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kunstform Team Innsbruck BMX Street Video






Is Innsbruck the Barcelona of the Alps? The reasons were good enough to find out, as the 20Inch Trophy BMX Contest was due to enter the 10th round this year, the weather would be fairly excellent and a nice crib for the kunstform BMX Team was ready aswell.


Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Felix Prangenberg

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kunstform Stock Session 2019



On December 7th, the kunstform Stock Session will take place in our Shop in Stuttgart! Like the last years, BMX fun in a boozy atmosphere & the smallest of spaces is guaranteed.

We will start from 3 - 6 pm with a relaxed "Voucher for Tricks" pre-session in the covered Stuttgart's Pragfriedhof. Whether kids, beginners, advanced or pro, everyone has the opportunity to win a kunstform voucher!

At the same time there will also be a BMX Flatland Jam wit Best Trick Contest from 3 - 6 pm in our kunstform Stock Room. There's 300 Euro prize money for the winner and every BMXer is allowed to participate!

From 6 - 10 pm, the session will then be relocated to the small but fine kunstform Stock Room. A Best Trick Battle Contest with 1000 Euro prize money will take place on small obstacles such as the Subrosa Streetrail, a small Grindbox or a Wallride under difficult room height conditions. The contest is kindly supported by Sunday Bikes and Subrosa.

All the best, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

P.S. Find a link to the videos of last year's Stock Session below. Definitely a must see!!!


What:
kunstform Stock Session 2018

When:
7st December, 3pm - 10pm

Where:
Pragfriedhof Skatepark (3pm - 6pm)
Friedhof-/ Eckartstraße
70191 Stuttgart

kunstform BMX Shop (3pm - 10pm)
Rotebühlstr. 63
70178 Stuttgart

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kunstform BMX Team @ Skatehalle Innsbruck






As part of the 20Inch Trophy BMX Contest, we sent almost our entire BMX Team to Innsbruck. Unfortunately, the weather on this BMX trip was not too good. But luckily, Innsbruck has a newly renovated skate hall, which our bros were allowed to take apart in a small private BMX-only session. Thanks to Skatehalle Innsbruck for making this happen!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Deaphmute x kunstform BMX Street Video






The first BMX Street video of Deaphmute Gang is finally here! The BMX crew from the Stuttgart area around Fabio Etzel, Florian Forest, Pirmin Truck, Lorenz Koch, Karim Aaron and Mark Glen have been hunting down various spots in Stuttgart and the surrounding area for over a year. They stacked a lot of clips that Karim then cut to this final audiovisual BMX piece. The premiere of the Deaphmute Gang BMX video also happened to take place on the big screen in advance of the Kink "Champaigne" video premiere in Stuttgart.

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Deaphmute Gang

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kunstform BMX Team @Stuttpark Video






During this year's stock session, almost our entire BMX Team came to Stuttgart to celebrate 2019 and to have a good time in general. As there is BMX-only session from 6 p.m. on Thursdays in the Stuttpark Indoor Park, we did not miss the opportunity to ride together and stack clips until deep into the night. You can see the result above.

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Felix Prangenberg

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kunstform Stock Session 2019 Video





The year 2019 and that year's kunstform Stock Session are now history. As always, even the last stock session had free beer, good mood and the littest BMX action around Christmas time. It was nice to see from which corners and ends of Germany (and around) BMXers showed up, only to escalate completely and celebrate BMX in our small stock room. We would like to thank everyone who showed up in recent years for this!

Results Stock Session 2019:

Street Kids

  1. Noah Martella
  2. Mika Köhler
  3. Lenz Girnghuber
  4. Elias Walzer
  5. Frederic Rittler
  6. Fadi

Street Amateur

  1. Marius Stoll
  2. Flo Först
  3. Lennart Merkle
  4. Lukas Schmidt
  5. Fabian Stich

Street Pro

  1. Miguel Smajli
  2. Moritz Nußbaumer
  3. Artur Meister
  4. Dennis Möller

Flatland Amateur

  1. Malte Orth
  2. Jan Schmiddt
  3. Christopher from the USA

Flatland Pro

  1. Wolfgang Sauter
  2. John Krämer
  3. Markus Schwital


We are excited to see what the BMX year 2020 (!) has to offer.

Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!


