Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Nelson Mandela" produced 47 items.
| 1. A bid for freedom | July 15, 2010 |
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Dutch MEPs stir up trouble. Dutch members of the European Parliament from the Freedom Party have hit upon a novel way to stir up trouble. |
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| 2. The enduring uselessness of political labels in the modern age | April 30, 2009 |
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The political arguments in post-communist countries are not easily reducible into the classic left-right split. The terms ‘left' and ‘right' do not mean much in politics... | |
| 3. A winding journey along a rewarding career path | April 23, 2009 |
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Kerstin Born's varied career has taken her from Berlin to Johannesburg and now to Brussels. Some people plot out their careers decades in advance and then put their plans... | |
| 4. Why bipartisanship is good politics | March 7, 2009 |
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Leaders need the benefit of the doubt in crises; bipartisanship helps secure that. Bipartisanship seems to have taken a drubbing in Washington since President Barack Obama... |
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| 5. A dubious roll of honour | October 23, 2008 |
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A Maltese politician garlanded by Libya, for reasons yet unknown. On Saturday (25 October) Dom Mintoff, who was prime minister of Malta in 1955-58 and again in 1971-84, will... | |
| 6. Tibet and Baltics have more in common than you think | April 3, 2008 |
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The highest point in the Baltic states is Big Egg Mountain in Estonia, at a towering 318 metres above sea level, about one-thirtieth of the height of Everest. That aside,... | |
| 7. Hydropower - an environmental battleground | July 20, 2006 |
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About three-quarters of the renewable electricity produced in the EU today comes from hydropower. Austria relies heavily on hydropower and is the only EU country currently... | |
| 8. Help us, but let us do our own peacekeeping | April 7, 2005 |
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A revolution is taking place among the conflicts and crises unfolding on the African continent: the peoples of Africa, especially through the African Union, have come... | |
| 9. Dear Romano, you're great! Love Bono X | February 5, 2004 |
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U2 singer Bono recently announced that his band's forthcoming new album will be characterized by an angry guitar sound. Why? Because guitarist The Edge is “sick of the... | |
| 10. AIDS battle | December 11, 2003 |
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In the HIV/AIDS-focused edition of European Voice (27 November-3 December), you published an interesting article that mentioned the plight of children affected by the virus... | |
| 11. Awards draw ridicule as well as praise | October 30, 2003 |
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THE choice of this year's Sakharov Prize – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and all UN staff – has been branded “ridiculous”. Leaders of political groups... | |
| 12. AIDS in South Africa – the struggle to save poor at mercy of high drug prices | September 11, 2003 |
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Providing affordable drugs for the poor has dominated preparations for this week's World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Cancún. David Cronin reports from South... | |
| 13. Kofi and team up for human rights award | September 11, 2003 |
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UNITED Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and UN staff have been nominated for the European Parliament's Sakharov prize. The prize is awarded each year, in memory of Soviet... | |
| 14. Tackling AIDS: the gravest threat to Africa | July 24, 2003 |
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The next stage in the war against AIDS and other major killers will take place at the World Trade Organization ministerial conference in Mexico. David Cronin examines the... | |
| 15. And the winner is... | May 15, 2003 |
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Gongs galore this week, folks...but maybe a pinch of salt is required. First up, Austria has decorated European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg with the Grand... | |
| 16. European hypocrisy | March 20, 2003 |
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I spent last month in Africa, pausing for a visit to Robben Island, the former prison that confined Nelson Mandela for two decades. It was a physically beautiful setting... | |
| 17. Award-winning author dedicates prize to ‘all Cubans' | December 19, 2002 |
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OSWALDO Paya, the Cuban dissident writer who won this year's Sakharov Prize, dedicated his award to “all Cubans”. The prize is awarded annually by the European... | |
| 18. G8 must deliver on promise to eradicate polio | December 5, 2002 |
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THE headlines recently have highlighted a series of tragedies for African countries – both immediate and to come. But as the drought rages on in parts of Africa, Nigeria... | |
| 19. ‘We can do more and we can do it faster': one woman's fight against HIV in Africa | November 28, 2002 |
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Dr Lieve Fransen has been at the forefront of the battle against AIDS since 1983, first in Kenya and now as a senior official in DG Development. She talks to David Cronin... | |
| 20. What price a life? Why cheap AIDS drugs are failing to reach the needy | November 28, 2002 |
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IT SHOULDN'T have to be a death sentence. With proper treatment, people with AIDS can frequently overcome the disease or cope with it. Take this example from South Africa. A... | |
