Europe & Us Europe & Us is an online magazine in French with the same philosophy as Ovi. They are launching an English language supplement and will be taking articles from us, as we will take some from them.
C'est un tout petit article dans le Parisien qui porte le titre suivant : «Rachida Dati lance sa télé». Que dit l'article: «Après avoir investit la plate-forme vidéo Daily Motion (oui enfin pas complètement -voir lien), Rachida Dati vient de créer (on va le croire) sa propre Web TV.La ministre de la justice lance un blog vidéo pour sa communication ou elle est (on s'en doutait) omniprésente...» Outre que…
Let?s hope that those who had expressed concerns about Obama Barack's lack of international experience have listened to the Berlin speech of the US presidential candidate. In front of a crowd of some 100,000, Obama did not give in to the temptation of a rock star show, but delivered an almost historical speech drawing a picture of a better, safer and peaceful world for all and re-defining the position of the USA in the world if he wins the elections.
Seize ans en arrière. Rio de Janeiro, Conférence des Nations Unies sur l'environnement et le développement. Un discours, d'une enfant aux adultes, en charge de la conduite du monde. Aucune recherche de sentimentalisme. Juste une question: au-delà d'une belle déclaration, les choses ont-elles seulement évolué, les paroles de Severn Suzuki seulement entendues. No (more) comment.
Until very recently, Turkey was an emerging economic success story; a role model for Islamic humankind. Today the country is increasingly associated with instability and un¬certainty. Tension between the old, secularist elite and the Islamic-rooted pro-reform ruling party has reached a climax. The chief prosecutor wants to ban from politics the governing party ? a party that received almost half of all votes at last year?s general election. Economic indicators are turning red. The Turkish situation is exacerbated by the…
Ce fut davantage une visite protocolaire qu?une tournée d?adieux chargée en émotions. A cinq mois des élections présidentielles américaines, les Etats-Unis et le reste du monde semblent désormais fixer leurs regards vers l?horizon 2009 quand la passation de pouvoir devrait ouvrir une nouvelle ère de la politique intérieure et étrangère américaine.
Since the days of Shakespeare, drama is at home in English speaking countries. So it was almost pathetic that the results of the Irish referendum about the Lisbon Treaty were announced on Friday 13th. And Friday 13th might turn out to Elm Street for Euro technocrats. Ireland has rejected the Lisbon Treaty and since the Treaty must be signed by all 27 member states of the EU, it can be considered as clinically dead. Bad news, since the Lisbon Treaty…
Depuis que les résultats sont officiels, les communiqués triomphants des tenants du «non» français de 2005 pleuvent comme à Gravelotte. Autant il est logique que les souverainistes de droite se réjouissent d?un «non» qui plonge ses racines dans les mêmes sources idéologiques qu?eux (nation, famille, religion, libéralisme économique), autant on a quelques difficultés à comprendre l?enthousiasme du «non» de gauche qui se veut pro-européen. Sinon, au nom du principe que les ennemis de mes ennemis sont mes amis, ce qui…
There is something that I have often emphasized, that Africa or south-east Asia are very far away in our minds, much more than they are in reality, and we have connected the embarrassing acts of our times, like human and drug trafficking, with these corners of the earth. The connection is not entirely unfair since a lot happens and there are states like the dictatorship of Myanmar that champion human and drugs trafficking; actually, the dictators of Myanmar hold the…
Now, this is getting really weird. The Olympic flame is crossing the world and everywhere, it needs to be protected from protesters who do not wish to support these Olympic Games in a country which is oppressing Tibet and systematically violating human rights. However, it seems ridiculous when Chinese leaders talk about ?a pure sports event? which should not be mixed up with politics. This truly is a great lesson from a country which, for political reasons, has boycotted Olympic…
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Until very recently, Turkey was an emerging economic success story; a role model for Islamic humankind. Today the country is increasingly associated with instability and un¬certainty. Tension between the old, secularist elite and the Islamic-rooted pro-reform ruling party has reached a climax. The chief prosecutor wants to ban from politics the governing party ? a party that received almost half of all votes at last year?s general election. Economic indicators are turning red. The Turkish situation is exacerbated by the…
Ce fut davantage une visite protocolaire qu?une tournée d?adieux chargée en émotions. A cinq mois des élections présidentielles américaines, les Etats-Unis et le reste du monde semblent désormais fixer leurs regards vers l?horizon 2009 quand la passation de pouvoir devrait ouvrir une nouvelle ère de la politique intérieure et étrangère américaine.
Since the days of Shakespeare, drama is at home in English speaking countries. So it was almost pathetic that the results of the Irish referendum about the Lisbon Treaty were announced on Friday 13th. And Friday 13th might turn out to Elm Street for Euro technocrats. Ireland has rejected the Lisbon Treaty and since the Treaty must be signed by all 27 member states of the EU, it can be considered as clinically dead. Bad news, since the Lisbon Treaty…
Depuis que les résultats sont officiels, les communiqués triomphants des tenants du «non» français de 2005 pleuvent comme à Gravelotte. Autant il est logique que les souverainistes de droite se réjouissent d?un «non» qui plonge ses racines dans les mêmes sources idéologiques qu?eux (nation, famille, religion, libéralisme économique), autant on a quelques difficultés à comprendre l?enthousiasme du «non» de gauche qui se veut pro-européen. Sinon, au nom du principe que les ennemis de mes ennemis sont mes amis, ce qui…
There is something that I have often emphasized, that Africa or south-east Asia are very far away in our minds, much more than they are in reality, and we have connected the embarrassing acts of our times, like human and drug trafficking, with these corners of the earth. The connection is not entirely unfair since a lot happens and there are states like the dictatorship of Myanmar that champion human and drugs trafficking; actually, the dictators of Myanmar hold the…
Now, this is getting really weird. The Olympic flame is crossing the world and everywhere, it needs to be protected from protesters who do not wish to support these Olympic Games in a country which is oppressing Tibet and systematically violating human rights. However, it seems ridiculous when Chinese leaders talk about ?a pure sports event? which should not be mixed up with politics. This truly is a great lesson from a country which, for political reasons, has boycotted Olympic…