Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 19, 2009
Who will be Europe first president?
With any luck Europeans will wake up tomorrow morning to the news that finally they have a permanent president of the European Council and a foreign minister. No that many of them will have been worrying too much about it. After all the average citizen is not voting to choose them. It is mostly done by the leaders of the 27 countries who form the EU: 26 men and one woman. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 15, 2009
With friends like that…
Firm in his resolution and in spite of the consequences, the Czech Republic president, Václav Klaus, has not signed yet the Lisbon Treaty. He has demanded new “opt-outs” to prevent Germans expelled from the Czech Sudeten region after World War II from reclaiming their property. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 18, 2009
Six Italian soldiers killed in Kabul
While right now in the US politicians are bickering and posturing trying to get a health reform much needed but little believed in, very soon they are going to be involved in another important matter which is adding to the deficit the government is running but much more important increasing the deaths of the American and NATO soldiers: Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
August 3, 2009
The abortion pill and the Vatican
After several hours of a heated session, Italy’s drug regulation agency, the AIFA, authorized the use of the abortion pill Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, that has been available in many European countries since the 1990’s. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 8, 2009
Low turnout and many upsets
The Europeans woke up this morning to realize that their low participation in the voting for new members of their Parliament meant a big upset in many of their countries. The Center right parties won in large countries including France, Germany and Italy, while the Socialists were the big losers. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 19, 2008
The Gypsies in Europe
The Italian government of Berlusconi proposed recently the creation of some measures against the Gypsies living in Italy, particularly the fingerprinting of adults and children. Unlike conquering Tatars, Mongolians and Turks, the Roma (as the Gypsies are known) arrived on the European continent in smaller groups. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 23, 2008
Death and indifference in Italy
Wars, killings, hunger… we are so used to it daily on the news that we seem to have become immune to it or hardened to others suffering. But a picture of the covered bodies of two dead young gypsy girls on a beach in Italy Read the rest of this entry »
