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Gypsies, also know as Roma, live in Europe, most of them in former communist countries, many are also scattered in the Mediterranean area. There is not any clear definition of who they really are. Dictionary describes them as: “Dark-skinned Romany-speaking nomads of Hindu origin”. This definition, however, cannot suit them perfectly. Not all of them are dark-skinned and estimates say that only about 4 million of them speak some kind of Romany. The English equivalent “Gypsy” is derived from “Egyptian” but that is not who they can be referred to either. Some remnants of traditional roaming Gypsy culture prevail in the very small continuously declining scale. The Nazis murdered about 500.000 of them and communist era whose well-intentioned tremendously damaging paternalism made them settle down mostly in industrialized towns was not merciful either. In 2004, countries they largely live in joined the European Union. Is the Community able to meet their challenges better than their “homelands”? (more…)

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If man counted, since the elaboration of the concept of perpetual alliance by Emmanuel Kant, the number of its opponents, the oppositions which have been made in the name of realism, pragmatism or of naturalism, in a word, the claim of the imperative primacy of the strong on the weak, the philosopher would have laugh quite loud in front of such energy spent to contradict a simple principle: the men are able to transcend a basic state of automatic opposition and to establish an alliance of political quintessence in order to enjoy conjointly  of their proper –collectives and personal– existences. (more…)

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Nearly everyone has had or will have hemorrhoids at sometime in their life. A hemorrhoid is nothing above a swollen vein that is in the anus or outside of the anus. Hemorrhoids are just varicose veins of the anal area. One can have hemorrhoids outside of the anus, inside the anus, or a combihernation of both inside and outside the anus. These veins become swollen for a range of reasons, mostly in pregnant women, being overweight, a person that is recurrently lifting weights, people that sit for long time, and constipation or diarrhea. (more…)

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Why believe in the Unification of Europe? First of all because it is a moral obligation; then because it answers a political need, it makes it possible to create a space of peace, safety, and defence of the European values; and finally because it constitutes a contribution from the economic point of view. But certain fears persist within the public opinion with regard to this last process of widening, in particular concerning the increase in the regional, territorial and social economic disparities, as the average standard of living of the ten countries joining the Union which is 40% lower than on the current standard of living average. Indeed, it’s the first time that widening is done towards as many country, in which live more than 75 million inhabitants, and who has moreover such difference in standard of living.    (more…)

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Technology is a key component of most people’s work nowadays. Even the most unpretentious jobs like factory workers, post deliverers, or taxi drivers need to develop some amount of computer skills. But isn’t there still too much reliance on technology in solving problems that might arise at the working place? Doesn’t technology have a potential to dehumanize people? Hasn’t the speed of technological progress exceed the needs of societies? It is mistaken assuming that technology exists absent of people for whom it is designed to use. Every technological fit needs to be correspondingly accompanied by an alteration or improvement in how humans will use the technology. As the former secretary of labor in Clinton administration has said: ‘There is no such thing as a technological fix without personal input.’ In the lines to come, I will follow this exposition presenting a futuristic idea of an absolute self-sufficiency of human-made robots and whether there should be a place for them in the society nowadays and/or in the future.    (more…)

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Understanding needs mutual knowledge and necessarily dialogue.

The recent appeal of Mrs. Ferrero Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, reminds us that there is not “clash of civilisations” today but, if anything, a “clash of ignorance”.

In this regard it is important to wonder how much our neighbours know about Europe, its institutions, its programmes, and of course, its values. And, at the end, we might discover that we share a range of indispensable values, deeply rooted in both our civilisations. (more…)

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Electronic cigarettes, often called Ecigarettes or E-cigarettes, are advertised as a healthy way to smoke without all the harmful chemicals and poisons that are found in traditional cigarettes. In an electronic cigarette comparison, you can see that there are many different types though none of them are much different from each other. The biggest difference is the form, or shape, the electronic cigarette takes. Some brands take the shape of a traditional cigarette while others are pen-style, named for their resemblance to a ballpoint pen. (more…)

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The Finnish presidency is over and the burden of the Council of the European Union goes to Germany. If it is really a burden –burden that the member states have the possibility and the responsibility to get lighter by backing a presidency which appears self-motivated-, Germany is wilful to solve the numerous huge stakes of the European Union. (more…)

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Debates about concentration of media ownership and possible means of regulating it have been for some time now on the European agenda. Throughout the 1990s, discussions centered on The Green Paper on media concentration and pluralism, and on the two draft proposals for a Media Pluralism and then a Media Ownership Directive. At international level as well, academics, policy-makers, media researchers and various other stakeholders engaged and took sides in the debate concerning the impact of media concentration on democracy, conducting active deliberations such as the ones on the online forum hosted by OpenDemocracy.com (OpenDemocracy ND). (more…)

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