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June 2009

Cumulus framed

Galina Toktalieva for die Wiener Nachrichten Jetzt_mit_Übersetzung Whenever I go to Main Square with idea to make good photo of a horse, the blinders – leather flaps of bridle to keep horse from seeing anything on both sides – abash me. They say horses need those blinders to drag carriage with tourists forward. They also [...]

Population of snow leopards rises in Kyrgyzstan

The snow leopard is a beautiful and charismatic animal, found in the remote mountainous regions of Central Asia. Protected by thick, smoky-grey fur, and capable of leaping thirty feet and taking prey three times its own weight, it is well adapted to the cold, harsh landscape. Solitary, shy and well camouflaged, the snow leopard is [...]

Aryan Strache und far-rights in Austria

Galina Toktalieva for die Wiener Nachrichten Far-rights in Austria: hard times bring chauvinistic core of many to the surface (VIENNA) – The far-rights in Austria may get strong gains when the nation goes to the polls on Sunday to elect its 17 members of the European Parliament. The FPOe – with xenophobic slogans such as [...]

Verursache der aktuellen Krise

WIEN-Abschluss-Pressekonferenz der KPÖ zur Europaparlaments-Wahl 2009. Günther Hopfgartner, Spitzenkandidat der KPÖ-Europäische Linke zur EU-Parlamentswahl und Melina Klaus, Bundessprecherin der KPÖ trafen sich heute vormittag zum Roulett-Spiel am Wiener Graben vor der Erste Bank. Günther Hopfgartner: “Heute steht auf der Tagesordnung das Casino zu schließen,” der Casinokapitalismus, seine Banken und Versicherungen mit ihren Pyramidenspielen, sind die [...]