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Polish, Czech, Finnish and German media on Euro 2012 boycott

('euro topics',) — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:22:24 -0000

On 30 April EU Commission president José Manuel Barroso announced that he will stay away from the Euro 2012 in Ukraine as long as constitutional principles are violated there. Many politicians of European countries have rejected the idea, finding a boycott ineffectual and the discussion surrounding it hypocritical

What's going on with China as guest of honour at the Frankfurt book fair?

('euro topics',) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:36 -0000

At the opening ceremony on 13 October, in the presence of Chinese vice president Xi Jinping, German chancellor Angela Merkel said there would be 'no taboos'. The Italian, Swiss, Spanish and German press react

Nawal El Moutawakel: ‘girls think that sport is a macho world’

('Helen Swain',) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:01:41 -0000

The former Moroccan women's track hurdler and current youth and sports minister says nobody wants to change. Interview

Josefa Idem wins Olympic silver for canoe

('Marco Riciputi',) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:30:00 -0000

The East German-born canoer, 42, and sporty mum-of-two won for Italy at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, after a string of international successes in LA, Seoul, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens

Hosting the Olympics won't improve your life

('Catherine Neilan',) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:30:50 -0000

Enthusiastic as preparations may appear on the world stage, the positive economic and human rights impact of the August Olympic Games will be minimal in China

Frankfurt - Beijing: getting German Olympic rowers to China

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:00:08 -0000

Organising the transport of boats and beer from Germany to far-off China could be considered an Olympic challenge in itself

Babelblogs: Olympics of human rights

('Natalia Sosin',) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000

British exes, banking superheros, Athens and garapos in Cuba - plus the latest Franco-German blog to watch out for

Lithuanians crazy about basketball

Tue, 03 May 2005 14:00:00 -0000

Basketball is the most popular and emotionally intense sport in Lithuania, which is quite a conservative catholic country. Basketball becomes the second religion when an important match is taking place and the sport has a long and great history in this Baltic state