PL / Demonizacja Europy Wschodniej

(Artykuł został opublikowany na łamach iGol.pl 17-ego kwietnia.) 

Poranne doniesienia o rasizmie na stadionach Euro 2012 i potencjalnych „wypadkach”, do których może dojść podczas imprezy, to nie pierwsza próba podważenia pozycji Polski ze strony FIFPro. Problemy istnieją, ale rewelacje międzynarodowej federacji piłkarzy to bełkot i próby manipulacji wizerunkiem. 

EN / Race the Casbah!

With the ruling elites and the opposition groups ensuring that the Grand Prix of Bahrain will be safe and good for their country, should the F1 community be concerned?

Personally, I have to admit that every season I tend to watch only one Formula One race from start to finish. It is a narrow city circus of Monte Carlo, the Monaco Grand Prix: glamour, dynamic and with no space for mistakes. It takes place over the last weekend of May this year. This week, however, all eyes will be on the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir and the Bahrain GP – not entirely for all good reasons.

Amid the security concerns, it has been debated for a long time whether this GP should take place at all. The go-ahead decision has been eventually made but on the eve of the practice sessions it has still remained highly controversial. On Wednesday night, members of Force India F1 team were caught out in a clash between the protestors and the police forces. Although no-one was injured, the incident did not escape the attention of international media and sparked further comments over the rationale of the race.

EN / Will this Barça leave a legacy?

With 28% of possession and only 194 passes completed to Barcelona's 782, Chelsea have reached for their tactics at Camp Nou in 2009 and Inter's in 2010 to once again prove that the "best football team ever" can actually be halted.

As argued by an ancient strategist Ibn Khaldūn in his theory of the cycle of civilisations, the sophisticated culture is always inevitably defeated and replaced by the barbarians.

EN / Kim Jong-why?

Despite the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) being probably the last truly Stalinist state around, the launch of their satellite/rocket* (depends on what you believe in) earlier today has received a lot of attention from international media and diplomatic officials. Mostly thanks to North Korea herself. And here is the problem I did not see being addressed in these insightful analyses and broadcasts today.