Monday, February 9, 2009

EU Map media news headlines

some enws headlines from eu map webpage:

http://www.eumap.org/


Pope stirs up Jewish fury over bishop

2009-01-25 · The Observer
Tension between the Vatican and Jewish groups ratcheted up after Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated a bishop who has denied the Holocaust. Warning against the signal the decision sent, a Community Security Trust spokesman pointed out that "there has been a considerable increase in antisemitism from some of the eastern European churches".

Sarkozy's €600m aid for French papers

2009-01-24 · Irish Times
President Sarkozy has announced €600 million in emergency aid for the French newspapers, and promised a year’s free subscription for every 18-year-old. The press is in a crisis, but state involvement is a double-edged sword. An annual €1.5 billion in subsidies is counterweighed by politicians rewriting their own interviews and the president’s friends owning major newspapers.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Urges Anti Hate Speech Legislation Amid Right-Wing Attacks

2009-01-24 · BosNewsLife
PM Gyurcsany of Hungary has urged all political parties to implement strict legislation against hate speech amid concerns over growing far right groups. He accused the right wing and liberal parties of "attacking human rights" by blocking the legislation. Earlier this month, prosecutors banned the "Hungarian Guard", but it will appeal against the decision.

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