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11 August 2011

Syria: World Cities Rally Against and For Bashar

Written by Thalia Rahme · Human Rights, Protest

Events in Syria are being echoed around the world. Syrians in the diaspora rallied in the majority of the cities in the world, either asking to overthrow Bashar Al Assad and his regime or chanting their love to their leader. Check out this video round up for footage from demonstrations worldwide.

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18 May 2011

World: FIFA Election – House of Knaves or Knights?

Written by Richard Wanjohi · Elections, Sport

Football fans have been treated to some really interesting times in the last few months. The latest is the FIFA election, which comes at a time when one of the most powerful non-governmental bodies in the world has suddenly has started looking vulnerable.

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30 August 2010

Western Europe: A journey through tech for transparency projects

Written by Sylwia Presley · Technology for Transparency Network

Sylwia Presley takes us on a tour of technology for transparency projects in Western Europe.

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8 December 2009

Egypt: When did Saudi Arabia become Switzerland's role model?

Written by Marwa Rakha · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Reactions continue to flow forth from bloggers around the Middle East and North Africa regarding Switzerland's controversial ban on the construction of minarets.

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4 December 2009

Slovakia: Controversial Politician Opposes Construction of a Casino

Written by Tibor Blazko · Development, Education

TriGranit, one of Europe's largest property developers, in cooperation with Harrah's Entertainment, the world's largest gaming company, are to build a leisure and shopping complex with a casino in Slovakia. Tibor Blazko translates some of what Slovak netizens have to say about one of the critics of this construction project.

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1 December 2009

Arab World: Reactions to the Swiss Ban on Minarets

Written by Jillian C. York · Breaking News, Development

On Sunday, November 29, 57.5% of Swiss voters approved a ban on the construction of new minarets atop mosques, paving the way for a constitutional amendment. The ban has sparked mixed reactions throughout the Arab and Muslim blogospheres: While some bloggers are outraged, others make the point that banning minarets does not hinder practicing the faith.

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Updates about Switzerland

5 December 2011

French

The Genevan blog of Rémi Mogenet, Le Savoyard de la Tribune, explains with supporting examples that [fr]: “Mythological African traditional stories have made a remarkable entrance into francophone literature”. He quotes the Mandika epic tale of Soundjata, written and published in French by Guinean D. T. Niane, as well as, for Cameroon, Au Pays des initiés by Gabriel Mfomo and La Marseillaise de mon enfance by Jean-Marton Tchaptchet, without forgetting L' Anthologie nègre by Blaise Cendrars.

• Suzanne Lehn

5 August 2011

French

Michelle Nougoum, in a post published on on afrik.com [fr] points out another case of land leasing in Africa for the purpose of agrofuels in Sierra Leone : “[The Swiss firm] Addax et Oryx intends to exploit 57 000 hectares of lands that is home to 13 000 people for a 50 years period in Makeni, in the North of Sierra Leone. Local grassroots organizations oppose this decision since only 10 000 hectares shall be actually dedicated to growing the intended sugarcane.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

21 April 2011

German

Gedankenbörsen Blog draws attention to [GER] a new magazine in Switzerland - Echo - about Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

• Vilhelm Konnander

29 June 2010

English

SRF from GeoCurrent Events blog writes about the economic geography of the 2010 FIFA World Cup participant countries.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

10 December 2009

Updates

There is time until January 4th, 2010 to send in your video pitch for your cause if you want a chance to participate in the World economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland. Read all instructions and Conditions to participate on the Davos YouTube Channel or on their site.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

30 September 2009

English

Polandian writes about Poland's plans to legalize chemical castration for those who commit sexual crimes against minors - and about the arrest of Roman Polanski in Switzerland and the Polish foreign minister's intention to ask the U.S. president to pardon the film director: “Now, if the 1977 charge had been for shoplifting, one might just about argue that Poland has the right to go asking for a pardon for this famous son, however, the charge was for the rape of a 13 year old girl when Polanski was 44.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

6 August 2009

English

The Temasek Review has an article comparing the National Day celebrations in Singapore and Switzerland.

• Mong Palatino

Comments on "Switzerland"

Israel: Reflections on the Holocaust Memorial Day and Durban II

the problem between israeli and palestinian exists because each side sees it from thier point of view, but real problem...

wow nice article. its helpful. thank you
I strongly beleive that every religion has to be respected and every individual be let to follow his heart. Live...

This is not about Saudi Arabia becoming the role model for the Swiss, but rather about the Swiss claiming their...
but isn't it so that Islam condemns icons? what, is a minaret not just that, in that it 'represents' a call...
Jewish people lived happily enough in North Africa for a very long time when they were being persecuted in Europe....