Video: Felix Prangenberg, David Schaller, FreedomBMX

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kunstform BMX Team at the Simple Session 2020 in Tallinn



The 20th edition of the annual Simple Session contest series, one of the world's most iconic action sports events will take on the heart of the notorious Nordic winter in 2019, taking place on February 8 –9, in Tallinn Estonia. Over 140 riders from all over the world will participate at Simple Session 20


This year Felix Prangenberg, Miguel Smajli, Robin Kachfi, Felix Donat, Justin Rudd and Lara Lessmann will represent kunstform BMX Shop at the Simple Session 19 in category street and park.

Where: Saku Arena, Tallinn, Estonia

Infos: www.session.ee




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Konsty Rudobashta - Welcome to kunstform Video





Our bro Konsty Rudobashta recently finished his Welcome to kunstform BMX Team Edit. If you're into unscrupulous BMX riding, then watch the video now. Because Konsty does not seem to know fear in the bowls of Marseille, nor in the meanest drops in the Czech Republic. Now go and press play!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Konsty

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kunstform BMX Shop Trailer 2020





The BMX year 2020 is here, so we made a new kunstform BMX Shop Trailer. If you've never visited us, hit the play button to check our BMX Shops in Stuttgart & Berlin!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Robin Kachfi

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Mankind x kunstform - Get Well Soon Ricky Video





Our Bro Ricky Felchner is unfortunately fighting with a shoulder injury for some longer time. Since the healing process will still continue, Ricky has decided to start riding his BMX only again in 2021. That is of course a shame, but anyone who knows Ricky knows that he is not easy to get down. For motivation purposes we got you a short clip with a bunch of mini ramp tech by Ricky. We wish you a good and speedy recovery!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: David Schaller

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Shopcheck: kunstform BMX Shop Berlin





What could be better than buying BMX bikes or parts in a real BMX Shop? Already since 2003, Berlin's finest Thommy Ebeling - together with Piet Savelsberg - has been supplying the scene in the Berlin / Brandenburg area with the finest BMX stuff. Reason enough for the guys from freedombmx to pay a visit to Thommy & Piet in our shop in Berlin. In the video, Thommy guides you through his baby, the kunstform BMX Shop Berlin, in the official shop check with freedombmx. We look forward to your visit in one of our shops in Berlin or Stuttgart!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: freedombmx

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Video: Best of kunstform Stock Session 2014 - 2019





Usually we run the kunstform stock session at the first weekend of december where almost the entire german BMX scene met to just have fun and ride BMX in our little stock room at our BMX Shop in Stuttgart. This year we decide not to run the event that's why we made a best of kunstform stock session clip and hopefully we can run it again in 2021!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!




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Konsty Rudobashta x kunstform | BMX 2021





Our bro Konsty Rudobashta has traveled through half of Europe this year and brought us this nice video. Super stoked about his progress and so much fun to watch.

Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video:Marco Beil




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Vans "The Circle" 2021 - Vote for kunstform





The VANS "The Circle" BMX Shop Online Video Contest is in full swing. Our video from Berlin is now also published on www.digbmx.com. A huge thanks to Happy Diving for the awesome track, Felix Prangenberg for filming and editing and of course to our team riders Paul Thölen, Miguel Smajli, Robin Kachfi, Justin Rudd, Konsty Rudobashta and Elias Bauer.



Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!




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kunstform BMX – Best of #xmasonlinebmxjam





Yo, we ran an Instagram video contest with Freedombmx called #xmasonlinebmxjam and had some really strong submissions. Freedombmx put the best clips together in this compilation. Check the video and witness the litness!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video & Edit by: Freedombmx




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kunstform Stuttgart - New Opening Hours



We need a little more time in the morning to take care of the online order, so we have adjusted the opening hours in the kunstform BMX Shop Stuttgart.

Opening hours


Mon - Fri: 11 am - 1 pm & 2 pm - 6 pm
Sat: 11 am - 4 pm

We look forward to your visit in the shop!




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Streetrail Battle - kunstform X Subrosa



On Saturday, July 23, 2022, the kunstform X Subrosa Streetrail Battle will take place in the center of Königstraße! Plenty of Subrosa streetrails, ledges and various smaller ramps are provided.

We will start from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. with a relaxed "free riding" session, which will then continue into the warm-up of the kids class (up to 14 years) from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. strong> to the Kids BMX Best Trick Contest from 2 - 3 p.m..

At 3 p.m. the warm-up of the AM class continues and at 4 p.m. the best trick contest in the AM class starts here too.

In the late afternoon at 5 p.m. the Pro warm-up starts and from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. the BMX Best Trick Battle of the Pros takes place. Here you can win a whole 1000 euros in prize money!

