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Isabel Coixet at the Madrid premier of her documentary Marea Blanca

Isabel Coixet and Coronita Save The Beach premiered the documentary directed by Coixet, Marea Blanca (White Tide), as a homage to the volunteers who...

by Lawrence JC Baron in Spain on 16/05/2012

Politics

Internet driven protest against mainstream media channel - Athens

Protesters have gathered outside Greece’s oldest mainstream media channel “Mega TV” accusing it of propaganda tactics, news framing, corruption and...

by Kostas Mavk in Greece on 16/05/2012

Politics

Citizens peacefully protest outside MEGA TV - Athens

Citizens protest outside the offices of the MEGA TV station, a major station in Greece known for being governmentaly driven in displaying propaganda...

by Stathis Kalligeris in Greece on 16/05/2012

16/05/2012 - Isabel Coixet at the Madrid premier of her documentary Marea Blanca - Spain - Isabel Coixet and Coronita Save The...
16/05/2012 - Internet driven protest against mainstream media channel - Athens - Greece - Protesters have gathered outside Greece...
16/05/2012 - Citizens peacefully protest outside MEGA TV - Athens - Greece - Citizens protest outside the offices of...
16/05/2012 - Liverpool terminates manager Kenny Dalglish's contract - Portugal - File images: Fenway Sports Group (FSG)...
16/05/2012 - The Netherlands wins UEFA U-17 European Championship - Slovenia - In the finals of the UEFA Under 17...
16/05/2012 - Cold air and heavy winds hit Sicily - Trapani - Italy - Winter's tail has caused beaches...
16/05/2012 - 'Indignados' protest in front of CaixaBank offices in Barcelona - Spain - During the day of action by 15M, 300...
16/05/2012 - Indignados gather at La Caixa Bank for second day - Barcelona - Spain - Hundreds of activists have gathered in...
16/05/2012 - HakkenPakkenRun underway in Amsterdam financial district - Netherlands - HakkenPakkenRun is a yearly event in...
16/05/2012 - Organisation holds 'No More Traffik' protest against human slavery - United Kingdom - To highlight worldwide human slave...

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The Netherlands wins UEFA U-17 European Championship

Sports

The Netherlands wins UEFA U-17 European Championship

In the finals of the UEFA Under 17 European Championship in Slovenia, the Netherlands beat Germany 6-5 after penalty shots. Germany was in the lead with 1:0 most of the second half, but...
by Luka Dakskobler, on 16th of May 2012
Internet driven protest against mainstream media channel - Athens

Politics

Internet driven protest against mainstream media channe...

Protesters have gathered outside Greece’s oldest mainstream media channel “Mega TV” accusing it of propaganda tactics, news framing, corruption and distorting events and videos. Despite...
by Kostas Mavk, on 16th of May 2012
Falconers on the Asiago Plateau - Veneto

Our World

Falconers on the Asiago Plateau - Veneto

Falconers fly their falcons in the Asiago Plateau for the delight the audience. A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco.
by Ferdinando Piezzi, on 12th of May 2012
Citizens peacefully protest outside MEGA TV - Athens

Politics

Citizens peacefully protest outside MEGA TV - Athens

Citizens protest outside the offices of the MEGA TV station, a major station in Greece known for being governmentaly driven in displaying propaganda. A MEGA TV representative came to ta...
by Stathis Kalligeris, on 16th of May 2012
Liverpool terminates manager Kenny Dalglish's contract

Sports

Liverpool terminates manager Kenny Dalglish's contract

File images: Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool Football Club announced that Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post as manager after having his contract terminated. File images from M...
by Pedro Benavente, on 16th of May 2012
HakkenPakkenRun underway in Amsterdam financial district

Arts & Entertainment

HakkenPakkenRun underway in Amsterdam financial distric...

HakkenPakkenRun is a yearly event in Amsterdam Zuid WTC where businessmen and woman run in their suits and dresses.
by J. vWhe, on 16th of May 2012
Cold air and heavy winds hit Sicily - Trapani

Environment

Cold air and heavy winds hit Sicily - Trapani

Winter's tail has caused beaches to close in Sicily. But the good weather will return soon. Reports show that the sudden change in the weather and the 15 degree drop in temperature...
by Dapress Photoagency, on 16th of May 2012
'Indignados' protest in front of CaixaBank offices in Barcelona

Politics

'Indignados' protest in front of CaixaBank offices in B...

During the day of action by 15M, 300 "Indignados" gathered outside the headquarters of Caixa Bank in Barcelona. A group of 100 people camped overnight.
by Zonte28, on 16th of May 2012
Indignados gather at La Caixa Bank for second day - Barcelona

Politics

Indignados gather at La Caixa Bank for second day - Bar...

Hundreds of activists have gathered in front of the building of La Caixa, the most important bank in Catalonia. The rally against the banking system was under the slogan "Occupy Mo...
by Albert S. Llop, on 16th of May 2012
Organisation holds 'No More Traffik' protest against human slavery

Our World

Organisation holds 'No More Traffik' protest against hu...

