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Surprise! The transgressive and fashionable world of entertainment is not gay friendly. This was revealed by a recent English survey […]
Integration courses, try to believe
The detractors of integration courses for immigrants have to think again. They are in fact "an indispensable business card for […]
All’s fair in love and war
In Italy, to stick a pornographic picture of the former partner on the front door is not a crime. This […]
“Gagged” doctors
The chiefs of UK Health System tackle against the “gagging clauses”. It concern a common practice widespread in NHS trusts […]
Words that take care
The traditional method of learning through pictures for autistic children could soon be replaced by the technique known as "inner […]

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Pedophilia, the luxembourg government turnabout -

by Marina Moretti

Fortunately, the hope accompanying the article published on January 17 on this newspaper turned into reality. The Luxembourgian government, indeed, has officially explained the changes made to the article of the Penal Code concerning indecent behaviour towards children. After the bitter controversies generated by the declaration of the President of the criminal Chamber of the Court of Luxembourg, Prosper Klein, and published by several national newspapers, the government replied on its website through a note entitled, "The lawmaker strengthened and [...]

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4 sign languages (English, French, German, Dutch) assure complete accessibility at Parlamentarium for deaf people [...]

Life of families

88% of Irish workers consume their meals sitting at their desk [...]

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Ethnic business

In Italy, more than 5,000 foreign hauliers have been affected by the economic crisis [...]

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Reportage

1) Marine Le Pen, the new Circe enchantress

by Giuseppe Terranova

Twelve months after Front National established its leadership and four months before next presidential election, Marine Le Pen may represent a real shift in the French political landscape. Not only for the wide and strong citizens' approval it obtained, confirmed by a recent TNS Sofres survey, but also because, within a year, Le Pen has been able to give a new aspect to the extreme right-wing party founded by her father in 1972. Actually, apart from the surname, it is difficult to find something in common between her and her predecessor. The reasons of such a radical change are quite [...]