Calling all creative minds in cyberspace
First there was LinkedIn, then Myspace, then Facebook and now … Toadsquare. Prague-based Czech-Australian Jane Hrouda has launched a website
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Europe
Bee health: EU-wide restrictions on pesticides use to enter into force on December 1
A restriction on the use of three pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family was adopted on May 24 2013 by
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Romania expels ‘cowboy’ jihadists
Two foreigners suspected of planning terrors attacks have been arrested and then expelled by the Romanian authorities, the Romanian home
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Russia Watch: Dagestan – Russia’s wild but beguiling southern frontier
Journalists love superlatives, and Russia’s southernmost republic, Dagestan, obliges. Of Russia’s 83 regions, Dagestan last year recorded the highest level
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Amnesty International: Relations between Albanians and Macedonians have deteriorated
Amnesty International has launched criticism and expressed its concern about the state of human rights and the deterioration of inter
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Forms of legal prostitution heighten human trafficking risks in poorer EU states
When an Austrian businessman announced plans to transform the sex industry from “grocer to supermarket” by opening Europe’s largest brothel
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European Parliament agrees to easing of rules on cross-border pet travel
New legislation on the “non-commercial transport” of pets, already informally agreed with European Union ministers, was approved by the European
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Jews ask US to keep up pressure on Hungary
Thirteen Jewish organisations sent a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urging him “to keep the
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Poland puts hydrocarbons tax on hold till 2020 to boost investments in shale gas
The hydrocarbons law will come into effect in 2015, but Poland will not levy the tax on hydrocarbons until 2020
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