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26 Septembre 2011

Ikea, a Bulgarian idea of luxury

The long awaited opening of the Swedish brand’s first shop in Sofia has been spoiled by controversy over prices — an opportunity for Bulgarian journalist Martin Karbovski to poke fun at his compatriots’ taste for novelty at all costs... Martin Karbovski...

21 Septembre 2011

Dognapped!? Russian tycoon offers top cash for pooch vanished from Genoa hotel

A prized Russian Toy Terrier pure breed has gone missing at a 5-star hotel in the Italian port city. The owner, a Russian chemicals tycoon, has put up 10,000 euros to have his skinny pup back -- and demanded lie-detector tests for hotel employees PIERANGELO...

21 Septembre 2011

The "Lovers Of Valdaro" The 6,000-Year-Old Tragic Italian Couple, need a new home

Four years after being discovered in northern Italy, the skeletal remains from six millennia ago have just been displayed in public for the first time. But local officials say tragedy would repeat if they were left without a permanent home, which could...

19 Septembre 2011

1991 - 2011 : A Baltic triumph

In August 1991, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia declared their independence from a collapsing USSR. Despite a few hiccups along the way, twenty years on they have definitively turned the page on Communism and come back to their roots in Europe. By Mindaugas...

19 Septembre 2011

Poland: war in 10 years, says minister

“Rostowski predicts war”, headlines Dziennik Gazeta Prawna the day after Polish Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski warned in the European Parliament of war in Europe “in ten years” if the eurozone implodes as a result of the debt crisis. Most Polish commentators...

15 Septembre 2011

" Beijing is no white knight " by Federico Rampini

Will the Chinese buy up stakes in the public energy giant ENI – or the public electricity company ENEL? Can they acquire a share of the industrial group Finmeccanica – or the port of Genoa? Buy up shares in Unicredit Bank in exchange for taking part in...

13 Septembre 2011

" An Analysis of Google Translate Accuracy " by Milam Aiken and Shilpa Balan*

Although not appropriate for all situations, machine translation (MT) is now being used by many translators to aid their work. Many others use MT to get a quick grasp of foreign text from email, Web pages, or other computer-based material which they would...

12 Septembre 2011

Discovering Liguria and its wines

Liguria's wine industry is a true miracle: thanks to the construction of terracing on the hills and hard work in the fields, the country folks have succeeded in continuing the grape culture for centuries. The resulting wine list is truly excellent and...

9 Septembre 2011

" Zermatt protects priceless Matterhorn brand" by Simon Bradley in Zermatt, swissinfo.ch

Every year some three million pilgrims travel to Zermatt to pay homage to what is thought to be the most-photographed mountain in the world. As American adventurer John Harlin reached the flanks of the mythical 4,478-metre Matterhorn as part of his Swiss...

8 Septembre 2011

" Swiss teacher of Impressionists rediscovered" by Emily Wright in Chevilly, swissinfo.ch

The name of Swiss 19th century painter Charles Gleyre seems to have been forgotten in his native land. Yet his distinctive style made him famous worldwide in his lifetime and he was to teach and influence greats including Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir...

8 Septembre 2011

" Understanding freedom post-September 11" by Bernard Lechot, swissinfo.ch

The September 11 terrorist attacks have impacted on personal liberties but failed to stop Arab nations moving towards the democracy advocated by the West. Ten years after the attacks in the United States, swissinfo.ch asked three experts what they saw...

7 Septembre 2011

University: Oxford on the polders

Easier and cheaper enrolment plus courses taught in English: for young Brits, studying in the Netherlands is the fashionable new trend for escaping the problems besetting universities back home. Irene de Pous Ritwik Swain, 19, believes that moving to...