Costis Hadjimichalis’ Crisis Spaces: Structures, Struggles and Solidarity in Southern Europe (Routledge, 2017), is now available in paperback. The book is a fundamental, illuminating comparative study of the impacts of the 2007-8 crisis and the ensuing recession and EU austerity programs in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. 164 mais palavras
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"Fist"
Verona Theatre, Italy (Photo: Gosia Sachse vel Głowacka, June 2017)
“Song of the Polish Nation.”
Poland is not yet dead,
As long as we’re alive. 158 mais palavras
Cultural border-crossings: emergent educational opportunities in the wake of African migration to Europe
The Small African Library (Piccola Biblioteca d’Africa), an educational space in Catonia, Sicily designed to promote cross-cultural interactions between African migrants and their Sicilian counterparts, continues to thrive despite the persistence of anti-migrant sentiments in Italy and Europe more broadly. 735 mais palavras
Five Ships to Leave Costa Fleet by May 2021
Working to reduce capacity growth in Southern Europe, five ships will leave the Costa Cruises fleet by May 2021, according to Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation, speaking on the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, Sept. 227 mais palavras
Rooftops over Montélimar, France
Rooftops of Montélimar, France
Most visitors zip by this historical town in southern France. To the majority of strangers, the town of Montélimar is just a blip on the map in the little-known region of Drôme to be passed by on the way to greener (or sunnier!) pastures such as Provence and the Cote d’Azure (better known as the French Riviera). 253 mais palavras
Lake Como - The Jewel of Lombardy
Just a stone’s throw away from the bustling Milan, you will find yourself in an idyllic scenery where deep blue lake set in the shadow of snow-covered Alps, hemmed in by steep, wooded hills and dotted by colourful houses, exquisite villas and palaces. 753 mais palavras
Milan - The Extravagance
If you can only use one word to describe Milan, what word would you use? I found extravagance is the most appropriate word. From the exquisite Duomo to the opulent Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 952 mais palavras