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THE CONQUEST OF SPACE: 50 YEARS AGO GAGARIN WAS THE FIRST MAN IN SPACE

www.ilvelino.it

Teleportation, read the thoughts and space travels. These are some of the most common crazy dreams we have. But only one of them has become a reality.

GERMANY OPENS LABOUR MARKET TO EASTERN COUNTRIES

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We are all European citizens but, until not long ago in Germany, there was a rule which wasn’t really in line with this statement.

THE TICINO LEAGUE LEAPS FORWARD

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Political elections are a crucial for both citizens and politicians. An unexpected result comes up from Switzerland.

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Hello! Last Thursday night, Northeastern Japan was hit by a new quake of magnitude 7.1, causing widespread power outages in the north, shaking buildings in Tokyo and putting the country on alert for the safety of its nuclear-power plants. This quake raises fears in a country still shocked and weakened by March seism and tsunami that led to a nuclear crisis. This is Europocket News.

10 Euro-MP refuse to travel in economy class         www.euobserver.com

Last Wednesday, Euro-MPs voted that Parliament’s budget should be increased by 2 point 3 percent next year. But in adopting this report, they also rejected an amendment to save money by traveling on economy class that could have saved up to twenty million euros a year. This hypocritical behavior is a shame. The lawmakers defend their privileged status when they are already overpaid. This reaction shows their non-consideration and disrespect for all the European citizens badly hit by the financial crisis.

20 An equal distribution of North African refugees among the EU states

http://www.eurotopics.net/

On Monday, the interior ministers of the EU states met to discuss plans about the wave of immigrants from North Africa and to allocate them to different countries. In fact, the European powers backed the democratic revolutions in the Arab world and should now cooperate with these countries to stabilize the situation so the refugees can return to their countries as soon as possible.

30 Madrid: Juventud Sin Futuro’s demonstration was a real success!                                             http://www.palmbeachpost.com

Last Thursday, around three thousands Spanish university students demonstrated in Madrid. Their slogan was “ Without home, without job, without pension, without fear.” They protested against a youth unemployment rate of forty % and austerity measures taken to end Spain’s debt which leave them with a grim future.

40 Safer streets: new targets set by the UN

www.repubblica.it

Every year, millions of people lose their life on the freeways. The United Nations is now presenting a global campaign to stop this tragedy that affects more and more people.

50 Stop to gender gap!

www.europarl.europa.eu

A woman prime minister? A taxi driver with a skirt? For most of you, this could be normal, but not everyone accepts easily gender equality.

60 Festival for Europe in Florence

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If you have always wanted to visit Florence, now you have one more reason! In May, the beautiful italian city will host the first edition of the “Europe Festival”.

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Hi Europeans! Let’s start with an important information about Spanish politics. Prime minister José Luis Zapatero announced that he won’t seek re-election in two thousands and twelve. During his time in office, Spain has grapples with debt and a high unemployment, mainly because the economy was badly hit by the financial crisis. This is Europocket News.

10 World must prevent civil war in Ivory Coast

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In Ivory Coast, the troops of President Alassane Ouattara attacked the residence of Laurent Gbagbo who still refuses to hand over power. African voices denounce that the international coalition saved Benghazi but left Abidjan to its own devices. Africans and Westerners now have a single duty: to help the country to prevent a civil war and to face a humanitarian crisis with one hundred thousands refugees in Liberia.

20 EU ENLARGEMENT: WELCOME MONTENEGRO, STOP TO TURKEY

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At the door of the EU, some take a step forward and others take a step back. Emma Re Cecconi for Europocket Italy.

30 Brussels condemns border controls established by France

http://www.elmundo.es

The European Commission has condemned the checks carried out by French Police in its border with Italy. In fact, Tunisian migrants are intercepted and deported back to Italy. France and Italy are countries of the Schengen area, the European area without internal borders. This illegal action will be discussed on April eleven in Luxembourg by the European Interior Ministers.

