As interesting as a trip to Europe is for many non Europeans and as good as everyday life is in general for those who live there, one cannot but worry somewhat for the resurgence of the extreme right wing politics in several countries. Read the rest of this entry »

Strikes and demonstrations continue in France in protest for the planned reform of extending the retirement age from 60 to 62 years. And this is going on even though the government has already passed many of the changes proposed and it does not show signs of caving in. Read the rest of this entry »

After the constant bad news about wars, poverty, unemployment and weather disasters, it was uplifting to hear the latest news about the 33 trapped miners in Chile who have spent already two months waiting for their rescue. Read the rest of this entry »

From Katmandu to Kosovo the world marks today the International Day of the Disappeared, most of them the unsung victims of wars and forced victims of dictatorships regimes and conflicts. Read the rest of this entry »

Among the world’s natural disaster news, the bad economic global reports, the craziness of the US politics and their Tea-Party movement, to read that the Swiss wanted to have a referendum to revive capital punishment in the country after 68 years, seemed almost a joke. Read the rest of this entry »

On 1980 Spain established a law for the religious liberty in the country. Now, 30 years later, the government has presented some changes to that law as a development to the laicity of the State. Read the rest of this entry »

The chaos in European airports due to a volcanic ash plume from Iceland continue today and nobody knows really when things will go back more or less to normality. The hope is this weekend those hundreds of thousands of travelers who have been stranded all over Europe will be able to reach their destinations. Read the rest of this entry »