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Denmark 2011 Oscar for In A Better World - but not a very Danish movie

('Juliane Dybkj\xc3\xa6r',) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:55:15 -0000

Susanne Bier’s ‘Hævnen’ is a story about blood, thirst and justice and the hard realities of life. But how did a movie about such dark subjects come out of Denmark, the country with the happiest people on earth?

Martinique: European elections 'time to test the EU's social character'

('Eloise',) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:15:00 -0000

Malik Duranty, a young politics graduate at the University of Guyana and the Caribbean, on how the first effects of the credit crunch are being felt as far as the remote regions of the EU, the insular and dependent localities. Extract

Greenland: Europe’s arctic window closes up

('laurenthompson',) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0000

On 21 June, Greenland will become yet more independent with regard to Denmark. A new system voted via a referendum will give inhabitants the right to their own energy resources, concerning about thirty domains

Greek islands: a new Eldorado for clandestine immigrants

('Helen Swain',) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0000

The influx of clandestine immigrants to Italy and Spain has drastically reduced; the eastern Aegean Sea has become the new destination for illegal migrants