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Kirtimai: Lithuania's Roma on education and 'missing England'

Less than 3, 000 Roma live in Lithuania. Representing 0.1% of the population, there are still enough Baltic 'gypsies' to serve as a scapegoat in a country feeling squeezed by the crisis. However, in one Lithuanian village, Romualda, Svetlana, Konstantin and Konsela are helping the community to lift its head

by Emmanuel Haddad @ // 06/01/12

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Nightlife in Vilnius: ethnic minority benders

6.7% Polish, 6.3% Russian, 1.2% Belarusian, 0.7% Ukrainian, 0.1% Yiddish, 0.09% Tartar…approximately 115 communities of ethnic minorities were listed in this vein in a 2001 census in Lithuania. How integrated are these groups in local society? One way of finding out is by hitting the tiles

by Cristina Cartes @ // 05/01/12

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Norman Davies: 'Go to London and ask anyone about Katyn...'

The leading British writer historian on Europe, who is specialised on the UK and Poland in particular, on falsified history and the cases of Putin, Germany and Napoleon's breakfasts. Read the translation of an interview he accorded to cafebabel.pl, in Polish

by Karolina Zbytniewska @ // 01/07/10

Opium, the green gold of Afghanistan

Despite the efforts of the United Nations and the government, the production of opium continues to grow, inundating Europe with tonnes of heroin.

by rossella quaranta // 26/09/05

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