Recent Posts Tagged With 'daad'

• A Very Merry Christmas from the French Alps

  Posted on Thursday December 25th, 2008 at 11:27 in daad, french alps, les arcs, bourg saint maurice, redshirts, thai crisis

  Christmas Eve is a time for feasting and festivities in France, and Les Arcs in the Savoie Alps put on its usual spectacular show for December 24th. But behind the scenes town officials and business owners were voicing concerns over the future of win...

• Thaksin phone-in blocked? Angry crowds in Chiang Mai

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 10:33 in thailand travel, thailand tourism, pad, daad, thaksin, thaksin shinawatra, thailand news, thailand culture

  Ex-premier of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra was to have taken part in a live phone-in tonight to supporters massed in a Bangkok stadium, and at rallies around Thailand. However there was both anger and disappointment amongst the several thousand stron...

• Crisis in Thailand? What crisis. Mai pen lai ...

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 07:49 in thailand, thai, chiang mai, pad, daad, sunday market, bangkok airport, walking street, astv, loi kroh, people’s alliance for democracy, democratic alliance against dictatorship

  It was getting pretty chilly watching the DAAD pro-democracy concert taking place at the Three Kings monument in the centre of the walled city, a tribute to the founders of the city of Chiang Mai. No accident that this location had been chosen – sy...

• Thailand - The Land Of Worn And Tired Smiles

  Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 09:23 in thailand, thai, chiang mai, daad, pro-democracy, land of smiles

  Away from all the polemics, the disinformation spouted by the propaganda machines, the vitriol, the accusations and counter-accusations, the power plays by those hungry for control and self-enrichment, there is another Thailand.Take away the tiny min...