canada, but also on other regions of the world (including India). We were lucky to have Janine Ferretti of the […]

The Prologue
As the postal strike continues and we are unable to exchange letters, Wednesday November 26th will be an Alphabet Soup - APEC, IMF, MAI, with a little QSPELL, a dash of PLQ and certainly some NYSE,SEC and even RRSP. For further information, please consult the Website and look for “Soon-come Events”. Not only will […]

The Economy:
The Canadian dollar remains very undervalued. The talk of deflation is not to be taken seriously. Deflation is tied into a decrease in the money supply. In Canada, the money supply has been growing at a rate of close to fifteen percent. This is a leading indicator of continuing growth through 1997-98.
Jacques Clément, […]