Turkiets författningsdomstol förbjöd i förra veckan landets största kurdiska parti. Ett bakslag för landets demokratiska utveckling och dess förhandlingar om ett EU-medlemskap. Med motiveringen att det politiska partiet DTP (Demokratik Toplum Partisi) har kvar förbindelser med den kurdiska terrororganisationen PKK, förbjöds det och dess ledare bannlystes från politiken i fem år.  På lördagen...
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Almost everything is interrelated and if something is not related to something else, there is probably something related to something that is related to something else. Hope you weren’t put off by that introduction, because I have a really important point to make here. The thing is that there is a correlation between climate change...
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Italiens premiärminister, Silvio Berlusconi blev under söndagen attackerad av en man med vad som först uppgetts ha varit en metallmodell av katedralen i Milano. Ny information tyder dock på att modellen var av plast. Mannen kastade katedralen mot Berlusconi och träffade premiärministerns ansikte. Det hela skedde på ett torg i Milan då Berlusconi signerade...
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We are now on the 6th day of the 15th climate change conference. So far it seems like it’s pending between hope and despair. To try to follow and cover as much as possible concerning water issues is challenging. But what I’ve learned is that water is not just a chemical substance composed of...
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When people talk about people around here, they often don’t talk about real people. Sometimes they don’t talk about unreal people either, even though it is certain that without any kind of people there would be no worries, no fuzz and no COP 15. Not even Yvo de Boer would be if there would...
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It’s cold, rainy and grey. To be honest, the weather in Copenhagen is quite miserable. When arriving to Bella Center metro station, most people rush before the queues to get inside as quick as possible. Inside, they spend the day informing, getting informed, negotiating, writing and running around.  Left outside are the real heroes. People...
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