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	Election year or In The Land of Milk and Honey by Gordana Mudri
	Greece on election fire (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Εάν το Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα και ο αρχ
	Majority of a low turnout voted for Karzai by Abdulhadi Hairan ‘Have not you ever seen a woman casting vote?’ asked an angry BB Jamila who was surrounded by an army of reporters and cameramen the moment she stepped inside Zarghoona High School at Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul. The reporters inu

	New Paradigms for the Idea of Europe vis-a-vis The Treaty of Lisbon by Dr. Emanuel Paparella
	International Election Monitors: Agents of Free Elections by Rene Wadlow
	Immigrants in Finland: Part 2 by Edna Nelson
	The real Euro-election winners by Thanos Kalamidas Days before Europe heads for the euro-elections and having watched four debates in four different countries, I’m seriously wondering if European citizens have any idea what they are voting for. Be careful I didn’t say who they are voti
	Europeennes: Le PS Fait Le Choix De La Mediocrite by Europe & Us Disons-le tout net : le PS, pourtant dirigé par la fille de Jacques Delors, montre une nouvelle fois que Hémicycle 1 l’Europe reste largement étrangère à sa culture interne. Comme l’a montré la composition
	Korpilahti Municipality (1867-2009) by Luis Alves The struggle against the isolation may have stimulated the strong identification of the Finnish people with their municipality (kunta), although the identification with their nationality (
	Finnish municipality elections by Thanos Kalamidas The next two weeks are having a lot of electoral excitement for all of us and I’m not talking only about the US presidential elections but also the elections in Finland. Over the last ten years I have lived in this country I have lived a ser
	[Elections] Rettet Ã–sterreich... by Newropeans-Magazine Les Autrichiens sont appelés aux urnes à la fin de ce mois. Le gouvernement précédent, une coalition droite/gauche élue même pas deux ans plus tôt, a conduit de crises en affaires le rég
	Mugabe: Africa's serial killer by Thanos Kalamidas At this minute, supporters of Africa’s Hitler caricature, Robert Mugabe show their power by beating people in cities and villages of Zimbabwe, people who didn’t go to vote or people who showed their support to the opposition, even peop
	Being candidate in more than one country? Maybe. by Newropeans-Magazine The European Parliament, several months ago, adopted an encouraging report on a Commission proposal, which I consider a good first step for a «Europeanization» of the European elections. Let's go a step backwards, before explaining t
	Olympic race to the White House by Thanos Kalamidas Here it is again… something about Barack Obama that makes me stop and think, ‘What did he say?’ This time it was all about the Beijing Olympic Games and his call for President George W. Bush not to go to China for the Opening Cer
	Where is the end, Mugabe? by Thanos Kalamidas The day the people of Zimbabwe were voting I wrote an article asking the people of Zimbabwe to be calm and that Mugabe will do anything and everything not to lose but he will know that he lost in the hearts and brains of the Zimbabwe people.
	Think free, people of Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas Zimbabwe has started voting early this morning and, according to the news, all the security forces and army are alarmed. Tanks are patrolling the streets of Harare and armed soldiers are deployed in all the cities around the country. Having a dict
	The Bright side of Mugabe by Thanos Kalamidas Everybody is warning about it in the loudest possible way and the only one who doesn’t want to hear is Robert Mugabe, the voices of the dead and the imprisoned scream go away and what is he doing? He’s going for elections! He’s e
	Everybody loves Robbie by Thanos Kalamidas Mugabe hits again by banning all the observers from the elections, especially all the western observers. I’m sorry if once more I’m writing about this notorious dictator of Zimbabwe but, as I have said be
	The Strategic Retreat of Burma's Military Rulers by Rohingya Human Rights Burma's ruling generals who have rejected the verdict of about fifteen million voters of Burma in the General Election of 1990, blocking Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) from taki
	Zimbabweans' Stockholm Syndrome by Thanos Kalamidas Among others, there is one thing in politics and history I have never understood: why do dictators desperately need elections? I mean why do some countries make such a big fuss about elections, organizing them carefully, advertising them internati
	Pakistan - Before and After by Abdulhadi Hairan The upcoming parliamentary elections in Pakistan scheduled for February 18 seems to be first ever bloodiest experience in the history of the nation as not only the nationalist party saw its supporters bathed in pools of blood but the country
	Rudy Giuliani and the hare by Thanos Kalamidas While all the lights are on, Democrats Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama and Republican John McCain declares the old soldier’s heroic comeback, there is somebody missing: the 9-11 mayor Rudy Giuliani! The man has not shown up yet, even though
	"ONE to one" campaign by The Ovi Team Dear ONE Member,This year, what happens in Vegas—and all of Nevada—isn't going to stay there. That's because, on January 19, Nevada is holding its earliest presidential caucus ever, right on the hee
	What have they done? by Thanos Kalamidas The moral of the Russian elections is that to have elections doesn’t mean that you have democracy! Putin got exactly what he wanted and Putin’s opposition got exactly what …he wanted, in the meantime, Russians try to find their l