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Though retaining traditional elements, Boston Ballet’s production follows George Balanchine’s neoclassical choreography of “Coppélia.” The ballet was originally cast in 1974 for Patricia McBride (Swanilda) and Helgi Tomasson (Frantz), two of Balanchine’s greatest stars in the New York City Ballet. This spring, Judith Fugate staged “Coppélia” for two of Boston’s own stars: Misa Kuranaga and Nelson Madrigal...
...Marios Velissarakos, 34, sells vegetables in one of Athens' many street markets. He says he and his customers are already suffering from the recession and the first two rounds of austerity measures. But he expects things to get worse before they get better. "Of course there will be more measures," he says as two gray-haired women haggle over bundles of wild greens, adding that he hopes people will go to the streets to protest when there are. "Maybe in 10 years we will see if things get better." (Read "Greek Austerity Measures Spark Rising Protests...
...After two terms in power for the Socialists, known as MSzP, the center-right Fidesz party had long been favored to win this election. Fidesz, led by Viktor Orban, captured 52.8% of the vote, compared to just 19.3% for MSzP. But hardships fostered by the economic crisis upset the political status quo by giving sudden rise to the far-right Jobbik party, which won an unprecedented 16.7% of the vote to finish in a close third. (See pictures of immigration in Europe...
...Fidesz might be the big winner - the party goes into the second round of the elections on April 25 within grasp of the two-thirds parliamentary majority required to make constitutional changes - but it is Jobbik's strong showing that has shocked many political analysts and ordinary Hungarians. The party, which espoused nationalist and anti-Roma rhetoric during the campaign, has proved it is now a force in Hungarian politics, though how it will factor into any future government remains unclear...
...Csaba argues, however, that Orban is in a strong position to make unpopular choices and survive. "Fidesz has made a transformation over the past two or three years into a mainstream conservative party," he says. "They are all about fiscal discipline. I don't think they will make a U-turn from the reform policies of the current government. They made no populist promises during the campaign. These [promises] were made by Jobbik...