Almost Five Months Since the Congestion Charges Referendum

By Sara Möller

Nearly five months has passed since the people in Gothenburg voted no to congestion taxes. This article will present a background, the way to the vote and what has happened afterwards. Some people involved have been interviewed and they have also expressed their views about why the congestion taxes are still alive.
     There are different views, but they all agree that something must be done to improve the environment in the center of Gothenburg.  

Shoes that make a difference

By Hanna Josefsson 

Blake Mycoskie wanted to help poor, shoeless children to avoid infections and diseases. In 2006, he started to sell fabric-shoes made in Argentina. For every pair of shoes he sold, he gave a new pair to a child in need. Until today, Tomorrow´s shoes, have given 35 million pair of shoes in around seventy countries and the shoes are famous all around the world. They collaborate with a lot of humanitarian organizations, and the assortment of shoes has expanded fast and today they sell more than just shoes.

Construction plans for Turkey's Caretta beach triggers protests

A vigil held against the privatization of the protected beach of İztuzu on the Mediterranean coast will enter its second week today, with activists mobilizing to prevent a company from building recreational facilities on the site, a major nesting ground for Caretta Caretta turtles.

Local activists were prompted to action after officials from DALÇEV, the company that won the tender to operate the beach facilities, entered the area with three construction vehicles around midnight on Dec. 29, 2014, after a court lifted a stay of execution order on the privatization process.

The incident triggered fury among local activists, who spontaneously gathered near the beach and launched their resistance. They celebrated New Year’s Eve in İztuzu and thousands of activists are now attending the vigil.

Snuff users are angry after the increased taxes

By Leo Utell & Ludvig Tornberg

The old government’s budget has decided that the taxes on tobacco will be increased in 2015.  The snuff consumers feel betrayed by the government when the snuff taxes is doubled compared to the cigarette taxes.

 

Thomas Quick – Guilty or not?

By Vanessa Sidlo

Thomas Quick is a well-known case that has received a lot of attention from the media, even today. It has never in history happened that a man confesses to about 30 murders, gets charged and sentenced and then some years later released due to the lack of evidence. This is Sweden´s biggest justice scandal and there are many mixed feelings about whether he should be free or not.

FASHION PASSION

by Angelica Contorno, Angela Coffaro, Valeria Leone, Francesca Sacco
Italy is one of the leading countries in fashion design, alongside others such as France, USA, Great Britain, Germany and Japan. Fashion has always been an important part of the country's cultural life and society, and Italians are well known for their attention of dressing-up well  and the Italian women are among the best-dressed in the world.

The surrounding world’s reaction on the recruitments of IS

By Lisa Forsman

The number of people from the foreign countries joining the terrorist group IS increases continuously. The Swedish security police have confirmed that there are more than a hundred Swedes who have gone to Syria.

Criticized Championship

By Hannes Pitkänen & Anton Winnansson

The handball World Championship in Qatar 2015 played between 15^th January and 1^st February has in advance been characterized by rumours and scandals. Slavery and bribes are only a few examples of what has been talked about before the championship.

USA Cuba Embargo

 By Pontus Elmrin

After more than 50 years, USA and Cuba have finally kicked their negotiations off. USA has since 1962 conducted an embargo that, among other things, prevented American citizens from travelling to Cuba. But we might just see the end of a 50-years old national conflict.

“Je suis Charlie”: the freedom of the press

by Dishana Tevanantham

On the morning of 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 , two Islamist terrorists armed with assault rifles and other weapons forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris. They killed 11 people and injured 11 others, and shouted "Allahu Akbar”" (Arabic for "God is [the] greatest") during their attack. 

TERRORISM IS AGAINST THE ISLAM VALUES

by Erradi Firdaous

I read everything and even more on the Internet after the storm provoked by the terrorist attack in Paris. I read too many things, too many frenzies, too many meaningless sentences. I heard too many people speaking of something they don’t know. Too much

ignorance. 

Weronika Urbanik-Pek: A Galician speaker.

Strange as it may sound, it's a true fact. This woman, born in the Lesser Poland voivodeship, can speak a really good Galician to our surprise.

DEEP IN TRANSYLVANIA

By Rafael Morna, IXth A grade; Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga; School: Samuil Vulcan National College

Bran Castle was initially built in 1212 to serve as a fortress. Today, tourists from all over the world come to visit the famous castle, which is known as being Dracula’s home, the first vampire ever.

Considering that Vlad Ţepeş was compared to Dracula because of his authoritative reign and the “blood thirst”, it was supposed that he lived in the Bran Castle, although he never did. Bram Stoker chose him to be the main character in his novel, the book being published in 1897.

CUMINȚENIA PĂMÂNTULUI: AT OWNER CROSSROADS

By Salome Petra Lezeu, IXth D grade; Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga School: Samuil Vulcan National College

http://brancusi.1dez.com/opere/Cumintenia-pamantului.html

”Cumințenia Pământului” (Wisdom of the Earth) reflects Brancusi's philosophy that has its roots in an earlier Christianity Wisdom. The sculpture represents a woman very focussed on herself, her figure carrying a mystery that has become a universal portrait. The statue attitude emits a sense of attachment to Mother Earth.