Wikileak's founder Julian Assange is in the eye of the storm for releasing highly sensitive and confidential information about world governments, exposing their double standards and even hipocrisy, and for allegedly raping a woman. For this reason, the... (read more)

Meles Zenawi, former Prime Minister of Ethipia has died today (21st August 2012) at the age of 57 in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium. Close ally of the United States and key figure in the economic and political architecture of East Africa for the last... (read more)

There is widespread consensus (according to online surveys and opinion polls) that the best art material shop in London is the Cass Art, located in Charing Cross, just next to the National Gallery. Basically, what makes it the most preferred art material... (read more)

In the words of one of its founders, Niklas Zennstrom, Skype was the product of long and cold Swedish winters. The Skype software, created in 2003 by Swedish entrepeneurs Zennstrom and Janus Friis, allows users to communicate via video, voice and instant... (read more)

One of the things most English people find shocking when they go to Spain on holidays is that we don't say "thank you" "sorry" for every single thing we do to others or any sort of minimal human contact. I know English might find this irritating and interpret... (read more)

Despite much prejudice around the idea of Spanish supposed rudeness and lack of manners , actually, Spanish can be as polite as they need to be though they express it in a different way than, say, the English. The Spanish "usted" form is mostly used... (read more)

Ex FC Barcelona's player Seydou Keita (32) has recently signed for a Chinese team, Dalia Aerbin FC, for two and a half year, winning 14 million per season. Seydou Keita has been crucial in FC Barcelona's astonishing 14 trophies won in the last 4 years... (read more)

With the departure of powerful midfield Seydou Keita, Barcelona's midfield has been left with an empty void difficult to fill. All the seasons Keita has spent in Barcelona, he has been loyal and respectful whil on bench and powerful and energetic in... (read more)

This is a very subjective question to answer, it is difficult to be objective here but I am going to try!. I believe both teams deserved the gold medal as both played a magnificient basketball final which everyone enjoyed. However, the US team had a... (read more)

Compared to the records broken at the previous Olympic games in Beijing, 36, the London Olympics have been even more successful with a total of 54 records broken. These records were broken in archery (2 records), athletics (4 records), cycling track... (read more)

London 2012 bears witness to one of the greatest sportsman of all times: Swimmer Michael Phelps has won 4 gold medals, followed by female swimmer Melissa Franklin with another 4. Both of them are closely followed by Swimmers Allison Schmitt and Dana... (read more)

Tomorrow (August 15th 2012) two of the best basketball teams of all times will play for the gold medal at the Olympics. On the one hand, Spain has a superb team although it has not been playing well and has not outshine its rivals as it used to do until... (read more)

The ethnic war in former Yugoslavia was one of the darkest moments in the recent history of Europe. At the beginning of the 90's internal tensions in the federation broke up leading to the secession of Eslovenia and Croatia, whih was interpreted by Serbia... (read more)

Pau Gasol is one of the most important Spanish basketball players in the world as he has won everything a basketball player can aim for: Two NBA's rings, world champion with the Spanish team, and two times european champion. However, little is known... (read more)

Kim Gavin will be the man in charge of the closing ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics. A former ballet dancer, Gavin is recognised for being one of the most prestigious and respected creators and choreographers. He is the mastermind behind the Concert... (read more)

The closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics will feature, as usual, the handover from London to the next organizing city, Rio de Janeiro, and the extinguishing of the flame, undoubtedly one of the most emotional moments. This ceremony will take... (read more)

In Beijing, China won 51 gold medals in archery, badminton, boxing, diving, fencing, artistic gymnastics, trampoline, Judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting, and wrestling. (read more)

The longest tennis match in the history of the Olympics was on Friday the 3rd 2012 in the match between Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro. Federer was the winner of the game 3 - 6, 7 - 6 (7/5), 19-17 that won him the finals. The match was the longest... (read more)

There is a lot of controversy as to whether the suspicious performance of the Spanish basketball team against Brazil was deliberately low to avoid meeting the superpowerful US in the semifinal. The match was mostly placid for Scariolo's team, maintaining... (read more)

No, champion swimmer Michael Phelps is not married at the moment but he is datin Megan Rossee, a beautiful model, very athletic and with a degree in psychology. It is unlikely Phelps has had any time to think about marriage as training has taken up all... (read more)