Only Foreigners Should Vote!
Not bad Mr. Žižek, but I'd go beyond your proposal and apply your idea - for different but not less relevant reasons - to Italy.[via fluido.tv] ...
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Unofficial online guide to the G20
An interesting point of view on the G20 meeting and about alignment and divergencies between the US and European Union member Countries [here and here - N.B. Italian only]. At least - according to the...
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April Fools’ Day / Pesce d’aprile
In the UK (from the Guardian): In Italy (from la Repubblica.it): translation:THE CONTROVERSYGreenhouse effect? It doesn't existPDL attacking the Kyoto Protocol and the EUMP Marcello Dell'Utri...
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Veggie Thanksgiving
Do not expect me to become a vegetarian, but I have to acknowledge that this is cleverly done - and asking supporters to make pressure on Majesco to develop a vegetarian version of "cooking mama"...
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When activism, regulations and the market march in the same direction
Following their intention to develop a national nuclear energy plan, the Energy Ministry of Turkey launched a call for bids to build the Country's first nuclear power plant. Just two days after a spectacular...
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Farm state
According to the Communists of Petersburg website, two farms in northeastern Estonia have declared an independent "Soviet Republic" and are writing a proposal for a treaty with Russia to be submitted...
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Alpe Adria euroregion
I have the 3rd number of the Euregio magazine - Collaboration facts and ideas between Adriatic and Danube - in my hands. The main articles are about linguistic barriers as the last remaining boundary...
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I say Bertolli, you say…
Beer. No, really! At least, that's what the Bertolli brand appears to suggest to the globalized users of Brand Tags, a simple but elegant collective experiment in brand perception. The basic idea behind...
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Language and atoms
Next time somebody tells me that Slovenia is such a small country and therefore Slovenian is a language not worth studying, I'll have an anecdote ready to be told - about how I first panicked when reading...
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Eurovision 2008
I have just finished watching a few minutes of the 2008 Eurovision song contest, hosted by Serbia (having won the last edition with Marija Šerifović's Molitva). As the Museum of Broadcast Communication...
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The week that was – I
During the last week I have been asked the same question again and again. Every single time I have spoken with people from abroad: "How can you...?" (you=Italians, not me) Words fail me, so I...