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Rise of Greenlandic cinema in Denmark

('Annie Rutherford',) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:04:11 -0000

'You will only find Greenlandic cultural projects in public libraries in Denmark,' prophesises one Dane I meet. However awareness of the minority’s work is on the rise as I find in Copenhagen’s north atlantic centre's biannual film festival - for the first time, it focuses exclusively on Greenlandic film

Finnish, German, Italian reaction to islamist murder in Pakistan

('euro topics',) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:52:02 -0000

Shabbaz Bhatti, minister of minorities, was murdered by islamists in Islamabad on 2 March. Pakistan's only christian cabinet minister, the 42-year-old was one of the few to oppose abuses of the country's blasphemy laws. European commentators fear the forces of radical islam could gain in strength, and call on the international community to take action

Kosovo declared independence one year ago. Is the region really destabilised?

('Mira Galanova',) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:39:48 -0000

As the authority of the world’s newest country moved to the EU, Belgrade asks the international community for a role in shaping Kosovo's future. But there are signs that the government would like to put the issue aside

Obituary: alphabets, butterflies and Inger Christensen

('Lass\xc3\xab Jensen',) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:35:47 -0000

Why learn Welsh? They all speak English anyway. Why learn unpronounceable Flemish, impossible Finnish, self-assertive Catalan or miniscule Danish? But when the Danish experimental poet died on 2 January 2009 in Copenhagen, a loser language lost its most beautiful voice

Leo Baeck summer university: ‘Berlin, so similar to Tel Aviv, my home town’

('Kate Stansfield',) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:00 -0000

At the crossroads of migratory flows and in a city so full of history, every year young people reflect on their Jewish identity since the European post-war period. Report

Expresso: do we say gypsies, Roma or Rroma?

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0000

Saimir Mile, president of the 'La Voix des Rroms' (The Voice of the Roms) association in France, says that the European media should spell Roma like the people themselves do. First in our 'expresso' series launching common linguistic bones of contentions