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Spanish TV Offers Parents Tips on How to Dress Kids Appropriately
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A news report on Spanish television showing parents how to ensure their children do not dress provocatively has unleashed protests on the web. Ever since the Rajoy government changed the top brass of the public broadcaster, there has been no shortage...
Ireland's Top Economic Crisis Blogger Calls it Quits
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The anonymous blogger behind Namawinelake, a prominent watchdog blog that chronicled Ireland's efforts to deal with its economic crisis, has stopped publishing, triggering a wave of speculation as to the blogger's identity and his or her reason for q...
Catalonia: Caution about Spain's Hostile Ways
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A civic statement on Col·lectiu Emma (@CollectiuEmma)'s blog criticizes the way the Spanish government is dealing with the political situation in the region of Catalonia, where 55 % of the population favors independence [ca] from Spain, accord...
PHOTOS: Guerrilla Art Project Captures Japan's Northeast in Portraits
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Photographs of about 400 people collected from Japan's tsunami-devastated northeastern Tohoku region make up an exhibition at Tokyo's Watari Museum of Contemporary Art by French artist JR as part of his "Inside Out" participatory art project.
Bullfighting Nuns vs. Children Who Love Animals in Spain
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The children of "El cuarto hocico", a virtual animal protection group in the form of a blog created by children from Orba de Muel school (Spain), offered the nuns of the La Aguilera monastery all their money, 1000€, so they would discard the ide...
Is Italy Ready for an African-born Minister?
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“Is Italy ready for an African-born government minister?,” Donata Columbro asks: Two months after the recent elections, Italy has a new government. And Cécile Kyenge, 48 years old, an eye surgeon and Congo-born Italian citizen, is...
Italy: Art Historians Rally in L'Aquila
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Four years after the devastating earthquake that hit L’ Aquila, in Abruzzo, Italy, little or nothing has been rebuilt and the picturesque old town remains largely uninhabited, while many residents live in much debated [it] new to...
Spanish Constitutional Court Suspends Catalonia's Declaration of Sovereignty
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The Spanish Constitutional Court just suspended Catalonia's Declaration of Sovereignty, which the regional parliament of Catalonia approved by majority on 23 January, 2013. Amid rising tensions between Spain and Catalonia, the decision has generated...
Spanish Aristocrat is the Link between North Korea and the World
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Alejandro Cao de Benós, from Spain, is a foreign spokesperson for the North Korean regime. He has been very busy recently as, being the only foreigner with official permission to discuss the regime, he has been giving interviews and speaking a...
Italy: Congolese Female Minister joins Italian Cabinet
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The nomination of Cecile Kyenge, an immigrant from the DRC, and Italian professor of medicine to the position of IIntegration Minister in the new Italian governement, was applauded by commentators on the African blogosphere.
Spanish Blogger Goes After Anti-Catalan Prejudice in Viral Video
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A YouTube video featuring an Andalusian Spanish blogger criticizing xenophobic attitudes in Spain toward the region of Catalonia has gone viral.
Côte d'Ivoire: Opinions on Marriage for all
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France’s adoption of the ‘Marriage for All’ bill has given rise to incomprehension, sometimes with a jokey tone, in Francophone Africa, Here, we look at opinions of commentators from the Côte d'Ivoire.
‘Hope, Service, Passion': Meet Laura Boldrini, Italy's Likable Leader in Parliament
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Italy's most recent elections swept several non-career politicians into office. Among these new players on the Italian political scene is writer and human rights activist Laura Boldrini, whose popularity during her short time in office has skyrockete...
Hostages and Ransom Payments: What is France's Policy?
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Around three months after the French President François Hollande’s January 2013 decision to stop paying ransoms to hostage takers, the Moulin-Fournier family were finally released, to the immense relief of their family and friends. The e...
Police Besiege Barcelona District in the Run Up to May 1st
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The day before May Day, a hundred protesters peacefully went through the streets of a Barcelona district, followed throughout the entire route by hundreds of riot police heavily armed with anti-gas masks and shotguns. Social networks were abuzz with...
#FLISOL 2013: Hundreds of Latin Americans Installing Free Software
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From the Patagonia to Havana, hundreds of computer users across Latin America are choosing freedom over control by installing free software on their computers. On April 27th, groups of free software enthusiasts will be installing free software in doz...
#FLISOL 2013: Hundreds of Latin Americans Installing Free Software
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From the Patagonia to La Habana, hundreds of computer users across Latin America are choosing freedom over control. And they are helped by a friendly volunteer in the process of installing free software in their computers, a variety of software for d...
Data Journalism Handbook Now in Spanish
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The International Journalists’ Network, IJNET, recently announced the release of the Spanish translation [es] of The Data Journalism Handbook, “a free, open-source book that aims to help journalists use data to improve journalism.”...
Giants, Hackers, Trolls: Where Mythology and Online Activism Meet
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The online world has much more in common with the mythological world than you might expect. A look at Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and Anonymous and their corresponding roles in mythology.
Car Explosion at the French Embassy in Libya
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Twitter user @Eh4b10 has posted several photos on twitter of a car explosion near the French Embassy today around 6:50 am local time in Tripoli, Libya. Written by Rakotomalala · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter &mi...
