All night long and early mornings too eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, June 16 2025–Uno, dos, três. One, two, three, Mercedes counts to the rhythm of a Cuban melody on her small portable radio. She teaches modern Cuban dance here in the first capital of Spanish Cuba, founded in 1589, now the number 2 city and the heart of…
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and other stories from Latin and South America eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, June 13th 2025–While I sit quietly at lunch in the hotel somewhere in Northern Colombia, waiting for inspiration for a story about Venezuelan refugees who often cross from here to Aruba and Curaçao to escape the regime of first Hugo Chávez and now Mr. Maduro,…
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Democracy under pressure, autocracy on the rise O P I N I O N Anton JieSamFoek In the 1990s it still seemed self-evident: democracy would triumph. The Cold War was over, dictatorships fell like dominoes, and elections became the new normal worldwide. But that hope is outdated today. According to research institutions like the V-Dem Institute and Freedom House, we now…
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Cybercriminals have started a campaign of redirecting links placed on gaming sites and social media—and as sponsored ads—that lead to fake websites posing as Booking.com. According to Malwarebytes research, 40% of people book travel through a general online search, creating a lot of opportunities for scammers. The first signs of the campaign showed up mid-May 2025 and the…
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Unity, Division, and the Global South’s Push for Change. Amsterdam, 10 june 2025– Tell me about BRICS. What is BRICS? A loose coalition of emerging economies, or a growing challenge to Western-led global governance? We take a deep dive into the origins, goals, and internal dynamics of BRICS, the group that brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China,…
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antonfoek The Data Journalism Handbook Handbook Data Journalism from The center for investigative journalism Resources from Data Driven Journalism Data journalism at The Guardian Data Journalism Blog VVOJ MedialabSchool of Data, explaining everything that has to do with data Handy tools Import IO, scrape without programming Scraper Wiki, find scrapers and create your own Outwit…
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Summer Night Concert 2019 Sony Classical is proud to release Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 from the Summer Night Concert 2019. The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by Gustavo Dudamel with pianist Yuja Wang as soloist. Listen & purchase the album here: https://SonyClassical.lnk.to/SNC_2019LY The Summer Night Concert was performed on June 20th, 2019. It…
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Reguleren of Vrijlaten? Een Toekomstgerichte Afweging eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 6 mei 2025– Estland behoort tot he meest vooruitstrevend land ter wereld op het gebied van digitale innovatie. Het land heeft AI inmiddels geïntegreerd in het basisonderwijs, waar leerlingen al op jonge leeftijd leren omgaan met algoritmes, programmeren en AI-ondersteunde leersystemen. Deze vroege toepassing van AI in de klas roept belangrijke vragen…
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Suriname in a World of Data eyesonsuriname Our world is transforming at a dizzying pace. Change has always been a given, a constant, when it comes to human societies. But the pace at which these changes occur is increasing with each passing day. Unquestionably, the digital revolution acts like a giant booster rocket mounted on…
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A Synergistic Future antonfoek The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the media and communication landscape has sparked heated debates, with skeptics like Sabine Zetteler questioning whether AI-generated content carries the depth, nuance, and personality that make human-authored works compelling. While some fear AI-driven content may be soulless or formulaic, dismissing it outright would be…
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