15410 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2018-12-18-japan-picks-disaster-as-its-symbol-for-2018/Japan has chosen "disaster" as its annual kanji symbol to define 2018. The kanji symbol sia, meaning disaster, defined the mood of the country, which faced a number of natural disasters and human challenges in 2018. According to the Japan Times , the symbol was announced by chief Buddhist priest Seihan Mori, of the Kiyomuzi Temple in Kyoto, on a 1.Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:17:00 +0100thetimes-za-fb3ba45bf136a482382670a3dd6c24cb20181218061700https://www.europesun.com/news/258618043/4-russian-feats-that-impressed-foreignersAs history proves, Russians are eager to help others even if it means sacrificing their own lives. 1. Help from the Russian sailors. The earthquake in the south of Italy in 1908 was the strongest in recent European history. The 7.5 magnitude shock destroyed the entire city of Messina in Sicily.Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:57:00 +0100europesun-5c1630e29d7458a08cd92dcfc582de7520181218005700http://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/barbados-japan-51-years-of-friendship/Mutual respect and co-operation have been the foundation of the 51-year friendship between Barbados and Japan. This is according to Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Sandra Husbands. Ambassador of Japan to Barbados, Teruhiko Shinada, similarly believes that during the reign of His Imperial....Mon, 17 Dec 2018 23:36:00 +0100gisbarbados-b3a52faf8b21326247952d32408c329c20181217233600https://www.irishsun.com/news/258618043/4-russian-feats-that-impressed-foreignersAs history proves, Russians are eager to help others even if it means sacrificing their own lives. 1. Help from the Russian sailors. The earthquake in the south of Italy in 1908 was the strongest in recent European history. The 7.5 magnitude shock destroyed the entire city of Messina in Sicily.Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:58:00 +0100irishsun-5c1630e29d7458a08cd92dcfc582de7520181217225800