accident
Europe's suicide tourism
Al Pacino put a damper on the atmosphere at the 50th Monte-Carlo television festival. In 'You don't know Jack' he interprets a doctor who is convicted several times for his practice of euthanasia. Soon to be released in France, Barry Levinson's film threatens to revive a debate which divides Europe, beginning wih the Netherlands, where the supporters of the 'Out of Free Will' initiative are campaigning for a 'right to die' for everyone over 70
accident, netherlands, euthanasia, eugenics, health, public health, science
Sludge-hit Hungary: Europe’s biggest ecological catastrophe since Chernobyl
Flour, lemon juice, vinegar, mineral water, detergent, wheelbarrows, gloves, face masks: it's not a shopping list but some of the donations urgently needed by the victims of the environmental catastrophe. cafebabel.com visits the area affected by the toxic sludge to find out how Hungarians have been helping their fellow countrymen
accident, environmental protection, natural disaster, cities, ecology, green europe on the ground, society
Lech Kaczynski laid to rest next to kings
Images of mourning in Poland which circulated the international media revealed one quite unexpected crack. After Lech Kaczynski’s family chose Wawel Castle in Krakow to be the president's last resting place, many citizens were outraged. Can you imagine French president Nicolas Sarkozy being laid to rest next to Napoleon in the Invalides? Or Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi finding peace in Rome’s Pantheon?
accident, jaroslaw kaczynski, cracow, civil society, death, politics, poland
President dead: what political future for Poland?
An election for a new president will need to be held in sixty days, but it’s hard to see how Polish society can pull itself together so quickly since their top illuminaries were largely killed in a plane crash on 10 April. Extract from cafebabel.com's Belgium-based American blogger 'Gulf Stream Blues'
accident, russian federation, jaroslaw kaczynski, blogs, death, politics, poland
Working in Europe: killing you slowly
Young people, old people, illegal people - the three sections of society who are the biggest victims of work-related accidents. The EU estimate this to be at 6, 000 every year. Why are you working yourself into an early grave? To distort the famous words of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, 'work more to suffer more'
