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Sweden's Loreen crowned Eurovision winner
Sweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest. Bookies favourite 28-year-old Loreen topped the leader board with 372 points for her club hit ‘Euphoria’, which has already reached number one in the charts back home. “I couldn’t believe it. It was like…
Eurovision final puts spotlight on Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan sees this year’s Eurovision song contest as a chance to showcase the country. It… Indonesia: Lady Gaga concert cancelled
Lady Gaga’s concert in Indonesia has been cancelled. The controversial singer of such hits… 
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Facebook share sale, cause for celebration?
The first week after the IPO was not easy for Facebook and others in the financial world. Trading did not start when it should have and the shares did not go up. The Nasdaq had to pay for its…
France Socialist-led
France is now under the socialist leadership of President François Hollande. May 15 was a day of rites of passage and symbolism, before getting down to governing. Swiss Italian television …
Rape as a weapon
Rape as a weapon of war is something that women in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo know only too well. This week, we meet an extraordinary woman – Masika who survived…
Inspiring the teachers
Teachers and their teaching methods are central to a child’s educational experience. But in a fast-changing world, teaching methodology has to change all the time to keep up with new needs and…
The Dutch face austerity
The economic and financial crisis has overthrown governments all-over Europe. In the Netherlands, the political parties have clashed over austerity measures. And while the outgoing government…
Beppe Grillo explains
Comedian Beppe Grillo has shaken up Italian politics, with his 5 Star Movement party (Movimento 5 Stelle) winning local and administrative polls in the Italian city of Parma and several smaller…
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I talk - 29/05/2012
Coming Up
Ellen Townsend
Policy Director, European Transport Safety Council (ETSC)
Coming Up
Ellen Townsend
Policy Director, European Transport Safety Council (ETSC)
Fatalities have fallen by 42% since 2001, but more than 30,000 people still die on the EU's roads each year. How we can make Europe's roads safer?
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