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European Of The Year (Reader's Digest Award)
Since 1996 the editors of the European editions of the '' Reader's Digest'' magazine have named "European of the Year" individuals who best embody the traditions and values of Europe. * 1996: Roman Catholic Father Imre Kozma, chairman of the Hungarian Malteser Caritas-Service. * 1997: Norwegian Frederic Hauge, founder of the environmental group Bellona. * 1998: British solo-skipper Pete Goss, who saved his French friend Raphael Dinelli during a solo yachting competition. * 1999: Danish Inge Genefke, for her commitment to the treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims. * 2000: Paul van Buitenen, who uncovered mismanagement within the European Commission. * 2001: Linus Benedict Torvalds, the inventor of Linux. * 2002: Eva Joly, former adjudicator in France (among others in the Tapie corruption scandal regarding Elf Aquitaine). * 2003: Šimon Pánek, founder of People in Need. * 2004: German jurist Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International. * 2005: Russian doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reader's Digest
''Reader's Digest'' is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wife Lila Bell Wallace. For many years, ''Reader's Digest'' was the best-selling consumer magazine in the United States; it lost the distinction in 2009 to '' Better Homes and Gardens''. According to Mediamark Research (2006), ''Reader's Digest'' reached more readers with household incomes of over $100,000 than '' Fortune'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Business Week'', and '' Inc.'' combined. Global editions of ''Reader's Digest'' reach an additional 40 million people in more than 70 countries, via 49 editions in 21 languages. The periodical has a global circulation of 10.5 million, making it the largest paid-circulation magazine in the world. It is also published in Braille, digital, audio, and a large type called "Reader's Digest La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transparency International
Transparency International e.V. (TI) is a German registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank. Based in Berlin, its nonprofit and non-governmental purpose is to take action to combat global corruption with civil societal anti-corruption measures and to prevent criminal activities arising from corruption. Its most notable publications include the Global Corruption Barometer and the Corruption Perceptions Index. Transparency International serves as an umbrella organization. From 1993 till today its members have grown from a few individuals to more than 100 national chapters which engage in fighting perceived corruption in their home countries. TI is a member of G20 Think Tanks, UNESCO Consultative Status, United Nations Global Compact, Sustainable Development Solutions Network and shares the goals of peace, justice, strong institutions and partnerships of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG). TI is a social partner of Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Minder
Thomas Minder (born 26 December 1960 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician. Minder was elected to the Swiss Council of States for the canton of Schaffhausen in 2011. He is an independent but sits with the Swiss People's Party. He is known in Switzerland for having filed an initiative entitled "against rip-off salaries", created on 31 October 2006 and submitted on 26 February 2008, which proposed that the remuneration of executives in public Swiss companies be more tightly controlled by the shareholders. The initiative, one of the world's most restrictive on corporate governance, was accepted by 67.9% of the population and all the cantons on 3 March 2013. He is the initiator of a Federal law to better protect the concept of "Swissness". Biography Minder grew up in Neuhausen, attended secondary school at Rosenberg, college at the ''Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Neuchâtel'' and Fordham University, where he obtained an MBA. He is a first lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy
Agnieszka Maria Romaszewska-Guzy (born 15 January 1962) is a Polish press and television journalist, director of Biełsat TV and since 2011, vice-president of the Association of Polish Journalists. Biography Romaszewska-Guzy is the daughter of Zofia Romaszewska and Zbigniew Romaszewski. After the imposition of martial law, she was interned for five months. Until 1989, she cooperated with the opposition movement, participated, inter alia, in the Freedom and Peace Movement. In 1987, she graduated from the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw. She was a spokesman for the National Founding Committee of the Independent Students' Association (NZS), and then a member of the National Audit Committee of the NZS. Her husband, Jarosław Guzy, was the first chairman of the NZS. During her doctoral fellowship in the United States, Romaszewska-Guzy was an intern at The Washington Times, The Washington Post and the weekly The New Republic. In 1991, she worked in Życie Warszawy. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belsat TV
Belsat ( be, Белсат; pl, Biełsat; stylised as B☰LSAT) is a Polish free-to-air satellite television channel aimed at Belarus. The channel is a subsidiary of TVP S.A. From the outset, it has been co-funded by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international donors. Broadcasting platforms Satellite and cable networks: Belsat broadcasts from the Astra 4A satellite, which covers the European region of the former USSR. In Ukraine, it is available on most cable networks. In Poland, it is carried by approximately 20% of cable networks. In Belarus, however, it is unavailable on cable or digital networks due to a ban by the authorities. Internet: The channel's programming is broadcast live via the belsat.eu website, YouTube, and thBelsatSmartapp for Smart TVs. Meanwhile, thБелсатТВapp for Android and iOS tablets and smartphones allows viewers to watch live, and read the latest news with embedded videos. Belsat has ten thematic YouTube channels: ''Belsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Concordia Disaster
