37 days ago by admin

Just as I thought I was moving on to a new page in literary subject matter, the postwar partisan story has taken another turn with the launch of a fresh polemic against these underground resisters of Soviet occupation in Lithuania. A contentious new book has appeared in Lithuania, called A Memorial ...

37 days ago by Θεόφιλος

The Hungarian Parliment - Hungary has a new Constitution. Many people, such as Paul Krugman, have been critical of this step. Some say that the new constitution, which took effect on January 1, discriminates against Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and several Protestant denominations. I don’t know enough ...

38 days ago by Meriah

ABC ran a special last week on the story of the Cox family, their adoption of the delightful Mia Kareen and the situation that currently exists in the Ukraine (and other Eastern European countries). If you didn't see it, you should be able to catch it here. It was beautiful and achingly haunting - k ...

39 days ago by Cheradenine Zakalwe

The reforms introduced in Hungary, although troubling in some respects, contain some elements that represent a bold challenge to elite ideology. In particular, official recognition of Islam as a religion has been rescinded; and the Hungarian government has unabashedly recognised ethnicity as being a ...

39 days ago by michaeljjordan

Lesotho's Mount Qiloane, the sun-baked symbol of the Basotho people. (Photo: mjj) MASERU, Lesotho – At the U.S. destination of “Four Corners” – where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah converge – flexible tourists bend over to be photographed with a limb in all four. Today, I attem ...

39 days ago by michaeljjordan

[ The following article appeared Jan. 3, 2012, in Harvard's Nieman Reports.] ‘… There’s little interest in what Slovak journalism refers to as publicistika: serious news features, profiles and analysis. It turns out such stories can be bad for business.’ By Michael J. Jordan Foreign Reporting BRATIS ...

39 days ago by admin

The European media landscape upon a anniversary of a finish of a Cold War as well as a Arabic bent uncover which says it is in balance with Islam. Similar Posts: Tips on How to Restring Your Electric... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

39 days ago by Benjamin Starr

You don’t get much more trippy than the far-out movie posters of Eastern Europe in the 60′s and 70′s. From Poland, Andre de Krayewski created as many as a dozen posters a year for both famous imported films and domestic creations, all with his signature art deco meets pop art style. Other artists li ...

40 days ago by tmitch57

After years of amusing myself by watching the pundits having their ignorance played back to them on Nightline and in rival press columns, I am publicly putting my predictions forward. As my crystal ball has been in the shop for decades I claim no special insight into the future. My predictions are b ...

40 days ago by Ashley Morrison

.. or in our case, it could actually be the other way around. Over the years, we have worked all over Europe and the East Coast of America – and needless to say, we love working abroad – so now that the Christmas festive period is over, it’s time to start thinking about the year [...]