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Megaupload vs Sopa and Pipa: it'll be e-right on the night
Act one: stop online piracy. Act two: protect international property. Act three: shut down a famous file-sharing site. Act four: anti-counterfeiting trade agreement. We call for a bit of order in the debate on internet freedom versus intellectual property rights which has kicked off 2012
freedom of speech, cinema, downloads, techno-media, internet, music, european parliament
United Hush-ia: will Russians elect another doomed Duma?
On 4 December Russians will elect a new parliament. Whilst ruling party United Russia has been in power for over a decade, it looks set to reduce its majority in the lower house, or State Duma. The centrist party’s success will doubtless foreshadow Vladimir Putin’s comeback as president in a ‘job swap’ with Dmitry Medvedev at elections in March 2012. Behind the scenes of this circus, the chorus is beginning to grow edgy. Whilst over 60% of United Russia supporters are female and its popularity is growing amongst young people and across a strengthened Eurasian region, more and more journalists, activists and students are speaking out, especially across social networks. Even the purported star of the show Putin has lost favour, receiving his first ever catcalls. Has the bread and circuses act fallen through? (Image: © Kristof)
- Read the special edition United Hush-ia: will Russians elect another doomed Duma?
- Cyril Tuschi’s ‘Khodorkovsky’: 'I’m not so frightened - I’ll be flying to Moscow premiere'
- Boo-tin: Russian prime minister Vladimir catcalled in public
- Strategy 31: Russians protest for right to demonstrate
- Reforms and Russians: mapping young people’s stalled futures
- Why I like Putin for president: young Russians speak
- Dear granddad, for Christmas I'd like a Eurasian union
Joseph Daul: ‘when we get up and turn on the light, it’s the EU who decides what type of light bulb we can use’
If the European centre-right wins the European elections again between 4 - 7 June, they will be able to use the key political positions in order to advance the EU. Helping Europeans combat the crisis and involve them in the construction of a community project: those are two sizeable challenges. Interview
freedom of speech, european elections 2009, european elections 2009, joseph daul, parti populaire européen, josé manuel barroso, graham watson
Telejato: family-run, mini-CNN in Partinico, Sicily
Pino Maniaci has created a family business through his miniature version of CNN. The ‘longest news programme in the world’, with its 150, 000 viewers, is a mini-broadcaster fighting against the local mafia, the Cosa Nostra
freedom of speech, culture, best of cafebabel.com, gianluca costantini, saviano roberto, roberto saviano, mafia
Reporters Without Borders: Bulgaria ‘worrying’
Luxembourg, Iceland and Norway rank joint first in the 2008 worldwide press freedom index - but why is Bulgaria lagging behind the rest of Europe? Interviews
freedom of speech, mustafa kemal atatürk, bulgaria, reporters without borders, croatia, journalism, society
Hosting the Olympics won't improve your life
Enthusiastic as preparations may appear on the world stage, the positive economic and human rights impact of the August Olympic Games will be minimal in China
freedom of speech, human rights, change, death penalty, liu qi , press, sport
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