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"Is Europe a la Carte the new Integration Model?" by Henning Meyer
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No, this is not a blog about French cuisine or the integration of Chicken Tikka Massala into the British diet (now effectively the national dish), but about the seemingly increasing trend that the universality of the EU and its budget is more and mor...
Gay rights and the church
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Let me draw your attention to a current, heated debate that’s taking place in Finland which has not yet been picked up by the international media. On Tuesday, a Finnish current affairs programme Ajankohtainen Kakkonen, debated on gay rights. Wh...
the Racist of the Month for August and September from DurDe initiative…
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Irkçılığa ve Milliyetçiliğie DurDe [No to racism and nationalism] initiative continues to select the racist of the month in Turkey. August winner is the bureucrats that prepared the State’s defense for the Hrant Dink Trial at ECHR. Sept...
DARE Video 14: Cat McIlroy on Gender Identity, Human Rights and Transgender Inclusion
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Cat McIlroy is a member of the Steering Committee of Transgender Europe (TGEU), a network of organisations that work for the rights of transgender/transsexual/gender variant people. Cat points out that trans* people still face major fundamental right...
OkTrends survey: Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex
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Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex Gay issues have been in the news a lot lately, from the debate over same-sex marriage in Congress to a sickening rash of gay-bashing here in New York City. We see a lot of emotion out there, instead of information, and we wan...
OSCE High-Level Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Conference calls for sharing best practices, renewed focus on rights
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ASTANA - Sharing positive experiences and best practices in promoting tolerance and non-discrimination to effectively face threats to stability in the OSCE area is the focus of the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination that starte...
Education in Diversity
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Living in a multi ethnic and diverse society provides a great opportunity for mutual understanding but as Europe become more religiously diverse conflicts in intercultural relations also appear. Partners Bulgaria team actively particpates in educatio...
USA and Europe: a theory on diversity and unity
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A theory: The USA has diversity and unity. Europe has diversity but lacks unity. The American approach works in America. The European approach works in Europe. The USA:In the USA, national unity and national diversity are possible because Americans a...
“Money vs Capital?”
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In May this year, Pavan Sukhdev - an Indian economist at Deutsche Bank - unveiled a study called ‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity’ which looks at the economic value of the benefits we receive from nature; a report backed by t...
