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I couldn’t help but laugh at the TV coverage of Obama’s arrival, which was hailed as a ‘rapturous welcome by the crowds at Palais Rohan’. The semantics of ‘crowd’ would lead you to believe that these individuals applauding the glorious … Continue reading →

A neighbour told me that this morning’s tear-gassing of protesters in and around the Contades Parc was, as far as he could see, total over-reaction by the security forces. And living in an apartment that overlooks the park he was … Continue reading →

Our road has now been closed – and there are cops either end. Low flying ‘heli-choopers’ going over.

Just a quick update on the NATO debacle – it seems the security services have decided to close access to all roads north of the central island. So we’ve just been told that if we want to get from Contades … Continue reading →

The world’s war-mongers are coming to town in a few weeks time to have a bit of a knees-up, and (on the 3rd and 4th of April) as the worlds most armed nations come together to celebrate their sixtieth anniversary, … Continue reading →