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Australia: ‘Sorry’ for the Indigenous

In front | FOCUS
The third 'Sorry Day' held in London, after the official 26 May 'Sorry Day' in Australia

13 February. Big screens, daytrips to Canberra, and a historical ‘apology’ by the new Labor government, to the 13, 000 Indigenous children taken from their Aboriginal parents after British colonisation

by Nabeelah Shabbir // 12/02/08

INTERVIEW
Thierry Hochart, Contact (Photo: Archiwum TH)

Paris: city of (hetero) love

After European capitals London, Berlin and Amsterdam, Paris has the fourth biggest gay community. 700, 000 people participated in its 2007 gay parade. But life for gays and lesbians in the French capital is not exactly as rosy as the colour pink

by Natalia Sosin // 06/02/08

OPINION
(©Princeton University Press)

Jan T. Gross: Poland's 'anti-semitic' attitude

Public opinion in Poland is stirred after the American professor's post-war publication is released

by Agnieszka Niezgoda // 28/01/08

INTERVIEW

Didier Awadi: 'Artists too often have big egos'

The Senegalese hip hop pioneer, 38, invites his fellow rappers to speak out and campaign for a harmonious continent with his latest album 'Presidents of Africa'. Plus an exclusive video interview from Dakar

by Alexandre Polack // 25/01/08

INVESTIGATION
(god.universe/ Flickr)

German Russians: home in Berlin

The story of a community's unconventional journey: 'German Russians' return to Berlin and struggle to live in harmony in their adopted country

by Anne Lainault // 19/12/07

FOCUS

Yellow week: where did all the MEPs go?

Call a plumber for leaking Balkan and Turkey progress reports, bye-bye Bosnians! aka Lidija Topic's 'total recall' and EU Wining and Dining Day

by Pim de Kuijer // 05/11/07

REVIEW
(Photos: Kerstin Stelter/ corazón international)

Fatih Akin’s cinema: a step closer to integration

Belonging to the homeland, the importance of education for immigration and Turkey's entry into the European Union are converging themes in 'The Edge of Heaven', the latest film by the German director

by Marcos de Barros // 12/10/07

ANALYSIS
(Photo: sand/ Flickr)

Negative positive discrimination

Ethnic quotas, 'positive discrimination' – terms which often trigger teeth-grinding. French opinion usually differs from that of the other side of the Channel

by Alexis Molveau // 04/07/07

(Illustration: Henning Studte)

Gayer than a handbag full of rainbows

by Amandine Agic // 09/05/07

FEATURE
Climate of surveillance: no longer? (Photo: tinalraval/ Flickr)

Barcelonistan

As 29 people of mainly Moroccan origin go on trial in Madrid for the March 11 bombings of 2004, life for Barcelona's Muslim community ticks on

by Albert Salarich // 09/03/07

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