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      • Photo of the Day #129
        03/31/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        Goodbye Slovakia! At least for now… I am headed to the airport and back to New York so I won’t be blogging as much this week. But in the meantime here is an interesting piece from our friends at Der Spiegel which discusses what has been happening in the twenty years sinc

      • Photo of the Day #128
        03/30/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        As it always does my time here is growing short! Tomorrow I head back to New York but I can say that I had a very good time here in Slovakia. In life you never know where the road will take you and that has been very much the case here in Slovakia. I have met some intere

      • Visiting the Suzuki Factory
        03/27/09
        Esztergom, Hungary

        Recently I traveled across the river to Esztergom to photograph at the Suzuki Factory. Founded in 1991 Magyar Suzuki Corporation was one of the first examples of foreign direct investment after the end of the cold war. Today the plant turns out over 700 cars a day for t

      • Photo of the Day #127
        03/26/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        Progress comes in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s big, like the election of Barack Obama. Most of the time it’s measured in much smaller increments. No matter how small change for the better is always welcome as we see in this article from the Guardian.

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      • Photo of the Day #126
        03/25/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        Times are tough all around. If you don’t believe me, just ask the Irish. Ireland was once the belle of the ball; now the Celtic Tiger is hurting like the rest of Europe. With a 10% unemployment things will likely get far worse before they get better, as we learn from the

      • Photo of the Day #125
        03/24/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        In the boom times there are jobs that most of us wouldn’t bother even thinking about: washing dishes, picking fruit, driving trucks. When the boom times go bust things have a dramatic tendency to change as we read in the International Herald Tribune.


        Sig

      • Photo of the Day #125
        03/19/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        The large issues which face Europe are all interconnected. Earlier in the week we started by talking about immigration in Italy. Well one of the reasons Western Europe needs immigrants is because of a shrinking workforce and declining birthrate. Well European leaders are

      • Photo of the Day #124
        03/18/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        The economic downturn has impacted everyone, even nations who for many years felt that they were immune to the gyrations of the marketplace. The Celtic Tiger is now whimpering but that doesn’t mean that Irish workers are not trying to fight back as we learn from the I.H.

      • Photo of the Day #123
        03/17/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        One of my pet peeves in Europeans foreign policy, or lack thereof. It seems like I am not the only one who is noticing that their might just be a small problem. American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent trip to Europe brought out just how uncoordinated the Eu

      • Remembering
        03/17/09
        Esztergom, Hungary

        On Sunday I walked over the bridge to Esztergom to photograph the comemeration of the Hungarian revolution which happens every year on the Ides of March. The procession winded through the town to the local cemetery. Yet another example of the pull that history has here

      • Photo of the Day #122
        03/16/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        All too often the media’s coverage of the issue of immigration is monolithic with very little nuance, or detail for that matter. Even worse we rarely get to hear the voices of immigrants themselves, which is why this article in the International Herald Tribune is all the

      • Dancing and Drinking
        03/16/09
        Muzla, Slovakia

        On Saturday I was lucky enough to be invited to a wine competition which featured some traditional folk dancing. Drinking wine and taking pictures is not a bad way to spend a Saturday night. Here are a few images, enjoy!


        Movement. © Damaso Reyes

      • Photo of the Day #121
        03/13/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        I know that it seems like what I do is a lot of fun, and it is! For all of you Europeans who want to get in on the picture taking fun there is a contest that lets you do just that.


        Smile for the camera! Vienna 2008 © Damaso Reyes

        “For over 50

      • Photo of the Day #120
        03/12/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        And now for something completely different: good news! Or at least not depressing news. This article comes from the IHT and it focuses on sustainable living, and remodeling, in Barcelona.

        “The floor tiles made from smashed television screens did not, in the en

      • Photo of the Day #119
        03/11/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        Last week Vanity Fair Germany closed. It is not particularly surprising given the current economic climate or the large number of American newspapers which have closed or filed for bankruptcy. Nevertheless it is saddening for me personally since I worked there as an Arth

      • Photo of the Day #118
        03/10/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        Turkey has been a question on the lips of many within the European Union. Of course no one has an answer. But in the hopes of joining the E.U. Turkey’s leaders, with great difficulty it must be said, has been pushing to modernize their. Gender rights are just one part of

      • Photo of the Day #117
        03/09/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        It seems that when there are economic tensions in the world political ones are not far behind. They aren’t always directly related but they coincide often enough for the relationship to be more than coincidental. Tensions are brewing in Bosnia, the site of so much sadnes

      • Photo of the Day #116
        03/06/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        The current economic crisis is not limited to the United States by any means. Europe has struggled for years with stagnant growth and high unemployment. Now Germany is being asked to help out some of its smaller E.U. neighbors as we learn from this opinion piece in Der S

      • Photo of the Day #115
        03/05/09
        Sturovo, Slovakia

        Since it seems like we are fixed on Germany here at The Europeans, we might as well have some fun with it as well as try to shift our focus to the E.U. as a whole. This article from the Economist.com takes on an important issue in a lively way.


        Babel. He

      • Photo of the Day #114
        03/04/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        It only seems like it’s Germany week here at the Europeans but in all fairness it is the largest country in terms of G.D.P. and population so I suppose it is only fair that it catches the spotlight every once in a while. Also perhaps this will motivate me to keep practic

      • Photo of the Day #113
        03/03/09
        Stúrovo, Slovakia

        Those of you who know me well know that I have a new obsession: my Amazon Kindle. It’s an electronic book reader, about the size of a trade paperback it can hold thousands of books. After years of traveling I have managed to get what I pack down to the bare essentials. I

      • Photo of the Day #112
        03/02/09
        Štúrovo, Slovakia

        I hope that you enjoyed the photos we posted last week but we also know that you come for the interesting news and discussion about Europe so this week there will be a bit more of that. To start things off I thought I would highlight an interesting article I found a whil

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