Notes on South Ossetia

 
It has taken barely a couple of months to see Russia’s response to Western support for Kosovo’s declaration of independence. It is still too early, however, to assess what has actually happened in South Ossetia during these last days, who started what and who provoked whom: the showdown still belongs to high politics’ secretive sphere, that [...]

Transsilvània: la realitat i la memòria

 
L’any 1416 la vila transsilvana de Braşov/ Krunen/ Kronstadt/ Brasso’/ Corona va oferir presents de blat, argent i aviram a un cert Emaus d’Egipte i als seus 220 companyons que, asseguren, provenien de contrades llunyanes i llegendàries. El 1418 el mateix grup ja havia arribat a Hamburg: tot això ens explica una incerta nota citada [...]