PES Newsletter n°34 – October 2009

PES Congress fast approaching
The PES Congress is a major gathering of European socialist, social-democrats and labour members. It meets twice every five years and brings together over 330 delegates from the PES member parties and numerous guests and PES activists. The responsibilities of the Congress include: deciding on the political orientation of the PES, electing [...]

PES Newsletter n°34 – October 2009

PES Congress fast approaching
The PES Congress is a major gathering of European socialist, social-democrats and labour members. It meets twice every five years and brings together over 330 delegates from the PES member parties and numerous guests and PES activists. The responsibilities of the Congress include: deciding on the political orientation of the PES, electing [...]

Radu Mazare in “constiinta colectiva”

Fiecare individ îşi afişează, gestionează experienţa vestimentara şi micile ticuri, în funcţie de împrejurare. Unii epatează prin groaznica indiferenţă faţă de vestimentaţie, subscriind modelului intelectualului neînţeles, „sihastru” depărtat de cele lumeşti dedicat reflexilor. Alţii îşi afişeaza Rolex-ul şi Mercedesul chiar dacă locuiesc de 15 ani într-o casa destinată aleşilor în funcţie.
De câteva luni încoace constat [...]

New pictures show ‘healthy’ Castro

A new video and a photo of ailing Communist leader Fidel Castro surfaced on Sunday, revealing a more healthier-looking man than in prior photos:
http://www.euronews.net/2009/08/24/new-pictures-show-healthy-castro/
Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro has appeared on television for the first time in more than a year. In what was said to be recent footage, the 83-year-old looked healthy and alert. [...]

Geert Wilders: I’m in favour of Romania and Bulgaria leaving the EU

Geert Wilders is the leader of the Freedom Party in the Netherlands, a political group described as “Islamophobic”. The party performed well in the recent European elections. Wilders’ anti-Islamic and anti-EU rhetoric seems to win over more and more Dutch people, mostly those who are scared about immigration and enlargement. euronews interviewed Wilders in a [...]

Political Constituencies In Arab World

An examination of the surface of the Arab political reality might reveal a progress of the grassroots attitude towards democracy. Indeed, the desire for democracy is more present in the Arab world than ever before: calls for more open political systems, increased protection of human rights, and broader personal liberties become increasingly frequent and are [...]