Viktor Posudnevsky

Telling it like it isnâ€™t

Last update: 17:58 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Government-aligned TV and opposition-backed newspapers dominate Armenia’s mediascape. VIKTOR POSUDNEVSKY reports

Lithuanian aid campaign â€˜needs recognitionâ€™

Last update: 17:31 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

In the early 1990s second-hand clothes were delivered to Lithuania from Germany by the truckload. But you couldn’t get anything – as soon as the trucks arrived they were stormed by a mob of grouchy old ladies, who would sometimes fight over an especially

Savage cuts devastate Irish and immigrant bus drivers

Last update: 02:47 | 19.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Dublin Bus is planning to withdraw 120 buses with the loss of 290 jobs – and the most recently recruited will be the first to face the axe. Metro Éireann spoke to two such drivers – one immigrant and one Irish – about their fears for

Basque activist in Dublin visit

Last update: 02:35 | 19.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

A controversial activist visited Dublin last week to raise awareness for the Basque nationalist cause.

â€˜I believe in the philosophy of freedomâ€™

Last update: 02:31 | 19.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

His name is Yan, and his business is in mind-altering substances. Viktor Posudnevsky meets the Russian owner of one of Dublin’s more unorthodox businesses

Double celebration for Irelandâ€™s Lithuanians

Last update: 02:19 | 19.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Last weekend Lithuanians in Ireland took part in festivities for their annual day of independence. The next one is due – in just three weeks, writes Viktor Posudnevsky

RTÃ‰ confirms Spectrumâ€™s scrapping

Last update: 16:46 | 12.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

The only programme on mainstream Irish radio dealing specifically with immigrant issues will not be coming back to the airwaves.

â€˜The poorest will bear the bruntâ€™

Last update: 16:44 | 12.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Tanzania is one of the many countries likely to be affected by the Irish Government’s cuts in aid funds. Viktor Posudnevsky speaks to Jim Gilsenan, who has worked in the west African country and seen the help that Irish Aid brings to people’s lives

â€˜Recession is a challengeâ€™

Last update: 16:32 | 12.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Lithuanians are among a group of budding entrepreneurs who have come up with some innovative business ideas to beat the economic downturn, writes Viktor Posudnevsky

How residency changed my life

Last update: 16:21 | 12.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

For many non-EU immigrants in Ireland, their most memorable moment is when they receive their permanent residency rights. Some of them share this liberating experience with Viktor Posudnevsky

Delays hamper money transfers to Zimbabwe

Last update: 16:21 | 05.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

MONEY TRANSFERS to Zimbabwe are facing significant delays, say Ireland-based natives of the devastated southern African country.

Red alert for developer as Russians and locals in Haroldâ€™s Cross unite in protest

Last update: 16:20 | 05.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

A Russian Orthodox parish in south Dublin has joined forces with local residents in opposing a massive new development which they say “will damage the community”.

Immigrant shop owners â€˜donâ€™t want to stick outâ€™, says US prof

Last update: 18:45 | 29.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

IMMIGRANT business owners in Ireland refrain from putting their “foreign-looking” names on their shopfronts for fear of putting people off, a visiting US researcher has noted.

From riches to rags

Zimbabwe was hailed as Africa’s success story when it declared independence in 1980. The economy was growing and the country was among the most prosperous on the continent. Yet just 30 years later, the ‘bread basket of Africa’ is in a state

Irish Sikhs in global spotlight after turban row

IRELAND’S Sikh association has been inundated with calls and media queries from around the world in the wake of the sports turban controversy, which was first reported in Metro Éireann.

Irelandâ€™s Zimbabweans get connected

Zimbabweans in Ireland have launched their own community organisation. The new Zimbabwean Community Network Ireland (ZCNI) will aim to represent the over 2,000 Zimbabweans who are estimated to live across the country.

Waking up to a different Latvia

Latvia’s ‘economic growth’ was an illusion which is now completely shattered, argues Viktor Posudnevsky in the wake of last week’s street riots in Riga.

Irish citizens fear for loved ones in Gaza

As the death toll in Gaza rises, Ireland’s Palestinians are being driven to desperation by a lack of contact with their families, writes VIKTOR POSUDNEVSKY

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