Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate looks back on the symbol of the Cold War and of a divided Europe.
As Barack Obama celebrates the first anniversary of his victory in the presidential election, Chairman of RGE Monitor Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the economic crisis, answers our questions.
Bestselling feminist writer Elif Shafak has published her sixth novel. “The Bastard of Istanbul” is the story of two families divided between two cities, Tucson and Istanbul; and between two national identities, Turkish and Armenian.
Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, is the Founder and Director of Grameen Bank dubbed “the bank of the poor”. The organisation was established in Bangladesh in 1983 and has helped more than 3 millions Bangladeshis obtain credit.
Former Madagascan president Marc Ravalomanana has been living in exile in Johannesburg since he was ousted in a coup in March of this year. He has agreed to attend a summit in Addis Ababa next week to begin fresh talks on a transition government.
Though he favours closer ties with Russia, Viktor Yanukovich has in recent years sought to shake off his image as a servant of Moscow. He is currently well ahead in opinion polls for the January 17, 2010 vote.
In his 2009 book "Pari de civilisation" (bet for civilisation), Abdelwahab Meddeb discusses the modernity of Islam and suggests some new interpretations of the Koran.
Bruno Giussani, European Director of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conferences, tells us more about the spreading of ideas in technology, design and entertainment.
French-Turkish writer Nedim Gürsel talks about his latest book, “Les Filles d'Allah” (Allah’s daughters), which earned him a court summons in Istanbul for allegedly slandering Islam.
