2006, votre jugement ? / your evaluation?

2006 : qu'en retiendrez-vous ? On reproche parfois aux journalistes de faire dans le sensationnel, aux médias de nous imposer une vision purement évenementielle de l'histoire contemporaine. D'ailleurs, chacun a son idée sur ce qui a constitué une évolution importante, un fait marquant. Pour les uns, 2006 aura été l'année de l'enlisement de l'occupation militaire de l'Iraq, ou la régression des perspectives de paix au Proche-Orient, pour d'autres l'émergence de la Chine hors de la seule sphère asiatique, pour d'autres encore une Russie cherchant par divers moyens de s'affirmer sur la scène internationale. Mais la sphère politique internationale n'est pas la seule à mériter qu'on s'y attarde : des menaces et quelques améliorations en matière de santé publique, des avancées dans la connaissance fondamentale de notre monde ou de l'univers, ou même tel moment de grâce parfaite dans un domaine artistique qui marquera, pour vous, l'année 2006. Voulez-vous suggérer une liste succincte ? Je propose de réunir les meilleurs extraits des contributions, et de les publier ici fin janvier 2007. Retour à la page d'accueil.

2006: what will you remember? Journalists are sometimes taken to task for peddling sensationalism, and the media are criticized for charting a contemporary history made only on events. In fact, each one of us has a personal idea of what constituted an important evolution, a notable event. For some, 2006 will be remembered for the military occupation of Irak entering a quagmire, or the worsening perspectives for peace in the Middle East, for others it will be the rise of China beyond the Asian sphere, or perhaps Russia using various ways to assert itself on the international stage. But international politics is not the only field deserving scrutiny: one can also point to threaths as well as improvements in public health, progress in the fundamental knowledge of our world and the Universe, or perhaps even moments of sheer grace in the arts, which you may wish to retain of 2006. Would you like to leave your own short list of hightlights to remember ? I would like to gather the best extracts from contributions, and publish them here at the end of January 2007. Return to home page.

Comments

[Fireball]

For me, one big thing was the Lebanon War. The first war where I read blogs of both sides and was just horrfied by the things humans can do each other. And it was a great revolution because I didn't have to see big old media but I could read the blogs. Another big thing were the students movement against law project number 5611 at the end of the year.

[k.voutilainen]

2006
-grippe aviere is making peoples scared in Europe
-Olympiques games in Italy in Torino, Lambiel win gold to Switzerland.
-Finland was best? in European singing competitions.
-Football games in Germany, Switzerland made exellant games exept the last one...
-Ecologists and governements in all over the world are waiking up with the problem of changement of climatique
-One of the warmest autumn in Switzerland in last 100 years
-Swiss watchindustry is making the best results ever done
-Changements in Vatican
-Bank interest is staying very low, and boom of the construction of hauses is going stronger
-Roger Federer is making tennis history, come back of Martina Hingis
-Preis of the carburant made a record since 70ies
-Swiss Metal had very long conflict with personel, and due to low production, many companies in CH had great difficulties to buy metal
-Conflicts in far east
-North Corea, testing atom technology
-Switzerland will have second time woman in the post of president
-Finish school system got top points in the world
Regards  K.V.