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EU reactions: Russian human rights activist murdered
On 15 July Natalya Estemirova, 50, was kidnapped and murdered by unknown assailants in the Chechen capital Grozny. The mother-of-one worked for the human rights organisation Memorial and was a close friend of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, also murdered in 2006. Pressbites from Poland, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and Spain
death, reaction, press, natalya estemirova, assassination, world affairs, anna politkovskaya
Michael Jackson dies aged 50: eastern EU grab their crotch in tribute
On 25 June, the king of pop died after a cardiac arrest in LA. He remains a firm musical reference for the 'eurogeneration’ growing up in the seventies and eighties. Ukrainian folk rock, Lithuania’s late MJ and Bulgaria’s Wacko Jacko wannabe – soundtrack tribute in videos
death, ukraine, videos, lithuania, bulgaria, obituary, music
Italy: coma patient Eluana Englaro dies after Berlusconi row
After more than 16 years in a persistent vegetative state, 38-year-old Eluana Englaro has died in the 'La Quiete' clinic in the northern Italian city of Udine after doctors removed her feeding tubes. The European press discusses the political intrigues surrounding her death
death, religion, euthanasia, silvio berlusconi, press review, medicine, pope benedict xvi
Obituary: alphabets, butterflies and Inger Christensen
Why learn Welsh? They all speak English anyway. Why learn unpronounceable Flemish, impossible Finnish, self-assertive Catalan or miniscule Danish? But when the Danish experimental poet died on 2 January 2009 in Copenhagen, a loser language lost its most beautiful voice
death, literature, catalan, flemish, copenhagen, william shakespeare, writers
Greece youth: violence in the name of education
9 December. As the funeral takes place of a young boy, whose death led to days of continuous rioting in Greek cities three days earlier, a look at where the rebellion is coming from. Voice from Athens
death, police, education system, reform, riots, protest, greece
18, 648 ‘legal’, industrial deaths in Europe
'Produce, consume, die’: the soundtrack for European industrial casualties is provided by eighties Italian punk group CCPP. For the third consecutive year, accidents and serious injuries are up by one quarter and a fifth respectively. Overview spanning Poland and Italy via the UK and India
death, labour, europe, safety and security at work , suicide, happiness, health
Third day of violence in Athens after 15-year-old rioter dies
Alexandros Grigoropoulos was allegedly hurling stones at a police car when officials shot him on 6 December. The incident has sparked riots, with protests held in Corfu and Germany. Ahead of a strike on 10 December, Greek, Italian, Swiss and German newspapers analyse the causes and the consequences for the government
death, switzerland, right-wing, scandal, press review, italy, police
Expresso: 'scandalous' use of asbestos-ridden EU parliament building
The Cypriot environment and health MEP Marios Matsakis, a professional forensic pathologist, calls for transparency on the health risk to all MEPs in the ten-year old building
death, cyprus, building, asbestos, safety, marios matsakis, expresso
Bronislaw Geremek: death of a former communist dissident
Tribute to the former Polish foreign minister, adviser to Lech Walesa and EU parliamentarian. The convinced European was killed in a car accident in Poland on 13 July. Obituary/ archive
Roger Woolger: 'it's not psychosis'
The British psychotherapist from Sussex, 63, brings together Jung theory and eastern philosophy in his 'deep memory process'. His theory on reincarnation: our past lives help us resolve our present neuroses
death, psychology, brunch, paris, western eu, france, violence
Euthanasia: Noel Martin wants to die
The British citizen of Jamaican origin, has been a paraplegic ever since he was attacked by a band of neo-Nazis. In 2007, he made headline news in Germany and is still fighting to be able to decide the date of his death
death, profile, integration, racism, neo-nazis, berlin, discrimination
Gunther von Hagens: ‘An anatomical exposition without publicity is like a theatre without a programme’
The 'plastinator' often hits European headlines with his 'Body Worlds' exhibition. Of course he will be having his own body plastinated, he says - interview
death, gunther von hagens, exposition, körperwelten, berlin, germany, culture
Borderline? Art on the scales
How far can art go? What taboos remain? Art often both fascinates and disgusts, in an attempt at containing cultural boundaries
Günther von Hagens: dead bodies 'Plastinator'
The German anatomist has created quite a furore with his ‘Body Worlds’ exhibition throughout Europe. Since November 2006, visitors to the Plastinarium workshop in Guben have observed how corpses are plasticised
death, feature, interview, central and eastern europe, germany, culture, art
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