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Only one hour drive from Brussels is the Euro Space Center, located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg
Daily Archives: 15 April, 2015
Exciting times at the ECB
European Central Bank (ECB) President, Mario Draghi, was sprayed with confetti by a woman attending the ECB’s press conference on 15 April 2015 in Frankfurt. The woman ran and jumped onto the desk in front of Mr. Draghi, shouting: “end the ECB dictatorship”. There were no injuries and only a brief interruption to the…
The missed opportunity of Cordoba’s Mosque
By Publio Manuel Isaldi
The first time I heard of the current controversy surrounding the history of “The Mosque” and the dispute over its use, I felt a tinge of sadness. It was not always like that. In 1977, a conference on inter-religious dialogue took place in Cordoba. Muslim delegates were invited into “The Mosque”, where they were allowed to perform their Friday prayers. I would not argue in favour of turning the building into a Muslim temple, however. My point is perhaps subtler…
