Member of the Board of Latvian Union for Youth Progress Sergey Potapkin, chairman of All-Russia public organization “Russian Union of Youth” Andrey Platonov and co-chairman of the Young Entrepreneurs International Business Forum Ivan Polyakov signed Memorandum of intent to establish International Association of Eurasian Business Partnership.
The Association’s goal is to develop international business contacts; to [...]
Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.
Former Israeli ambassador to Poland Szewach Weiss stresses the importance of the commemorations in the tabloid Fakt:
“The celebrations … are an expression of our eternal conscience, forever part of the present, providing the moral energy with which we must [...]
Apple boss Steve Jobs presented his new tablet computer, the iPad, in San Francisco on Wednesday. This hybrid between a laptop and an iPhone could radically change the way we consume culture, writes the press.
La Vanguardia – Spain
Apple’s new product could change cultural habits, the daily La Vanguardia writes:
“The economic aspect of this operation is [...]
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The cold winter is taking its toll on Lithuania’s birds.
The water may not be frozen, but with temperatures much lower than ten degrees below zero degrees celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), the birds’ bills freeze over, preventing them from being able to eat.
Whether Despite or Because of Russia’s Realpolitik, There Are Modest Signs of Cooperation in U.S.-Russian Relations
As the United States last week agreed to station Patriot missiles in Poland only 100 kilometers from Russian soil in order to bolster Polish air defense, the international community braced itself for a return to hostile U.S.-Russian relations. But [...]
In December 2009, 20.2 percent of all Finns aged below 25 were unemployed, according to figures published on Tuesday by Statistics Finland.
But youth unemployment is a European problem and all affected states should work together, writes the daily Etelä-Suomen Sanomat:
“The word ‘job creation scheme’ does not have a good reputation because it doesn’t necessarily promise [...]
As European Capital of Culture 2009 Vilnius suffered heavily from the conflict of powers between the Lithuanian government and the city administration, and now the same fate could await the Estonian capital of Tallinn in 2011, the daily Õhtuleht (Estonia) fears:
“Being a Culture Capital is a national task that should not be discussed to death [...]
A French parliamentary committee recommended on Tuesday that the so called burqa, or Muslim full-body veil, be banned. While a burqa ban could check the spread of fundamentalism it is also humiliating for those affected by it, European commentators argue.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – Germany
The French government hopes that a ban on women wearing full body [...]
A large parade will be held in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The daily Latvijas Avīze says there’s no point making a fuss over whether Latvian President Valdis Zatlers should go or not:
“We now know that the Kremlin has announced through the Foreign Ministry that [...]
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