The whole thing is kindly supported by Subrosa Bikes, Unity and the CIS (City-Initiative Stuttgart E.V)

. We look forward to seeing you, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

What: kunstform X Subrosa Streetrail Battle 2022

When: 23. July 2022, 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Where: Stuttgart, Koenigstrasse




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kunstform x subrosa Streetrail Battle - Video & Results



On Saturday, 07/23/2022, the kunstform X Subrosa Streetrail Battle took place in Stuttgart on Königstraße in front of the art museum! A best trick format contest was held in the KIDS, AM and PRO classes and our friend David Schaler made a video of the event and the pictures are from Smail Mast's camera.

Ergebnisse



KIDS
1. Jakob Busse
2. Sasha Shelkanov
3. Fabian Heinz
4. Nazar Makarov

AM
1. Björn Semmelmann
2. Luis Tress
3. Kiril Alexandrowich
4. Daniel Sadvari
5. Eliah Beckenbach
6. Herman Dzusov
7. Alexander Olenberg
8. Samuel Gallenstein
9. Benny Berger
10. Erik Gaadt
11. Ole Peter
12. Jonas Heizmann
13. Christian Margic
14. Zinedine Sahraoui
15. Karol Roian

PRO
1. Felix Donat
2. Aaron Paffenholz
3. Andreas Gall
4. Axel Mieth




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VTC Leftover | kunstform BMX Team



A few years ago we had the honor of taking part in the Vans “The Circle” video contest with our BMX shop. We invited our team riders to Stuttgart and we all had a great time, with really relaxed and motivating sessions. Our bro David Schaler now cleaned up his hard drive and sent us this leftover video from exactly these sessions.

Rider: Felix Donat, Miguel Smajli, Artur Meister, Felix Prangenberg
Video: David Schaller

Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!




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VANS X kunstform BMX Rail Session



Before the best riders of the year were chosen at the freedombmx Awards 2022 in the Skatehalle Berlin, physical training was first on the agenda.

Freedom BMX Magazin captured the highlights of the @vans X @kunstformbmxshop Rail Session, where a mad mob grinded down the railing and the ledge next to it for 15 minutes and then 15 minutes in moving images.

We hope you enjoy watching!




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20 years of kunstform BMX Shop Jam on November 11th in Stuttgart



It's now been 20 years since Sebastian Pospischil registered the kunstform business and we want to celebrate this anniversary in our BMX shop in Stuttgart with a BMX Street and a BMX Flatland Jam. We invite you to celebrate this milestone on 11. November 2023 in Stuttgart to celebrate with us. At 12 noon we start in our BMX shop and explore some BMX street spots in Stuttgart. At the same time, a BMX flatland meeting will take place at the famous spot 'Haus der Geschichte'. Later the party continues in our shop and warehouse. We are happy to have you with us.

We'll be sharing some recaps in the coming days, so stay tuned. Thank you for your support; Without you this anniversary would never have been possible. A big thank you also goes to our supporters for this event: @odysseybmx & @demolitionparts via @sibmxdistro, @shadowridinggear & @mankindbmx via @unitybmx, @fitbikeco & @sandmbicycles via @allridebmx, @cultcrew & @eclatbmxbrand via @traffic .bmx and @ridetsg via @247bike.

When: Saturday November 11th, 2023 (from 12 p.m.): Meeting point in the Stuttgart shop

Where: kunstform BMX Shop, Rotebühlstr. 63, 70178 Stuttgart

Supported by: @odysseybmx & @demolitionparts via @sibmxdistro, @shadowridinggear & @mankindbmx via @unitybmx, @fitbikeco & @sandmbicycles via @allridebmx, @cultcrew & @eclatbmxbrand via @traffic.bmx and @ridetsg via @247bike

We look forward to seeing you!

Best regards

Your kunstform BMX Shop Team




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20 years of kunstform (2003): How it all began?!



20 Years of kunstform: How It All Began?! Around the 2000s, Stuttgart, partly due to the excellent BMX Flatland spot 'Haus der Geschichte' and riders like Stephan 'Ass' Dietrich and Philip Jakober, held a magical allure. Many BMX riders from all over Germany, including Sebastian Pospischil, Florian Sailer, Moritz Edschmid, Philip Früh, Roman Rommel, and later, Daniel Fuhrmann, John Krämer, Oliver Radunz, and many more, moved to Stuttgart. The scene thrived, and it gave rise to unforgettable parties and events like the BMX Contest series 'Battle in the Club' and many BMX jams.

