source: Macleans.ca

BERLIN - Germany’s Foreign Minister expressed shame Thursday at the role wartime-era diplomats played in assisting the Nazis with what he called “administrative coldness” in carrying out the Holocaust.

source: Haaretz.com

Merkel is apparently right; multiculturalism was never all that popular in the Western world.

“Europe Has Failed To Move From Scapegoating To Inclusion”
A commentary by Els de Groen on Radio Liberty

source: The Boston Globe

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders appealed for freedom of expression Monday as he went on trial for alleged hate speech at a time when his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all-time highs.

source: The Moderate Voice

Today is an important day for Gypsies, also known as Romani (estimated population 6-11 million worldwide). A group of academics, government advisers and gypsy representatives are meeting in Strasbourg to discuss the next steps in a pan-European project entitled “The Decade of Roma Inclusion, 2005 to 2015″. The Independent describes Gypsies/Roma as “Europe’s most persecuted minority that has become the subject of increasingly draconian laws.”