------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE RIGHT WING AND THE ROMA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EU Presidency a Test for Tolerance in Hungary Hungary will assume the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union in January and the government is pledging to forge a policy for addressing the Roma in all of Europe. But the country has its own troubling history with the Roma, who have been deeply impoverished and pushed to the margins of society since the fall of the Iron Curtain. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,737283,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Victims of Hate in Hungary http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-62720.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GERMANY'S NEW WIRTSCHAFTSWUNDER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Does Euro Crisis Threaten Berlin's Economic Miracle? There seems to be a lot of unanimity in Germany about the country's economic prospects for 2011. But while a chorus of optimists in business and government circles make rosy predictions of continued growth, some worry that the euro crisis could put an end to Germany's post-crisis euphoria. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,736812,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPIEGEL PUB QUIZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One Radioactive End of Year Quiz This year, we have seen the conception of one of the most outrageously named beverages ever, provided an in-depth look at under-reported fallout from the Chernobyl meltdown and chronicled an expensive disaster involving a creature not well suited as a house pet. Are you keeping up with SPIEGEL ONLINE's Zeitgeist? Find out with our 2010 end of the year Pub Quiz. http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57502#ref=nlint -------------------- Another Round? The SPIEGEL Pub Quiz Archive http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,k-7252,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOLIDAY PUBLISHING SCHEDULE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Note to Our Readers Although SPIEGEL INTERNATIONAL will be publishing on a limited schedule over the holiday season, our daily "World from Berlin" press review will not return until Monday, Jan. 3. We wish all our readers happy holidays. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,440550,00.html#ref=nlint
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