On 13 January 2012, the eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel '' Costa Concordia'' was on the last leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, sailed closer to the island, and struck a rock formation on the sea floor. This caused the ship to list and then capsize, landing unevenly on an underwater ledge. Although a six-hour rescue effort brought most of the passengers ashore, 33 people died:27 passengers, five crew, and later, a member of the salvage team. An investigation focused on shortcomings in the procedures followed by ''Costa Concordia'' crew and the actions of her captain, Francesco Schettino, who left the ship prematurely. He left about 300 passengers on board the sinking vessel, most of whom were rescued by helicopter or motorboats in the area. Schettino was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Despite receiving its own share of criticism, Costa Cruises and its pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Hauser
Monika Hauser (born 24 May 1959 in Thal, Switzerland) is a Swiss-born Italian physician gynecologist and humanitarian. She is the founder of Medica Mondiale, an internationally renowned women's rights and aid organization.Nicholas Watt, Ian Traynor and Maggie O'Kane (14 April 1999)Serbs have rape camp, says Cook''The Guardian''. Hauser lives and works in Cologne. Early life and education Hauser spent her youth in the Swiss village of Thal, Saint Gallen, in German-speaking Switzerland, before continuing her medical studies in Innsbruck, Austria. She completed her doctorate in medicine in Innsbruck and Bologna in 1984, obtained her German medical licence in 1988 and completed her gynaecological specialization at the Essen University Hospital in 1998.Laureates: Monika Hauser |
Iana Matei
Iana Matei is a Romanian activist and founder of Reaching Out Romania, an organization to seek out and rehabilitate victims of forced prostitution. Early life Iana Matei was born in Orăștie, Romania. Her mother was a pentathlete, and her father was a football coach. When Matei was three years old, her family moved to Bucharest due to her father's work, then later moved to the industrial city of Pitești. Matei speaks four languages, her native Romanian, Serbian, English, and French. During her studies of wall painting, Matei met her husband Dmitri while restoring the . The two married and had Matei's first son, Ștefan. Matei later divorced Dmitri due to domestic violence, abuse, and alcohol abuse issues. Matei lived during the period of the Soviet occupation of Romania. In 1989, at the start of the Romanian Revolution, Matei participated in riots and other protest activities against the Communist government. After an incident where Matei lost her handbag with her ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Franz
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal Gospel of James. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne. In Christian tradition The story of Joachim, his wife Anne (or Anna), and the miraculous birth of their child Mary, the mother of Jesus, was told for the first time in the 2nd-century apocryphal infancy-gospel the Gospel of James (also called Protoevangelium of James). Joachim was a rich and pious man, who regularly gave to the poor. However, Charles Souvay, writing in the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', says that the idea that Joachim possessed large herds and flocks is doubtful. At the temple, Joachim's sacrifice was rejected, as the couple's childlessness was interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure. Joachim consequently withdrew to the desert, where he fasted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Nowak (economist)
Maria Nowak (27 March 1935 – 22 December 2022) was a Polish economist. Biography Nowak was born on 27 March 1935. After getting her diploma for the London School of Economics, Nowak worked for the French Agency for Development and for the World Bank. Since the 1980s, she has been working in the field of micro-credit based on the model of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe .... Nowak founded the Association for the Rights to Economic Enterprise (AIDE). Nowak served as President of AIDE and of the European Microfinance Network (EMN). Nowak died on 22 December 2022, at the age of 87. References * 1935 births 2022 deaths Polish economists Polish women economists Sciences Po alumni Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual may not notice any symptoms, or may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. Typically, this is followed by a prolonged incubation period with no symptoms. If the infection progresses, it interferes more with the immune system, increasing the risk of developing common infections such as tuberculosis, as well as other opportunistic infections, and tumors which are rare in people who have normal immune function. These late symptoms of infection are referred to as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This stage is often also associated with unintended weight loss. HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including anal and vaginal sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruedi Lüthy
Rudolph or Rudolf (french: Rodolphe, Italian, Portuguese and es, Rodolfo) or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is an ancient Germanic name deriving from two stems: ''Hrōþi'', ''Hruod'', ''Hróðr'' or ''Hrōð'', meaning "fame", "glory" "honour", "renown", and ''olf'' meaning "wolf"(Hrōþiwulfaz). In other languages *Afrikaans: Roelof, Rudolf *Albanian: Rudolf * *Armenian: Ռուդոլֆ (Rudolf) *Catalan: Rodolf * Croatian: Rudolf * Czech: Rudolf *Danish: Rudolf * Dutch: Roelof, Rudolf, Ruud *English: Rudolph, Rodolph, Rolph *Estonian: Rudo, Ruudo, Ruudolf * Finnish: Ruuto, Ruutolffi *Flemish: Roel *French: Rodolphe, Raoul *Georgian: რუდოლფ (Rudolp) *German: Rudolf, Rolf, diminutive: Rudi * Greek: Ροδόλφος (Rhodólphos), Ράλλης (Rhálles) *Hebrew: רודולף (Rudolf) * Hungarian: Rudolf * Italian: Rodolfo * Japanese:ルドルフ (Rudorufu), ルド (Rudo), ルディ (Rudi) *Latin: Rudolphus * Latvian: Rūdolfs, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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