To highlight worldwide human slave trafficking, members from the organisation 'No More Traffik' held a silent protest outside Belfast City Hall. Each member of the group wore ...
by Sean Harkin, on 16th of May 2012
Czech shooters are preparing for the Olympics - Brno

Sports

Czech shooters are preparing for the Olympics - Brno

Gold medalist from the Beijing Olympic Games and silver medalist in the shooting World Cup 2011 David Kostelecky and his colleague Jiri Liptak, bronze medalist in the World Championship...
by Tomas Hajek, on 16th of May 2012
Olympic flame stops at the Acropolis on it's way to London

Sports

Olympic flame stops at the Acropolis on it's way to Lon...

The Olympic flame arrives at the Acropolis and will stay there until the morning, before it starts again on its long journey to London for the 2012 Olympic Games.
by Nikolas Georgiou, on 16th of May 2012
Andrew Lansley heckled at NICE Conference in Birmingham

Politics

Andrew Lansley heckled at NICE Conference in Birmingham

At the end of his keynote address to delegates at the NICE conference in Birmingham, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was heckled by an audience member about the NHS Risk Register and pr...
by H Delle, on 16th of May 2012
Bilateral meeting with Guido Westerwelle and Hamid Karzai

Politics

Bilateral meeting with Guido Westerwelle and Hamid Karz...

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle gives a press conference after a bilateral meeting with President Hamid Karzai in the Afghanistão historic Hotel Adlon in Berlin.
by Gonçalo Silva, on 16th of May 2012
Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds - Moscow

Politics

Opposition camp cleared at Clean Ponds - Moscow

Russian police dispersed a protest camp in central Moscow that had become a rallying point for President Vladimir Putin's foes, briefly detaining about 20 activists in a show of fo...
by Alexey Nikolaev, on 16th of May 2012
Agreement signing between Angela Merkel and Hamid Karzai - Berlin

Politics

Agreement signing between Angela Merkel and Hamid Karza...

Agreement signing by the Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. Press briefing after the talks with the Chancellor President of...
by Gonçalo Silva, on 16th of May 2012
15-M anniversary demonstrations continue

Politics

15-M anniversary demonstrations continue

The outraged in Barcelona meet again for a third day to protest over cuts, austerity and evictions, with different actions in different parts of the city.
by Mario Roldan, on 15th of May 2012
Residents of Kensal Rise protest as council removes books

Politics

Residents of Kensal Rise protest as council removes boo...

Protesters barricade the doors of Kensal Rise Library in a bid to stop the council clearing the shelves of books, looking to close the library permanently.
by Rowan Williams, on 16th of May 2012
Nakba commemoration in Rome

Politics

Nakba commemoration in Rome

The 64th anniversary of the Palestinian "catastrophe". During the 1948 Palestine War. An estimated 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled or fled, and hundreds of Palesti...
by Cristina Mastrandrea, on 15th of May 2012
Dani Alves breaks his right collarbone

Sports

Dani Alves breaks his right collarbone

During training, Barcelona player Dani Alves has fractured his right collarbone. The Barcelona right-back has now been ruled out of the Copa del Rey final after breaking his collarbone ...
by Albert S. Llop, on 16th of May 2012

Reporters

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It´s great that Demotix

Submitted by Peter Hauser on Fri, 27/04/2012 - 23:03.

It´s great that Demotix doesn´t let it up to the hazard, if photographers are going to cover events, which are a topic of interest for the agency. Not everyone being located in other countries is enlightened enough to know, what the publishers will be asked for. The only point is to get the informations early enough, to become accredited to the concerned event ...

I don't find the e-mails

Submitted by Peter Marshall on Wed, 29/02/2012 - 18:48.

I don't find the e-mails helpful as I don't think I've ever found anything I wanted to cover in them that wasn't already in my own diary.
I think the real answer is to get involved in things and do your own research.
Peter

Is there an email list of up

Submitted by Ray Sparra Everingham on Sun, 29/01/2012 - 23:10.

Is there an email list of up and coming events or a calender I can review for assignments? Receiving an email on the day of the event from the sub-editor is not much good to me as I may be at work and so can't arrange to take leave. Cheers Ray Everingham, London

Hello there Jolyan, same

Submitted by Bart Nabrdalik on Wed, 01/12/2010 - 15:17.

Hello there Jolyan,
same problem here and also in addition when I try to label each previously uploaded photo with an individual description the system crashes and all the photos end up being labeled with the summary, this is sometimes OK, but sometimes I really wanted to write something else, any suggestions????anyone????

greetings from bart in vienna

Hello Federico anything

Submitted by Bart Nabrdalik on Wed, 01/12/2010 - 15:12.

Hello Federico anything coming up in Vienna- please let me know.

Bart