The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the
thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons The
Ovi covers for Tuesday May 28th, 2024.
It is time for Europe to recognize Palestine by Christos Mouzeviris More of Uju Kennedy -Ohanenye; less of Tinubu by Tunde Akande #eBook The ‘Scots Brigade’ by James Grant AntySaurus Prick #090 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas Sep 28, 1991; Miles Davis May 28, 1935; Tortilla Flat
The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the
thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi
magazine covers for Saturday July 8th, 2023
Europe better tread carefully in the future by Christos Mouzeviris
For the past year and a half, we all been watching a terrible
disaster unfolding. This time not in the Middle East or Asia, but right
on our doorstep; Ukraine.
“Putin’s War”, as Western media often portray it, is anything but
though. These kind of conflicts have happened many times before in
history, one of such times it was Greece that suffered the consequences
of the struggle between East and West, with the Greek Civil War
happening back in the post WW2 ’40s.
That conflict was the first proxy war of the Cold War and represents
the first example of postwar involvement on the part of the Allies in
the internal affairs of a foreign country, an implementation of George
F. Kennan’s containment policy.
The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thurday January 19th, 2023
Europe- Una Hysteria Importante – Part II by Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic
Economic downturn; recession of plans and
initiatives;systematically ignored calls for afiscal and monetary
justice for all; €-crisis; Brexit and irredentism in the UK, Spain,
Belgium, France, Denmark and Italy; lasting instability in the Euro-Med
theatre (debt crisis of the Europe’s south – countries scrutinized and
ridiculed under the nickname PIGS, coupled with the failed states all
over the MENA);terrorism; historic low with Moscowculminating in the
unprecedented opened armed conflict of West with Russia on the territory
of yet another Slavic useful idiot, ill-fated Ukraine, all this
combined with a confrontational but in fact frightened and disoriented
Washington administration; influx of predominantly Muslim refugees from
Levantin numbers and configurationsunprecedented since the WWII exoduses
(with an institutionalized racism in the Western migration policy while
giving to fleeing Ukrainians diametrically different treatment);
consequential growth of far-right parties who– by peddling reductive
messages and comparisons – are exploiting fearsof otherness, that are
nowamplified with already urging healthlabour and social justice
concerns; generational unemployment and socio-culturalanxieties, in
ricochet of sanctions; long-ago ‘prophesised’ than doctored health,
post-C-19 and energy ‘crises’, oil anti-diplomacy; painful
de-dollarization as well as the Sino-US trade wars, while rifting in
dilemma to either letting Bolivarismor supporting Monroeism…
Strikingly, there is a very little publicdebate enhanced in Europe
about it. What is even more worrying is the fact that any self-assessing
questioning of Europe’s involvement and past policies in the Middle
East, and Europe’s East is simply off-agenda. Immaculacy of Brussels and
infallibilityof Atlantic-Central Europe-led EU is unquestionable.
Corresponding with realities or complying witha dogma?
“It sets on fire what might inspire The necessities that life might require. Clean water, air, fresh green grass, and trees, An atmosphere to neither roast nor freeze. These are essentials on demand to please. Are these simplicities beyond our means?”
The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday December 31st, 2022
Europe: Una Hysteria Importante – (Part one) by Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic
Economic downturn; recession of plans and
initiatives;systematically ignored calls for afiscal and monetary
justice for all; €-crisis; Brexit and irredentism in the UK, Spain,
Belgium, France, Denmark and Italy; lasting instability in the Euro-Med
theatre (debt crisis of the Europe’s south – countries scrutinized and
ridiculed under the nickname PIGS, coupled with the failed states all
over the MENA);terrorism; historic low with Moscowculminating in the
unprecedented opened armed conflict of West with Russia on the territory
of yet another Slavic useful idiot, ill-fated Ukraine, all this
combined with a confrontational but in fact frightened and disoriented
Washington administration; influx of predominantly Muslim refugees from
Levantin numbers and configurationsunprecedented since the WWII exoduses
(with an institutionalized racism in the Western migration policy while
giving to fleeing Ukrainians diametrically different treatment);
consequential growth of far-right parties who– by peddling reductive
messages and comparisons – are exploiting fearsof otherness, that are
nowamplified with already urging healthlabour and social justice
concerns; generational unemployment and socio-culturalanxieties, in
ricochet of sanctions; long-ago ‘prophesised’ than doctored health,
post-C-19 and energy ‘crises’, oil anti-diplomacy; painful
de-dollarization as well as the Sino-US trade wars, while rifting in
dilemma to either letting Bolivarismor supporting Monroeism…
And, just when we thought – it can’t get worse, just when we thought
that the history judgement can be escaped and that Europe can avoid
inevitable – acceptance that there is no more moral triumph of the west
(ever since dizzy 2020), the devastating earthquake reduced foundations
of the western civilisational superiority to a rubble:arrests of the top
officials of the most democ-ratic EU institution of all – the Euro
Parliament, and extensive raids that are still ongoing.[1]The very fundaments of Europe are shaking.
