People go from continent to continent and from country to country: some for a business trip, others just for a holiday or maybe even for a study session with the Greens. But there are some people who go from one continent to another because they want to have a better life, not only for themselves…
European Social Forum – join the (r)evolution!
In ESF in Paris, 12-15 of November 2003 The European Social Forum (ESF) was born in connection to the World Social Forum (WSF) whose aim it is to facilitate grassroot debates about how our world should look like. You’ve surely heard the slogan “Another world is possible”. Well, that’s what the WSF is about: creating…
Editorial
Dear friends, I welcome you to the bi-monthly issue of Ecosprinter! I am very happy with this issue as the articles were abundant and had a good standard. You will find a 16 page pull-out about the Sumava Forestry Exchange that took place in Sumava Mountains in the Czech Republic organised in August 2003. I…
Alternatives to current policies on illicit drugs
46th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the high-level Ministerial Segment In Vienna from the 16th to the 17th of April the UN will hold a half time evaluation meeting of the 1998 UN General Assembly special session on narcotic drugs. The session of 1998 set the aim of a world without…
Opportunities for young people in Europe
A brief insight on Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU) Malta THE CONCEPT OF A EUROPEAN YOUTH POLICY For a European Youth Policy to succeed it must be forged in close partnership with various youth organisa tions. This is the role of the Youth Directorate of the Council of Europe and it successfully carries out…
Displaced people… where are we heading?
Seven out of 10 of forcibly displaced people in the world today are hosted by the poorest countries. Only three per cent of refugees manage to seek asylum in the so-called industrialised countries. We could well be excused for coming to the conclusion that the reality is far different. Hearing politicians speak, reading newspapers, and…
Earth Day celebrated in style by DEM-Youth
For 22nd of April, Earth day, DEM – Youth prepared a leaflet called “Happy birthday Planet Earth, but you are still unhappy”. This leaflet was distributed in every Macedonian town. In this leaflet, the environmental situation in Macedonia was explained and we also gave practical solutions to the problems. The central manifestation was a press…
Chiche! news
The last event for Chiche! was on April 26th – the Chernobyl’s anniversary with debates and demonstrations in several cities in France. We have to fight against the nuclear lobby that tries to obtain funding for a new nuclear program in France. In Toulouse for instance we brought old industrial containers, that represented nuclear containers,…
Cyprus Alternative News
The authorities in northern Cyprus put yet another obstacle to the freedom of movement of the media by no longer recognizing the “press cards” that it has issued itself. Till the first days of May, the professional journalists could cross between the north and the south easily by showing their press cards. According to the…
Greens didn't succeed to get into the government
After Finnish’s greens good result in parliamentary elections, the greens went with optimism to government negotiations. But after two weeks, it was clear that the greens are not going to be in government. The reason what was given from the main parties who went to government was: Social democrats wanted a left wing party to…