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Winners

  • July 11th, 2010
  • Posted by Lee Duffield

komorowski-bronislaw.jpg soccer-city-joburg.jpg Political winners of the month have included Bronislaw Komorowski (picture), elected President of Poland; and among sports winners: England defeating Australia in one-day cricket, two tennis veterans wrapping-it-up at Wimbledon, and the World Cup Football, once again a European festival. … Read More »

Polish Elections: Komorowski Leads, Kaczynski Twin Stays In Race …

  • June 21st, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

komorowski-bronislaw.jpgIn elections to replace President  Lech Kaczynski, killed in a plane crash (10.4.10), the centre-right front-runner  Bronislaw Komorowski (picture) looks to have fallen short of a majority – forcing a run-off against the late President’s brother.

Komorowski campaigned on a plan to reduce government spending, in response to public indebtedness, in step with similar ideas that have seen conservatives being elected elsewhere, most recently in Slovakia (12.6.10). … Read More »

Iceland Volcano: World Without Planes

  • April 18th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

qantas-tails.jpgThe weekend shut-down of flights in and out of Europe has given a nasty taste of a world without planes. … Read More »

Polish President’s Death In Plane Crash

  • April 10th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

poland-lech-kaczynski.jpgThe death on Saturday (10.4.10) of Poland’s President, Lech Kaczyński, in a plane crash,  rings down the curtain on the episode of the “Polish twins” who ushered in their country’s early experience as a member of the EU. … Read More »

Accident Or Terror: Lives To Be Saved

  • April 6th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

nine-eleven.jpegMany lives could be saved through current research in Europe on people’s responses to alarms, to get out of the building  — and  the public are invited to take part in a major survey. … Read More »

Berlin Wall – 20 Years Gone

  • December 30th, 2009
  • Posted by Lee Duffield

wall-anniv-20-resize.jpg COMMENTARY: The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall was celebrated globally and commemorated for its international meanings, beyond the borders of reunited Germany. … Read More »

COMMENTARY: Beijing, Berlin, Leipzig: How Close Did East Germany Come To Its Own “Tienanmen Solution”?

  • June 4th, 2009
  • Posted by Lee Duffield

tienanmen-anniv1.jpgThe twentieth anniversary of the shootings at and around Tienanmen square (4.6.09) is being greeted with refreshed horror worldwide, and a certain arrogance in Beijing – where the archived news has been officially called “groundless allegations”.

ld-2009-reduceds2.jpgIn this commentary Lee Duffield recalls the moment as seen from another public square, in Europe; and he reprises the information that came out, about the reality of a “Tienanmen Solution” much feared in Eastern Europe, just months after the tragedy in China. … Read More »

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