Germany: #Blockupy Protests Against Pan-European Austerity
Region: GermanyWritten by Sara Moreira Blockupy [2]‘ protests against “the widespread impoverishment and denial of democratic rights occurring in the Eurozone as part of a global systemic crisis” shook the financial... more
Views: 1059France: Taking a Stand for Regional Languages
Region: FranceWritten byRayna St. On March 31, 2012, several simultaneous events took place in France's major cities, driven by the overarching goal of showing an unfailing support to regional as well as in... more
Views: 1359Hungary: An Eventful Celebration of the National Holiday
Region: HungaryWritten by Marietta Le Last week, Hungary celebrated the 164th anniversary of the 1848 Revolution [1]. On March 15, 2012, the opposition elected a rapper as the ‘alternative president' - while the prime mi... more
Views: 1195France: Why Celebrated Film ‘The Artist' Isn't Such a Hit at Home
Region: FranceWritten by Anne Lozac'h and Translated by Georgi McCarthy [All links forward to French articles unless stated otherwise.] In February 2012, French and world cinema history was made after five&... more
Views: 1192China: A Portrayal of Portrayals of Cultural And Ethnic Stereotypes
Region: ChinaWritten by John Kennedy Zhang Xu (”Nick in the House”), a comedic vlogger from northeast China, recently put together a video [1] to showcase different cultural and ethnic stereotypes fro... more
Views: 1769Will the French ever stop worshiping Napoleon?
Region: France
So, the French are planning to build a “Napoleonland” theme park in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, in the south of Paris (the site of Napoleon’s last military victory over the Austrians, in 1814)... more
Views: 2453National Confrance leaders lambast PDP
Region: India
Chalana (Nagrota)/Jammu, December 06 (Scoop News) –Minister of State for R&B, Javed Ahmed Dar said that power politics has been PDP’s trait since its inception and is least concerned wit... more
Views: 1008Global Expansion of High-speed Railroads Gains Steam
Region: United StatesInterest in high-speed rail (HSR) is growing around the world and the number of countries running these trains is expected to nearly double over the next few years, according to new research by the Worldwatch Institute for... more
Views: 995In France: The Fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
Region: FranceWritten by Claire Ulrich, GlobalVoices On Sunday 15 May, 2011, France awoke to a political earthquake: a sex scandal involving the (now former) French president of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), Dominique Strauss-... more
Views: 2872Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a Dangerous Man
Region: United StatesDominique Strauss-Kahn, the current Managing Director of the IMF¹ (International Monetary Fund), has been arrested on Saturday afternoon in New York, as he was about to take off at JFK airport, on board an Air... more
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