ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
Gad Lerner: L’ombra nazista sulla Grecia
Gad Lerner: L’ombra nazista sulla Grecia Si é sempre colpa di qualcun altro. Che sia l’Europa, gli stranieri, il capitale – sempre lo stesso discorso. Il fatto che i greci…
BBC Countryfile on wind turbines and editorial standards
Today’s feature on Onshore Wind Turbines shown by BBC in Countryfile shows pictures of wind turbines, interviews with people for and against (some of them very emotional). The reporter is…
Cult of Mac on magazines and advertising on the iPad
Ryan Faas in Cult of Mac writes about magazine apps and advertising, bemoaning the fact that the experience is, often, akin to reading a PDF edition of a magazine, rather…
El Pais: Así mataban los soldados de Hitler
El Pais writes about the book Soldados del Tercer Reich: Así mataban los soldados de Hitler (in Spanish). British and US intelligence eavesdropped on WWII German prisoners of war to…
Ed Husain: Jews and Muslims Must Show Unity Against Jihadis|CFR
France: Jews and Muslims Must Show Unity Against Jihadis
BBC World Have Your Say: Has this week changed France?
From Google+: “BBC World Have Your Say – 14:21 – Public Has this week changed France? It been a dramatic few days in France, culminating in the death of the…
BBC World Have Your Say: What are the competing claims over the Falklands?
BBC: What are the competing claims over the Falklands? and discussion on G+ Why would the Falklands suddenly become a priority for Argentina? Does it have anything to do with…
FT: on BBC project Barcelona
Financial Times: BBC to expand in paid digital video fray BBC Director General Mark Thompson on the offering: “The BBC’s iPlayer is the most successful and most intensively used catch-up…
An investigation in Poland opens after 71 years
A story in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza by Agnieszka Domanowska: “They were 15 to 30 years old. Jewish women from the ghetto in Szczuczyn. In August 1941 the locals…
El Pais: Luz sobre el misterio de los papas
A show in Rome, at the Capitol museum, with 100 documents from the Vatican archives never shown previously in public Luz sobre el misterio de los papas. It’s a drop…