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The Polish government is cracking down on private media — in the name of combating ‘fake news’ – The Washington Post

Tue 12/12/2017 Piotr Poland, USA

The latest case of authoritarians following Trump’s lead.

Source: The Polish government is cracking down on private media — in the name of combating ‘fake news’ – The Washington Post

Angela Merkel’s Unpopular Goodness|NYT

Sat 02/04/2016

Germany faces a new reality, with terror elsewhere in Europe and the refugee crisis at its doors. Source: Angela Merkel’s Unpopular Goodness

Tribune de Génève: Faire payer les gros buveurs ne convainc pas

Sun 25/08/2013

Faire payer les gros buveurs ne convainc pas “Faire payer les frais des séjours hospitaliers ou en cellule de dégrisement aux personnes concernées est une mauvaise idée, estime Pascal Strupler, le directeur de l’Office fédéral [...]

LA POLOGNE À LA UNE Ce samedi,…

Sun 08/05/2016

240000/2400=100. L’objectivité est une chose excellente, le gouvernement par la division et la diabolisation de l’opposition plutôt non. Le message de l’opposition est d’entente et tolerance, celui de l’extrème droite de haine et division, qu’elle [...]

As Le Pen rises Europe’s liberal dream is disappearing in front of our eyes | Rafael Behr

Thu 10/12/2015

The liberal camp is leaving the door wide-open to illiberal or outright fascist/nazi camps by sticking its collective head firmly in the sand and refusing to acknowledge that people are indeed worried about intolerant minorities, [...]

Aedes Aegypti|Time

Fri 06/05/2016

This magnified photograph shows an Aedes aegypti mosquito–the species capable of transmitting the Zika virus, whose primary threat is to pregnant women. The virus is linked to a spike in severe birth defects, and there’s [...]

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The Polish government is cracking down on private media — in the name of combating ‘fake news’ – The Washington Post