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Eurosphere agenda: Ukraine’s Jamala wins Eurovision 2016 with a song about a song about the deportation of Crimean Tatars under Josef Stalin….

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Ukraine’s Jamala wins Eurovision 2016 BBC News | Europe | World Edition Ukraine’s Jamala wins the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with a song about the deportation of Crimean Tatars under Josef Stalin. Eurovision 2016 – We are off to Ukraine! Stephen Spillane Ukraine win the Eurovision Song Contest, Jamala Credit: Andres Putting (EBU) Congratulations to Jamala and … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Ukraine?s Geneva agreement falters…

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Ukraine?s Geneva agreement falters  EurActiv.com An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine began to unravel Sunday (21 April), with pro-Moscow gunmen showing no sign of surrendering seized government buildings MAIN FOCUS: Conflict over Geneva peace plan | 22/04/2014 euro|topics Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday accused Kiev of violating the Geneva agreement on de-escalation in Ukraine. … Read more

Literati roundup: 2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced….R.I.P. Marshall Berman…

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2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced The 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced. The shortlist was announced by Chair of Judges Robert Macfarlane. The longlist of 13 books was whittled down to the following six books: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo (Chatto & Windus) The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Granta) Harvest … Read more