Zhana Gres
Do Russian people ever smile? This question might be asked a lot. Definitely, Russians know how to smile, however, it is not done on the regular basis. It is unusual to encounter Russians smiling to a stranger. They just don’t do it, for whatever reasons they have. If they don’t know you, they will not smile to you on the street. Russians are friendly and hospitable once they know someone, but at first they might seem cold and hostile.
EU sees Ukraine as market economy
Recently European Union granted Ukraine a market status. This was seen as to increase trading relations. Yushenko, the president of Ukraine explained a market status economy as a “huge step” for Ukraine.
No visas required for 6 more European countries
Traveling sometimes might not be easy as it seems to be. Ukraine has restrictions on entering the country. However, some changes have been made. Today, EU member countries, Switzerland, Canada, the United States and Japan can travel to Ukraine and spend there no more than 90 days.
Jaime Mata Miguez
Soccer is, by far, the most popular sport in Spain. In fact, it frequently named as ⌠el deporte rey■ that could be translated as ⌠the king of the sports■. Although the national team has only won one Euro cup and they have never performed astoundingly at the World cup (the highest position was got in Brazil in 1950 in which it was the fourth best team) the Spanish league is considered to be one of the most interesting in Europe (together with the Italian and the English ones) and in the whole world.
Matches between rival teams Real Madrid and Barcelona are the most popular, watched on TV by millions of people from many countries, . These two teams are the ones that have more victories in the Spanish league; Real Madrid has got it 29 times whereas 17 cups were obtained by Barcelona. (the third one is Atletico de Madrid, nine times). Moreover, they are among the only three teams that have always played in the first division, so that, they have never been relegated (Athletic be Bilbao is the other one).
This article is about last game played in which Barcelona beat Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid▓s stadium). The score was 0-3 and it is worth mentioning Ronaldinho▓s performance. He scored two amazing goals and even the crowd from Madrid gave an ovation to him, something very unusual because of the rivalry that exists between the fans these two teams.
Nowadays, Barcelona leads Spanish league whereas Real Madrid is in third position.
ETA places five bombs on Constitution day
Eukadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) is a terrorist group that claims for the independence of the Basque Country. In fact, ETA means ⌠Euskadi and freedom■ (Euskadi is Basque Country in Basque). Actually, their broader goal is to get the independence of a region called Eukal Herria, so that, those places where people speak Basque. Such region is made up by three provinces (Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa and Alava) and an autonomous region (Navarra) that belong to Spain and some parts on the South of France (Sola, Labort y Baja Navarra) which are known as French Basque Country.
On Tuesday December 6th ETA put five bombs in five different roads around Madrid. Fortunately, there are neither casualties nor dead people because of these explosions as the devices did not seem to be effective. The terrorist group likely has chosen that day because is when the country celebrated its constitution was drew up 27 years ago. This fact was specially pestering because some people take advantage of this holiday to travel by car and traffic could not be very fluid in those spots where the bombs were placed.
Continue reading "Real Madrid-Barcelona, the Spanish league classic game"
Sayaka Horinouchi
In Japan, there were only male can be emperors by law today. However, the children who are members of the Imperial Family are only girls now. Therefore, government panel needs to discuss about female can be emperor or not. Eighty percent of the Japanese nation agree with the opinion that female can be emperor. In this article, there are the pros and cons about this problem.
Japanese Language
In Japan, there has been a marked decline in the levels of skills of Japanese language. To solve this problem, broadcasting stations the programs which are containing about Japanese language. These help not only for Japanese but also foreigners who study Japanese. Let▓s check contents of these programs out!
The Common Lottery in Japan
There are a lot of lotteries in Japan. The most popular lottery is ▒Takarakuji.▓ In each season, we can get different ▒Takarakuji▓ in Japan, and the prize money is so big deal. The prize money of first prize is about 300 million yen (3 million dollars)!! This lottery is really famous in Japan and ▒Takarakuji▓ has long history.
Cemile Uruk
This article describes the first challenge of Germany▓s new Chancellor Angela Merkel. The 43 year old German archaeologist Susanne Osthoff is kidnapped by Iraqi terrorists. The goal of the kidnappers is to force the German government to stop the support for the Iraqi government. Read more!
German Muslims issue their responses
This article is written in German but gives a deep impression about how in Germany living Muslims fight against the Iraqi kidnappers. The central council for Muslims offers their help by demanding Susanne Osthoff▓s release. Different organizations appealed to free her in the name of ▒respect of the German government concerning the positive attitude of the Iraq war.
Pierre Cros
This article is about the European budget. Indeed, London wants to lower aid for newcomers. But the newcomers in the EU are poor and could get by with such cuts. Read it, this is important for you to know !
France: an overview
In an effort to help you understand my background, here is the country profile of the week : France. With it, you will know more about the importance of France in the EU. And you will have an overview of the country in general (the president, money, inhabitants, surface). This should be very interesting for those of you who do not know the country.
Marianne Fernandez
The riots have definitely highlighted social and economic problems in France. Some members of our government have established themselves as potential candidates for the next presidential elections, but what about the others?
Jacques Chirac (actual president), Nicolas Sarkozy (interior minister), Dominique de Villepin (prime minister), and Jean Marie Le Pen (leader of National Front Party); and the socialist party┘
French telepone scandal
The three main mobile phone companies in France have to pay a 534 million euro fine! For six years, Orange, SFR and Bouygues have been sharing information and making agreements to share the market; one of the consequences being that consumers have been paying a lot more than what they should have paid. So now the question is: who is this money going to go to? To the state? Or to the consumers?
Susana Gomez
The tuna industry in Ecuador is in risk because of the exceptional treatment it has received from the USA.
According to an Ecuadorian Fishing Representative, the USA discriminate Ecuadorian canned tuna, which could become a major problem once the Free Commerce Treaty (TLC is its acronym in Spanish) with USA is applied.
The following article, written in Spanish, explains possible alternatives for Ecuadorian tuna industries, and proposes a way out (or into?) the difficulties of the American market.
