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French caricaturist on satire magazine petrol bombing
On 2 November the Paris HQ of Charlie Hebdo, a French weekly satire magazine, were completely burnt in a Molotov cocktail attack at the next day's planned release of the paper called 'Charia Hebdo', dedicated to Tunisia's moderate islamist election victory. One French cartoonist replies
newspaper, islamic terrorism, controversy, techno-media, france, news, islamophobia
Pass the buck, Murdoch and Brooks
During the British parliamentary hearing of the news tycoon Murdochs on 19 July, a friend analysed the 'father-and-son's game of patty-cake': 'I pass the buck to you, you pass it back. Pass pass pass pass, oh, and then pass it to competitor papers, because it's clearly their fault. And then pass it to News of the World because how can one or two men be responsible for a company that's just SO big?' Is it a phrase which translates well to other European idioms?
newspaper, scandal, media, united kingdom, tower of babel, idioms, european parliament
Dutch, Slovenians, Swiss on Cameron-Clegg: new UK leaders
On 12 May, conservative and liberal democrat heads David and Nick officially stood outside No. 10 Downing Street to present themselves as the leaders of the coalition in Great Britain. Clegg has said we need to get used to a 'new kind of government', which will not be moving closer to Europe. The EU press reacts
newspaper, gordon brown, downing street, united kingdom, government, press review, politics
Dissecting Europe's crucifix conflict
On 3 November the European court of human rights ruled that crucifixes in classrooms violate the religious freedom of schoolchildren. Representatives from politics and the church roundly condemn the judgement, while many media welcome the decision. The Iberian, Maltese and Italian press react
newspaper, italy, european court of justice, euweek, religion, catholicism, school
Eta: 'ignore European terrorism', 'stay on holiday in Majorca'
Presumed terrorists of the Basque underground organisation Eta set off a total of four bombs in the Spanish holiday resort of Palma on Majorca on 9 August. Only ten days ago Eta carried out an attack on the island in which two police officers were killed. The Spanish, German, Hungarian and Czech media respond
newspaper, press, euweek, eta, journalism, eurotopics, basque country
Alison Smale: 'by learning languages I could escape the boring life I had been living as a child in England'
The former German and Politics student at Bristol university is the first woman to lead the Paris-based International Herald Tribune. The multilingual managing editor talks European elections, languages and journalism
newspaper, barack obama, media, united kingdom, paris, brunch, european elections 2009
Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova: ‘Russian murders shocking, but hardly a surprise’
As we mourn our lost Russian colleagues, Belarusians do not forget our own Baburovas, Politkovskayas and Klebnikovs. We remember why they perished. Expresso
newspaper, freedom of opinion, russian federation, belarus, presse, society, assassination
