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The recipe for the magic filter of happiness is simple: economic prosperity, political freedom, equality. The streets of Denmark are full of the happiest persons on earth. According to the latest World Values Survey published by the United States National Science Foundation, Danes are the unquestionable champions of happiness.  Money does not buy happiness… This […]

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Before the devastating earthquake in Peloponnesus, I was relaxing in a beautiful island near Athens, for a short week-end!!I would like to share with you these optimistic and colourful photos!

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The unprecedented in intensity and duration earthquake of 6,5 Richter, 205 kilometres westwards of Athens, caused terror and panic, while it woke up memories of the deadly earthquake of Athens in 1999. Two people dead, dozens wounded in the prefectures of Achaia and Ilia in Peloponnesus that has not yet recovered from last summers’ devastating […]

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REUTERS/Funai-Frente de Proteção Etno-Ambiental Envira/Handout
They turn their arrows in the sky, against “the unknown monster”…. For Amazon Indians, the helicopter resembles more like an enormous iron bird. In the clearing of the jungle, we can discern two men warriors, who have covered their body with red colour. The third figure, dyed in black, watches very […]

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I staple my documents together I get out my notepad I hang up my washing I complain about the train being delayed I make myself coffee I start my revision I worry about my exams I hear the traffic and I see the people walking past in the sun.
But like MD’s photo, there is a […]

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Last week I visited Sweden in response to an invitation of foreign ministry of Sweden. They wanted to show Portuguese journalists some of the progresses made to improve environment standards, but when I left the country I was impressed by much more things than the traffic control policy or the green areas created side by […]

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For fourth consequent day thousands cries of despair went in vain after cyclone Nargis ravaged Myanmar. A nightmare without end for tens of thousands of people left homeless, as Myanmar junta does not allow the flow of international aid. Humanitarian organizations argue that the delay in the distribution of emergency aid can be fatal. Junta’s […]

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Is the Mediterranean in peril? According to scientific data, presented in an environmental conference held in Athens, the Mediterranean would be the first to suffer intensely from the effects of global warming. It is not only a theory. Mediterranean countries have already witnessed a major temperature rise, in comparison with the rest of the world. […]

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Ce matin, je me suis levée, un peu plus tard que d’habitude : fête du travail et comme son nom ne l’indique pas… grasse matinée. Dans plusieurs pays, le 1er mai est férié. En France, en Belgique, en Suisse, les travailleurs restent chez eux. En France, c’est le seul jour où chacun peut vendre du […]

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