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freedom : Dieudonné Kabongo: lethal comedy

Dieudonné Kabongo: lethal comedy

As the former Zaïre prepares to have its first democratic elections in 45 years, Congolese-born comedian Dieudonné Kabongo talks about Africa and the disillusionment of young immigrants who try their luck in Europe

by célia pascaud // 29/07/06

freedom, congo, identity, war, elections, belgium, racism

freedom : Europe and the Middle East: brothers in arms

Europe and the Middle East: brothers in arms

Though European governments have been quick to criticize the escalation of violence in the Middle-East, the EU still sells weapons to Israel and Lebanon. Europe needs to strengthen its arms trade Code of Conduct

by thomas jackson // 27/07/06

freedom, politics, future of europe, israel, lebanon, european democracy, europe

FOCUS freedom : Gypsy in the mix

Gypsy in the mix

Dispelling stereotypes of gypsy music being about old men singing in restaurants, today’s DJs are showing that it remains a vibrant and powerful form of music

by louise bongiovanni // 24/07/06

freedom, dance, immigration, contemporary art, music, roma, balkans

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Freedom in Balkans – Part 4: Poverty

  Poverty stricken Bosnian Muslims search a garbage dump near their village of Visca. The extreme winter low temperatures force people who live in poverty to resort to desperate measures to scrape a living. One can dispute which level of economic freedom can increase or decrease common welfare for all population ...

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Freedom in Balkans – Part 3: Economy

Economic freedom is highly valued element especially in U.S. society and its imitators. Conservative politics claims that greater economic freedom generates opportunities for people, creates wealth and respect for human rights. In Nordic countries the approach is different and the economic freedom of one individual – human or company – can ...

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Freedom in Balkans – Part 1: Political rights and civil liberties

Different aspects of freedom are fundamental value of human rights in Balkans as well globally. While starting of a year it’s good time to check the near past and make some benchmarking. Rankings or ratings are one kind of (process) benchmarking in which organizations or in this case states ...

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Freedom in Balkans

Political freedom is usually described as the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression. Often word “Liberty” - the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will - has been connected to freedom and ...

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