The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Friday October 21st, 2022
New European Structures: Will They Have A Creative Impact? by Rene Wadlow
The first session of the newly created European Political
Community met in Prague on 6 October with 43 heads of State or
Government present and the President of Ukraine by video. This new
structure is largely due to the efforts of the French President,
Emmanuel Macron, who, during the French presidency of the European Union
stressed the need for the creation of a European body without the
Russian Federation which is a member of the Organization for Security
and Coopeeration in Europe (OSCE) and without the U.S.A. present in
NATO.
The European Political Community has the European Union states at its
core but also states not part of the EU such as the United Kingdom,
Switzerland, and Lichtenstein. The European Political Cpmmunity also
has states that one does not usually consider as “European” such as
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
New Reign of Terror by David Sparenberg The bullet from the terrorist gun, manufactured anywhere in the industrial world, has your name on it. Sometime during your life time, it may end your life. But ...seriously Europe by Thanos Kalamidas A selection of ...European news due to the Euro-election day, collected together in only the way that Mr Kalamidas can achieve. He says ...by Thanos Kalamidas Ovi Times are going to be full page today with some thoughts on what and who says what for the Euro-elections
Lift Spirits #18 by Thanos K & Asa B Lift doors slide open, you enter, press the button and then face that awkward proximity to a stranger... perhaps this will lift your spirit.
Mugabe must goby Thanos Kalamidas Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai announced that his party is pulling out from the elections stating that this election will not be fair and free, yet he automatically hands victory to Mugabe!
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Don't sit here or you could be beatenby Linda Lane I stopped a fight between 15 men at 3am in Dhaka Airport, over one man wanting to sit in the seats pictured. These were the only comfortable seats left in the room where one could conceivably have a nap.
Bush Fait Ses Adieux a l'Europeby Europe & Us Ce fut davantage une visite protocolaire qu’une tournée d’adieux chargée en émotions. A cinq mois des élections présidentielles américaines...
Lift Spirits #06by Thanos K & Asa B Lift doors slide open, you enter, press the button and then face that awkward proximity to a stranger... perhaps this will lift your spirit./too
Chavez: The next American Idolby Thanos Kalamidas When everybody was talking about Venezuela's Che I was a bit sceptical! When everybody was talking about the Venezuelan economic miracle I was wondering and when the Spanish king told Chavez to shut up I was relieved.
"those early years"by Bohdan Yuri "Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting." - Robert Frost
50 Bucks: Bring On the Slutsby Sarah Beetson I was overwhelmed by the Japanese vending machine culture - whereby one can purchase almost anything - from beer to bedroom slippers; a microwave dinner to a pair of used panties - from a handy vending machine.
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a move to make it even harder for foreigners to obtain citizenship.
In a referendum, they voted 64% against a bid to revive the practice of approving citizenship candidates by secret ballot and scrapping appeals. Secret ballots were outlawed five years ago by the Supreme Court, which judged them to be discriminatory.
Switzerland has one of Europe's highest numbers of foreign-born residents - more than 20%. Many Swiss said not allowing voters to have the final say on who became a citizen violated the country's system of direct democracy. However, opponents of Sunday's poll, which was called by the nationalist Swiss People's Party, suspect the real agenda behind it was not Swiss democracy, but how best to keep certain groups out of Switzerland, our correspondent adds.
The people can always sense when the motives are racist and fascist and their answer justifies the fact!
Fuel protests triggered by rising oil prices have spread to more countries across Europe, with thousands of fishermen on strike.
Union leaders said Portugal's entire coastal fleet stayed in port on Friday, while in Spain, 7,000 fishermen held protests at the agriculture ministry. French fishermen have been protesting for weeks, with Belgian and Italian colleagues also involved.
UK and Dutch lorry drivers held similar protests earlier this week. The strike reflects anger at the rising cost of fuel, with oil prices above $130 a barrel. Trade unions say the cost of diesel has become prohibitively high, after rising 300% over the past five years. Wholesale fish prices, meanwhile, have been static for 20 years.
They drive the European family is a bankruptcy and they are doing nothing to help! In the end EU is going to be European penniless!
The Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders has posted a controversial film critical of Islam's holy book, the Koran, on the internet. The opening scenes show a copy of the Koran, followed by footage of the attacks on the US on 11 September 2001.
The 15-minute film was posted on video-sharing website LiveLeak. Its planned release had sparked angry protests in Muslim countries. The Dutch government has distanced itself from the views of Mr. Wilders.
The film is called "Fitna", a Koranic term sometimes translated as "strife". Dutch broadcasters have declined to show it.
Graphic images from the bomb attacks on London in July 2005 and Madrid in March 2004 are also shown.
Scenes from a beheading and pictures of the Dutch director Theo van Gogh, who was murdered by a radical Islamist in 2004, are also included. The film ends with someone turning pages of a Koran, followed by a tearing sound.
It was natural that something like that was coming after all action brings reaction and the extreme Muslims were till now the only ones to act so it’s the turn of extreme European to react especially after what happened with the Mohamed cartoons and all the demonstrations in most of the European cities.
The fascinating thing about all these is that the people who will find the chance to talk about freedom of speech and the right to show whatever they want are the ones who if ever come in power will shut the mouths of everyone!
