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Denmark 2011 Oscar for In A Better World - but not a very Danish movie
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?
island, doctors, film review, happiness, children, culture calendar, nature
Martinique: European elections 'time to test the EU's social character'
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
island, martinique, guadeloupe, union européenne, overseas, society
Greenland: Europe’s arctic window closes up
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
island, european union, greenland, referendum, world affairs, denmark, independence
Greek islands: a new Eldorado for clandestine immigrants
The influx of clandestine immigrants to Italy and Spain has drastically reduced; the eastern Aegean Sea has become the new destination for illegal migrants
island, eudebate2009, clandestine, leros, aegan sea, feature, illegal