Sebastian Pospischil, while studying, initiated the kunstform project from his BMX flatshare in 2003. Initially, he imported smaller BMX brands like Artzone, Jim Bob, and FlatTV. The first website went live under the domain www.kunstform.org, and the initial team riders, Chris Böhm, Daniel Hennig, and Sven Steinbach, received support through kunstform.




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20 years of kunstform (2003 - 2005): The Founding Period



Between 2003 and 2005 the BMX scene in Stuttgart experienced continuous growth. Our inventory of BMX parts was constantly expanded and at the same time we launched our online shop, which enabled our customers to conveniently place orders online. We were also represented at various events, including the BMX Masters in Cologne and smaller BMX flatland jams, where we had our own stand. During this time, unforgettable parties, jams and competitions took place. Even internationally known BMX riders such as Nathan Penonzcek, Michael Sommer, Jesse Puente and Hiro Morisaki visited Stuttgart. Our Japanese BMX friend Daiske spent nine months in Stuttgart, where he lived in Seppl's shared apartment on Hackstrasse.

At this time we also launched our first kunstform product, the "kunstform Ohh-Rings". These made it possible to adjust the handle length according to individual preferences. Furthermore, our first kunstform commercial was broadcast on the most common European BMX VHS cassettes.

The first kunstform commercial



On November 11th, 2023 we will celebrate our 20th anniversary with a street and flatland jam, as well as a meet & greet in our BMX shop in Stuttgart, where we would like to invite you.

Your kunstform BMX shop team




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20 Years of kunstform Flatland Jam





It has now been 20 years since Sebastian Pospischil registered the kunstform business and we celebrated this anniversary in style in our BMX shop in Stuttgart. Before the big party started in the shop, we organized a street jam and a flatland jam. The video of the Flatland Jam is now online. Get the action at the 'House of History'!

Thank you for your support; without you this anniversary would never have been possible. A big thank you also goes to our supporters for this event: @odysseybmx & @demolitionparts via @sibmxdistro, @shadowridinggear & @mankindbmx via @unitybmx, @fitbikeco & @sandmbicycles via @allridebmx, @cultcrew & @eclatbmxbrand via @traffic .bmx and @ridetsg via @247bike.




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20 Years kunstform Stock Session & Party



It has now been 20 years since Sebastian Pospischil registered the kunstform business and we celebrated this anniversary in style in our BMX shop in Stuttgart. Before the big party started in the shop, we threw a jam in our bike warehouse, which was an homage to our famous stock sessions. After the BMX action in the warehouse, we went straight to party mode on the upper floor of our shop in Stuttgart. The video of the stock session and party is now online. Give you!

Thank you Freedombmx for the video! Also thank you for your support; without you this anniversary would never have been possible. A big thank you also goes to our supporters for this event: @odysseybmx & @demolitionparts via @sibmxdistro, @shadowridinggear & @mankindbmx via @unitybmx, @fitbikeco & @sandmbicycles via @allridebmx, @cultcrew & @eclatbmxbrand via @traffic .bmx and @ridetsg via @247bike.




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20 Years kunstform Street Jam



It has now been 20 years since Sebastian Pospischil registered the kunstform business and we celebrated this anniversary in style in our BMX shop in Stuttgart. Before the big party started, we organized a street jam during the day, which led to some of the famous spots in Stuttgart like the "Marmorplatte". There were a ton of riders at the start and there was action! Freedombmx captured the jam on video, so get the video now!

At this point, many thanks to Freedombmx for the great video! On top of that, many thanks to everyone who was there; Without you, this anniversary would never have been possible. A big thank you also goes to our supporters for this event: @odysseybmx & @demolitionparts via @sibmxdistro, @shadowridinggear & @mankindbmx via @unitybmx, @fitbikeco & @sandmbicycles via @allridebmx, @cultcrew & @eclatbmxbrand via @traffic .bmx and @ridetsg via @247bike.




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Kopenschaden - a kunstform team trip video



We sent our team to Copenhagen this summer and checked out the best BMX spots in town. With riders like Flo Först, Miguel Smajli, Noah Martella, Konsty Rudobasta, Robin Kachfi, Justin Rudd, Erik Herschke, Jmenya Eugen, Elias Bauer, Wladi Weber, Artur Meister, Jan Bisanz and Felix Prangenberg, there's plenty of action to see. Check out the highlights of our adventure in Denmark's capital!