40 EU AGAINST CLONE DERIVED FOODS

http://www.libero-news.it/articolo.jsp?id=702989

Eating the same tomato, or the meat of the same animal twice?
It’s not science-fiction and could soon turn into reality. The European Parliament is striving to ban cloned food but to find a solution is a real dilemma: the EU states are still unable to reach an agreement on labelling all foodstuffs derived from cloned animals.
50 SPEAKING A SECOND LANGUAGE CHANGES YOUR WORLDVIEW

http://www.mtvnews.it

Speaking a second language is not only useful for travelling or working abroad. Let’s discover the results of an interesting study…

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Hi! Today let’s speak about the wave of change in the Arab world, the right to be forgotten on the internet and Stéphane Hessel’s call for a “pacific insurrection”.

10 WAVE OF CHANGE IN THE ARAB WORLD

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In Libya, the rebels which are backed by the the international Coalition haven’t reached Sirte, the fief of Kaddafi. This city is a strategic place before to reach Tripoli. In Syria, security forces opened the fire against demonstrators who asked for “dignity an freedom” and the end of the state of emergency. Finally in southern Yemen, over one hundred twenty people died and ninety others were injured in the explosion of a munitions factory. The Yemeni Government holds Al-Qaeda responsible for this tragedy.

20 “TIME FOR OUTRAGE”: STEPHANE HESSEL’S CALL FOR A PACIFIC INSURRECTION

http://www.spearhead-action.org

Be Outraged! Stéphane Hessel’s short book gives you reasons to be outraged like the gap between the richs and the poors, the state of our planet, the way illegal aliens are treated and the dictature of the financial markets that threatens peace and democracy. The French writer doesn’t tell you what to do but it’s everyone’s responsibility as a human being to get involved in consequence…and to join his call for a “pacific insurrection”!

40 INTERNET AND THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN

www.presseurope.eu

We all have a profile on a social network or use an email account. Our personal data are available on the network even when we are not using them. Emma from Pesaro tells us about the latest EU privacy measures.

50 CYCLING WHILE WORKING AGAINST SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE

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Lazy Europeans have no more excuses for not doing some healthy workout. The latest invention against sedentariness comes from America and Stefano will tell you all about it.

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10 Sócrates’ resignation aggravates euro crisis

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Last Wednesday, Portugal Prime Minister José Sócrates resigned after that austerity measures of his minority government were rejected by Parliament. The interest rates for Portuguese government bonds rose and the euro dropped on currency markets. The duty of the EU summit which began yesterday is to react and clarify the extension of the bailout fund to increase the credit capacity of the country.

20 STUDY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN EUROPE http://ecodallecitta.it/

Eco-sustainability and non-polluting energy sources are high on the EU political agenda. Many Member States seem to be ready to change the rules of the game.

30 THE INDEPENDENT’S TOP 5 EUROPEAN FESTIVALS

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You wanna enjoy good music this summer? The british newspaper The Independent listed the top 5 European festivals. In April, let’s start with the Volvo Snowbombing in Austria with The Prodigy and Fat Boy Slim. Then you have the Hurricane in Germany with the Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian. Serbia is another possibility with the Exit festival that’s one of the less commercial. To combine the beach holiday with the festival spirit, let’s try The Benicassim in Spain. And let’s finish in beauty with Sziget in Hungary which is the Europe’s largest open-air festival.

40 ICELAND, SAFE HAVEN FOR PRESS FREEDOM

http://immi.is/

Iceland aims to become the country with the highest degree of freedom of information and protection of journalists.

50 CHURNALISM.COM: THE HUNTER OF LAZY JOURNALISTS

http://churnalism.com/

Journalists, be careful! Churnalism.com was born. It’s a website dedicated to make the difference between Journalism and Churnalism. Churnalism is a news article based closely on press release. You just have to paste the suspect sentence and let the engine compare it with over three million articles published by national newspaper websites, the BBC or Sky News.

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http://www.eurotopics.net

Last Thursday, the UN Security Council approved no-fly zone over Libya and military intervention. Since Saturday, Western troops have been bombing targets in Libya like the capital city of Tripoli. Gaddafi’s air defences have been destroyed so the no-fly zone is now a reality. Even though most people approve these atacks, some criticise the lack of peace strategy. This is Europockt News.

