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REPORT democracy : Strategy 31: Russians protest for right to demonstrate

Strategy 31: Russians protest for right to demonstrate

Just a fortnight after the ‘indignant’ protests of Europe, Russians are marching onto their streets and into their squares. However, their motive isn't the greed of those in power but rather the violation of their right to peaceful assembly. Alexandra reports from Saint Petersburg

by cafebabel.com // 01/11/11

democracy, moscow, russian federation, dmitry medvedev, politics, vladimir putin

ANALYSIS democracy : Spanish user describes 'big bad twitter'

Spanish user describes 'big bad twitter'

‘21st Century Agora’, the ‘New Public Sphere’ and the ‘Fifth Power’ - the micro-blogging service has been labelled many things since its launch in 2006, some of which seem grandiose and others which don’t sound right at all. Labels for twitter are a variation of the following three themes: that it is a place, a medium and a tool

by Cristina Mirinda @ // 17/10/11

democracy, technology, twitter, libya, techno-media, 'indignant citizens' movement, revolution

FEATURE democracy : Visit to the EHU: Belarusian elite university exiled in Vilnius

Visit to the EHU: Belarusian elite university exiled in Vilnius

The decision was taken: the European humanities university, created in Minsk, Belarus in 1992, packed up to join Vilnius (and democracy) in 2004. In this oasis of free education, Belarusian youth have been exiled further and further to the west

by Rosinska @ // 15/06/09

democracy, eudebate on the ground, eudebate2009, lithuania, university, russian federation, belarus

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The Dawn of Democracy in the Arab World

By Lucio Levi, president of the Movimento Federalista Europeo and professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics at the University of Torino in Italy After the fall of the fascist regimes in Mediterranean Europe, in Latin America and in Asia and after the fall of the communist regimes in the ...

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Around 90 % voter turnout in Belgium in all elections of the European Parliament since 1979 - more than in any other European country. But the extraordniary result is not owed to the more democratic or more European attitude of the Belgians, but to the obligation of Belgian voters registered on the ...

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