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INTERVIEW network : Flare network, mapping Europe's mafia connections

Flare network, mapping Europe's mafia connections

Founded at the European parliament in June 2008, the anti-organised crime network want to rejig European laws and describe how EU money regenerates mafia-seized property. Interview with communications officer Roxana Smil

by Giacomo Rosso @ // 02/02/10

network, italy, saviano roberto, society, corruption, mafia, gang

Lazy Bundestag showdown

Lazy Bundestag showdown

The uninspired German election campaign will probably continue ailing until elections take place on 27 September. A fibreless TV chancellor duel and lustless candidates have had a somniferous impact on the electing nation. Will Angela Merkel, the most 'powerful woman in the world' over the last four years, seduce the girls? Or will Steinmeier hack into the Russian Facebook community first? Maybe subjects like climate change from eco-showman Guttenberg or the fictional candidate, the comedian Horst Schlämmer, could shake up the dozing federal republic

DEBATE network : I quit Facebook - even Bill Gates did

I quit Facebook - even Bill Gates did

More than 250 million people have registered themselves on Facebook. This spectacular number will soon be surpassed; the social network is growing at a rate of 5 million users a week. Nonetheless, the giant is not unstoppable. Its critics are also multiplying, and some are choosing to log off the network for the final time

by Álvaro Sánchez @ // 18/08/09

network, united states, blogs, india, internet, facebook, communication

OPINION network : Global European culture: a bad year for France

Global European culture: a bad year for France

Values, attitudes, and ways of life … European countries export their cultures and languages across the world in order to create a dialogue. In a new series on cultural 'diplomacy', we crack on with the wilting French network abroad

by Hugo Compagnon @ // 20/05/09

network, gouvernement, alliances françaises, foreign policy, diplomacy, language, books

INTERVIEW network : British military in Second Life

British military in Second Life

We talk to Bad CO, a serving officer in the British Army, who administers the unofficial community website along with Good CO, a former infantry officer

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 26/09/07

network, virtual worlds, 3d, second life, media, defence, world affairs

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