10 CONTROVERSY: EUROPE AND NUCLEAR POWER

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The end of atomic energy: posibility or utopy? At the moment when Japan is still in danger, an increasing number of countries are debating about the real need of using nuclear power.

20 EU CIVIL PROTECTION HELPS JAPAN

http://ec.europa.eu

Since the devastating earthquake that destroyed the northeast of Japan, Europe is fully mobilised to help the towns hit by the disaster.

30 FAREWELL TO PETROL BY 2050

www.presseurope.eu

Travelling by electric car won’t be a dream anymore. Only a few years more, and we may could say goodbye to oil.

40 TOBACCO: OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND

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Some claim that the sight of a product drives people to buy it. That’s the general thought in England where strict decisions are going to be taken to reduce smoking.

50 ON MARCH 26 LET’S SWITCH OUR LIGHTS OFF FOR THE “EARTH HOUR”

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Click! A simple move will let you join an original and useful initiative!

60 CRISIS MAKES EUROPEAN CINEMA SHUDDER

http://www.presseurop.eu

Without the programme Media we couldn’t have watched masterpieces such as the movie “The king’s speech”. Unfortunately, cuts in culture could darken European cinema.

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At the moment when the Japan catastrophe goes on, many countries discuss about nuclear energy and the danger of nuclear waste. Angela Merkel announced a three months suspension of the plan to extend the life of nuclear power plants in Germany. Italy also debates about the planned re-introduction of atomic power in the country. This tueday, EU energy ministers and experts met for a nuclear summit and looked into the technical, economic and political consequences of Japan’s crisis.

20 TWITTERREVOLUTION

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Twitter: this chaos of information will celebrate its fifth birthday next July with two hundreds million accounts in the world and one hundred thirty million Tweets per day. Spain has embraced the Twitterrevolution with energy because it’s the European country where it grows the most with one hundred fifty one percent in one year and two million users.

30 THE BEST EUROPEAN CITIES TO VISIT

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The travel guide Lonely Planet made a ranking of the ten best cities to visit in two thousands eleven. It’s no a surprise that New-York is number one but the list also counts Tangier in Morocco, Tel Aviv in Israel and Wellington in New Zealand. Valencia is the fifth on this list thanks to its urban beaches, the party of Las Fallas celebrated these days, the Natural park of Albufera and the City of Arts and Sciences.

40 FAREWELL TO EXTRA-VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

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The future of extra-virgin olive oil is in danger! Let’s find out more with Giacomo Frediani.

50 MORE SECURITY FOR BUSES

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A few weeks ago, we spoke about the new security rules in european airplanes and trains. Today it’s the turn of buses to have new regulations.

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10 JAPAN CATASTROPHE REOPENS DEBATE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY

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Several Japanese nuclear reactors are threatened with meltdown after the country was hit by the quake. Around two hundreds thousands people left the area of the nuclear plants in Fukushima and Onagawa. Today, the atomic industry produces around fifteen percent of the EU energy consumption. So this quake in Japan reopens the debate: some experts say that it’s time to review the role of nuclear power and others consider it essential to rise energy consumption and climate protection needs.

20 LIBYA: THE EU MEMBER STATES ASK KADHAFI TO LEAVE THE POWER

http://www.presseurop.eu/

Last week, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the British Prime Minister David Cameron asked the EU to recognize the leaders of the Libyan rebellion. So last Friday was the summit on the Libyan crisis in Brussels. And even though the 27 didn’t find an agreement on a military intervention strategy, one consensus was reached: they all ask colonel Gaddafi to leave the power in Libya.

30 LACK OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EUROPEAN MOMS

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Today the Occidental society has a new superhero: the Working Mother.

40 “BINGE DRINKING” IS SPREADING IN EUROPE

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Did you know that eighty percent of European girls between fifteen and sixteen can drink up to five alcoholic drinks in one evening? Yes, it’s called Binge Drinking: its purpose is to drink as much as possible to be drunk very quickly. According to a research on a sample of young people from twenty three different countries, this habit is now widespread across all Europe.

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