The video will go live on our YouTube channel on Sunday 10/6/2024 at 7pm, so follow our channel!

https://www.youtube.com/kunstformbmxshop

Have fun and ride on!

Your kunstform BMX Shop Team




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Group Launches Quinceañera Program Designed to Form Young Catholic Women

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International Catholic Professional Formation Program Grows in DC

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Former captain comes down hard on Cricket Australia over ODI series loss to Pakistan

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INDIPENDENTISMO E LIBERTÀ D’ESPRESSIONE. Spagna: una questione di giustizia irrisolta e multiforme

AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI
3 Maggio 2018
 
ELENA MARISOL BRANDOLINI
 
Da alcuni mesi, in Spagna la giustizia occupa la scena mediatica. È successo con la vicenda catalana, in cui il ricorso ai tribunali e alla legalità ha sostituito la politica fin dal principio. Poi si è compreso che si trattava solo della punta dell’iceberg e quello che c’era sotto è venuto a galla un po’ alla volta. Si è visto allora che la giustizia spagnola presenta vari problemi.

Sul piano della legislazione, come dimostra il recente caso della sentenza nei confronti degli uomini della ‘Manada’, autori di violenza sessuale, ma puniti per il reato di abuso, differenza prevista nel codice penale. O nella legislazione anti-terrorista, che ha così tanto ampliato il campo di applicazione per cui ora “tutto è Eta”: una rissa da bar che coinvolge due poliziotti della Guardia Civil, la canzone di un rapper, l’interruzione del transito su un’autostrada. Sul terreno dell’ordinamento, con istituti come l’Audiencia Nacional erede del tribunale franchista e quindi inesistente altrove. Su quello infine della debole separazione fra i poteri dello Stato, con una tendenza alla ‘giudiziarizzazione’ della politica e con il rischio di farne il mezzo di competizione tra i partiti della destra spagnola.

A farne le spese è la libertà d’espressione

A farne le spese è la libertà di espressione che la sezione spagnola di Amnesty International segnala essersi ridotta. Perciò la censura si allarga, rasentando il ridicolo nel sequestro di fischietti e magliette di colore giallo nella finale di calcio della Copa del Rey. A farne le spese sono le persone che rischiano il carcere, stanno per finirci o ci sono da tempo, imputate di delitti che non hanno commesso.

E’ il caso di rappers, utenti delle reti sociali, comici, militanti di movimenti. E’ il caso dei nove prigionieri politici catalani in regime di carcerazione preventiva: Oriol Junqueras, Dolors Bassa, Carme Forcadell, Quim Forn, Raül Romeva, Josep Rull, Jordi Turull,  e i Jordis, Jordi Sánchez e Jordi Cuixart, leader del movimento indipendentista, in cella da oltre sei mesi per avere convocato una manifestazione sotto il dipartimento di Economia.

Contro l’indipendentismo, il giudice istruttore Llarena del Tribunal Supremo ha costruito un vero e proprio teorema accusatorio, teso a dimostrare l’uso della violenza nei fatti occorsi nell’autunno 2017, per cui 13 dei 25 imputati nella macro-causa lo sono per ribellione, delitto punito con 25-30 di carcere. La violenza, pur se non esercitata direttamente dagli accusati, sarebbe quella da questi indotta nel comportamento della polizia spagnola il giorno del referendum per farne rispettare il divieto, o quella che si sarebbe potuta determinare per la presenza intimidatoria di un grande assembramento di persone il 20 settembre. Un’imputazione per un delitto inesistente, a detta di diversi giuristi stranieri e di alcuni spagnoli; contestata da Amnesty International che critica il regime di carcerazione preventivo in cui si trovano i Jordis. Per la semplice ragione che è mancante del suo presupposto, la violenza appunto, poiché il movimento indipendentista catalano è sempre stato pacifico e di massa.

La processione dei capi d’accusa

Tanto che la giustizia spagnola starebbe meditando un’eventuale riconsiderazione di questa imputazione attribuita ad alcuni degli esiliati, fino a sostituirla con l’accusa di sedizione, che prevede pene inferiori. Questo, in attesa di riuscire a dimostrare il delitto di malversazione di fondi pubblici, di cui sono accusati tutti i componenti dell’ex-governo per il referendum. Considerando che la Generalitat aveva il bilancio controllato dal governo spagnolo fin dal 2015 e commissariato negli ultimi giorni del settembre scorso. Contraddizione che ha aperto un inedito conflitto tra il ministro del Tesoro Montoro, che deve mostrarsi commissario efficiente, e il giudice Llarena, che teme di vedere compromesso l’altro aspetto del suo impianto processuale.

