Judge decides Greenness is godliness
Is environmentalism becoming the new gospel of the 21st century? It might well appear so in the United Kingdom, where a judge has ruled that “green beliefs deserve the same protection in the workplace as religious convictions,” headlines the Independent. The landmark ruling follows a suit launched by Tim Nicholson, a former property company executive, who claims that his dismissal last year was a direct result of his green opinions – a source of conflict between him and the company’s senior executives. At an employment tribunal Mr Nicholson, the London daily reports, “asked the court to allow him to use special legislation that protects people's rights to hold religious and philosophical beliefs at work.” The decision means that workers victimised for holding strong views on how a company should deal with cutting carbon emissions or waste disposal, can bring compensation claims against employers. Mr Nicholson beliefs affect his whole life, the Independent pursues. “He no longer travels in aeroplanes, has renovated his home to be more eco-friendly and says he fears for the future of the human race."
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports: 
The new Eurogroup meeting on February 9 is not enough to banish the spectre of a Greek bankruptcy. While Athens may largely be responsible for the crisis, the EU and its partners are not blameless themselves. La Stampa argues that their confused messages and the absence of any strategy have transformed a resolvable problem into an explosive chaos. 
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations.