Un blog intergénérationnel / an inter-generational blog. Auteur(e) invité(e)s ; actualité ; tendances globales ; évolutions sociales ; affaires internationales. / Guest authors; current affairs; global trends; social change; international topics.
"La Voix", principal quotidien francophone du Luxembourg, proposait le 20 janvier 2007 un éditorial fort pertinent sur le phénomène grandissant des blogs. Avec l'autorisation de Laurent Moyse, je reproduis ci-dessous le texte de son éditorial, suivi d'une...
Lire la suiteThe 1st round will take place on the 22nd of April, and the 2nd round (if necessary, but most likely) on 6th of May 2007. As predicted, the 2 main contenders are Ségolène Royal for the Socialist Party (PS), and Nicolas Sarkozy, Senior Minister in charge...
Lire la suite2006 : 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...
Lire la suite"France24" has been online since the 6th of December 2006, when it began broadcasting in English and French (Arabic will be added soon). You can view it by clicking here (and then click on "Live feed"). Many commentators have pointed out why this is an...
Lire la suiteWith each passing week, the competition focuses more clearly on 2 main contenders, Ms. Ségolène Royal, designated on 16th of November by the Socialist Party (PS) as its official candidate, and Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, Senior Minister in charge of home affairs,...
Lire la suiteThe previous article in this series, taking the example of new television channels (CNN in Arabic, El Jazeera in English, France 24 in French and other languages) looked briefly at the issue of diversity in the media. It suggested a clear link between...
Lire la suiteMédias et diversité linguistique. C'est entendu, l'anglais est à l'échelle mondiale la lingua franca, d'autant plus prégnante qu'elle est l'outil préféré des médias, du commerce, des finances, de l'internet. Un tel constat oblige-t-il à conclure que cette...
Lire la suiteLuxemburg is known as a financial centre, as a venue for fairs (the one devoted to gastronomy, organized every 4 years, is being held now), for its white wines, and more generally for its high standard of living. But even among well-informed amateurs...
Lire la suiteLe quotidien luxembourgeois "La Voix" a publié mon article intitulé "L'amitié entre voisins se construit", sur les relations entre la France et le Luxembourg (10 novembre 2006, p. 10). J'y pose la question : deux Etats, fortement impliqués dans le fonctionnement...
Lire la suiteYou have noticed that the debate on the future of the European Union has become quite subdued. This is due to two reasons. First, the referenda held in France and The Netherlands in 2005, in which the voters in these two countries rejected the proposed...
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