The New York based Chinese TV-station NTDT broadcasted from the Book Fair in Gothenburg last week. In this clip, a dialogue in the JHS stand is shown, as well as an interview with Walburga Habsburg Douglas, MP and member of the JHS’ board.
Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation on Chinese exile TV
September 28th, 2011 In the MediaGöran Lennmarker interviewed by the Azeri Press Agency
September 2nd, 2011 Azerbaijan | In the Media”It is easy to start a war, but it is difficult to end one”
Göran Lennmarker, chairman of the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation.
Read the interview by the Azeri Press Agency (APA) in English
Read the interview by the Azeri Press Agency (APA) in Russian
Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation arranged a seminar in Istanbul, June 2, on Turkey and the European Union, in cooperation with Olof Palmes International Center and the Swedish consulat general in Istanbul.
The Turkish human rights defender Orhan Kemal Cengiz participated in the seminar and concludes his remarks from the conference in the Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman.
Read Orhan Kemal Cengiz’s article in English
On March 5-8, The Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation and Unión de Partidos Latinoamericanos (UPLA) held two parallel conferences about democracy for youth and women in San Salvador. The conferences received a lot of attention from Latin-American newspapers and agencies.
Eva Gustavsson, Managing Director of JHS, has been frequently quoted in the media with a comment on the political developments in the region: “For the last two years everybody when looking at Latinamerica watched what was happening with the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela, and Michelle Bachelet in Chile who had a very clear Socialist tendency. All that is now changing. We are seeing the reaction of the people that became fed up each time the government moved further to the left and with a clear dictatorial tendency”.
Further reading:
Merco Press (Uruguay)
Latam conservative parties encouraged with recent electoral victories
El Universal (Venezuela)
Partidos de derecha advierten retroceso de izquierda en Latinoamérica
Excelsior (Mexico)
Derecha toma el poder AL
La Prensa (Honduras)
Influencia chavista pierde fuerza en Latinoamérica
Estadao (Brazil)
Direita prevê retrocesso da esquerda na América Latina
Elsalvador.com (El Salvador)
UPLA: La influencia chavista pierde fuerza
Exporting EU-Education, is the headline in the December issue of Medborgaren, the member magazine published by Moderaterna. It tells the story about the Jarl Hjalmarsons Foundation tailoring education in cooperation with its sister party in Croatia.
Christian Holm on 20 years of freedom
November 10th, 2009 In the MediaChristian Holm, Member of Parliament and of the board of the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation, writes in the local daily Nya Wermlandstidningen that “it is as important today as 20 years ago to fight for your ideals and values.”
Stories about the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 8th, 2009 In the MediaPer T. Ohlsson writes about the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the Swedish daily paper Sydsvenskan. In the list of reference litterature you find an anthology published by the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundationom “Demokratins triumf” (Triumph of Democary). A book that will be published in English during the first quarter of 2010
Five Latin American politicians and political analysts have been interviewed about the developments in their home countries. The interviews have been conducted by Linda Bergman. The picture of Latin America, presented in the book, is full of nuances. Though the five agree that the politics of Hugo Chavez are a threat to the region.
A number of best practices – submitted by member organizations – are presented at the home page of the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP). The work of the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation is presented by a story about ideology education based on the study guide “Principles for a Free Society”. A book written by Dr. Nigel Ashford for the Hjalmarson Foundation.
Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation was the main speaker at a Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation-seminar on the developments in Zimbabwe. A report about Zimbabwe was alsopresented. Author of the report was by Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, who during the summer of 2009 worked as a trainee to the Minister of Education in Zimbabwe.
Read the morning daily Gotlands Allehandas reflections on the seminar (in Swedish)
A number of politically active young people from Ukraine visited Sweden during the EU-election campaign, May/June 2009.
Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation in the Swedish Bulletin
April 1st, 2009 In the MediaIn the spring issue 2009 of the Swedish Bulletin, the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation was presented.