Per entrambi i delitti la giustizia spagnola ha infatti chiesto l’estradizione degli imputati esiliati: di Carles Puigdemont, prima a Bruxelles e ora in libertà condizionata in Germania, di Clara Ponsatí in libertà condizionata nel Regno Unito, di Toni Comín in libertà condizionata a Bruxelles e di Marta Rovira rifugiatasi in Svizzera, imputati di ribellione; di Lluís Puig e Meritxell Serret a Bruxelles accusati di malversazione; mentre per Anna Gabriel non c’è richiesta di estradizione dalla Svizzera, perché imputata di disobbedienza.

Il movimento indipendentista si è sempre appellato a una mediazione europea senza successo, perché la Commissione ha continuato a sostenere che si tratta di una questione interna allo Stato spagnolo. La strategia di Puigdemont è stata quella d’internazionalizzare il conflitto, per evidenziare il carattere politico della persecuzione giudiziaria. Il suo arresto in Germania e quello successivo di altri cinque dirigenti dell’indipendentismo hanno suscitato più di una perplessità nelle opinioni pubbliche europee e sui media internazionali. Il tribunale tedesco non ha riconosciuto gli estremi di violenza per l’estradizione di Puigdemont; la giustizia britannica si è presa del tempo per esaminare le carte relative all’imputata Ponsatí; in Belgio, la giustizia sta istruendo la richiesta relativa agli altri imputati; la Svizzera ha già detto che non concederà estradizioni per ragioni politiche. E il Comitato dei Diritti Umani dell’Onu, sollecitato da Jordi Sánchez perché era stato impedito a presentarsi come candidato a president della Generalitat, raccomanda che ne siano garantiti i diritti politici. Una vicenda tutta spagnola su cui peserà il giudizio di almeno altri quattro paesi europei.
 
 




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The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre joins EU BON

The news about the new partnership has been officially disseminated through the website of the Norwegian Biodiversity Centre. The news piece discusses the importance of EU BON  in the classification of biodiversity data and the experience and technology that the new partnership brings to it.
The article quotes the EU BON project as "the only EU project of its kind with a main purpose is to build an infrastructure that improves the exchange and dataflow throughout Europe." More can be found at: http://www.biodiversity.no/ArticleList.aspx?m=34&amid=11718
The news about the partnership has been also picked up by the English language Norwegian Source for science news ScienceNordic.
Earlier on the visibility and the popularity of the EU BON project have been also enhanced by a publication of the first newsletter by the Estonian science news website eBiodiversity, with credit given to the ambitious project aiming to build an European gateway for integrated biodiversity information.




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EU BON featured in the January newsletter of the The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

The news about the International Symposium "Nature and Governance – Biodiversity Data, Science, and the Policy Interface" and the official EU BON Kickoff Meeting has been reflected in the January newsletter of the The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

GBIF only features high end biodiversity news and major projects. EU BON project summary is placed in the collaborations section of the newsletter and the two events are included in the Upcoming Events, pointed out to the readers' attention.

To view the GBIF newsletter for January, please go to: http://www.gbif.org/communications/resources/newsletters/, or see the newsletter PDF attached below.





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New "LinkOut" tool by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) providing easy link to PubMed and GenBank data

A new "LinkOut" feature introduced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) NCBI’s allows the easy linking to content on PubMed and GenBank.  Dryad has already introduced the feature benefitting from easy and fast linking of associated content to the two resources.

PubMed and GenBank, from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), are hugely popular resources for searching and retrieving article abstracts and nucleotide sequence data, respectively.  PubMed indexes the vast majority of the biomedical literature, and deposition of nucleotide sequences in GenBank or one of the other INSDC databases is a near universal requirement for publication in a scientific journal. LinkOut allows the data from an article to be distributed among repositories without compromising its discoverability.

Dryad, intends to expand on this feature in a couple of ways. First, it is planned to make Dryad content searchable via the PubMed and GenBank identifiers, which because of their wide use will provide a convenient gateway for other biomedical databases to link out to Dryad.  Second, open web standards will be used to expose relationships between content in Dryad and other repositories, not just NCBI.

Original source: Dryad news and views