Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Western Europe from May 2007

Western Europe · May, 2007
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Stories about Western Europe from May, 2007

31 May 2007

Macedonia, Greece: Name Dispute

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

30 May 2007

Russia, Austria: Raiffeisen, Murder and Money Laundering

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Libya: Blair in Tripoli

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

25 May 2007

How the South is financing the North's internet connection

Written by Jennifer Brea · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

24 May 2007

Russia: Investments in Austria

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

23 May 2007

Human Sacrifice & the Politics of Death

Written by Jennifer Brea · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Europe: Third Annual Satin Pajama Awards

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

22 May 2007

Russia, UK: More on the Litvinenko Affair

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

France's Overseas Territories Now Under the Administration of the Ministry of the Interior

Written by Jennifer Brea · Quick Reads · Caribbean

21 May 2007

Morocco: The Week of Firsts

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

It was a week of firsts in Morocco - with the first French Minister of Moroccan descent, the first newspaper and the first wine store. Jillian York has more in...

Alain Mabanckou on the new French government

Written by Jennifer Brea · Quick Reads · France

France's New “Ministry of Nationalism and Expulsion”

Written by Jennifer Brea · Middle East & North Africa

Francophone blogger Et Si Nous Parlions has no love for French president Nicolas Sarkozy's new Ministry of Immigration, Integration, National Identity, and Co-Development. He prefers to call it the “Ministry...

18 May 2007

Ukraine: Yushchenko's UK Visit Cancelled

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Dissent and Samara Summit

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Morocco: Fighting ignorance, injustice, and irrationality

Written by Hamza Daoui · Middle East & North Africa

Giving one's child a special first name should be an inalienable right, not a lengthy bureaucratic process. Hamza Daoui covers a debate stirring up over this very issue, as well...

Israel: Brits Banning Israeli Universities, Professors and Students

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

17 May 2007

The EU: “The ‘Balkans’ They Love to Hate”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Madagascar: Malagasy bloggers in France criticize Sarkozy's proposed immigration policy

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · France

The platform on which France's new president Nicolas Sarkozy was elected proposes the creation of a ministry of immigration and national identity. Immigrants who have been living in France for...

Burundi: French Man Mistaken for a Cannibal

Written by Jennifer Brea · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

16 May 2007

Europe: Still Some More on Eurovision

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe