http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive/ Multicultural Marketing News rss feed 06 September 23:10 http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///206/ 2010-08-03 19:32:43 The biggest sports and cultural festival in the world takes place in Cologne from July 31 to August 7, 2010. Some 10,000 participants from more than 70 countries will converge for the Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 and celebrate the principles of participation, inclusion and personal best. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///205/ 2010-07-30 18:25:59 Let’s revisit our conversation about China and its travelers from a couple of weeks ago. I was amazed to find out that the most populated country and one of the fastest growing economies still books a bulk of its travel in person. Do you remember those times when we had to take a check book and go to a travel agent in order to book a flight? Now, even the most complicated itineraries can be booked online. Chinese travelers, however, are just starting to enter the era of buying travel online. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///204/ 2010-07-01 08:21:42 The Mexican government will extend health coverage services to the immigrant community in the United States as of July as a response to the various laws that afflict the Mexican undocumented immigrant community in the country. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///203/ 2010-06-24 11:36:16 Vidovdan (St. Vitus' Day), a Serbian religious holiday is celebrated on June 28. It is also called Slava of St. Vitus, the saint who is connected in Serbian culture to the Battle of Kosovo. Amazingly the most important events in the history of Serbs happened exactly on this particular day! Let’s check the historical calendar... http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///202/ 2010-06-18 08:19:17 With the onset of summer and numerous music festivals underway all over the United States, a celebration of African American culture and its distinct heritage is June's most prevalent celebration of both contemporary and traditional music. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///201/ 2010-06-09 11:28:50 Starting July 1, all birth certificates previously issued by the government of Puerto Rico will become invalid. The new law forces 1.4 million Americans born in Puerto Rico and 3.3 million Puerto Ricans who live on the island to request new birth certificates. The news has provoked concern among those who will be affected and is already sparking fears of an anti-Latino backlash against many U.S. residents born on the island. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///200/ 2010-06-07 15:06:04 Russian born Olga Zatsepina started the festival four years ago as a way for Russian children adopted into American homes to get in touch with their cultural roots, but then realized that it was Russian parents with young children who frequented the event the most, excited to reconnect their children to Russian culture in New York. “There are many Russian cultural events, but this is the only one for children,” she said. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///199/ 2010-06-03 10:51:02 A debt-collection agency claimed that Allen Jones from Dallas, Texas owed a meager $200 on a credit card bill, and they intended to collect it by any means necessary. Instead, it may end up costing them more than $1.5 million. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///198/ 2010-06-01 14:26:48 Israel faced a global diplomatic firestorm Monday, May 31, over its deadly raid on a protest flotilla that was attempting to break through an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The U.N. Security Council called early Tuesday for an "impartial" investigation of Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and condemned the "acts" that resulted in the loss of at least nine lives. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///197/ 2010-05-26 14:52:16 Jamaican security forces today gained tenuous control over the slum stronghold of an alleged drug lord wanted for extradition to the US. Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Tivoli Gardens ghetto in Kingston, Jamaica in search of Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who is wanted on drug and gun charges in the US. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///196/ 2010-05-24 13:36:20 Poland is facing the worst national disaster in the nation’s history. Flooding has already killed more than dozen of people throughout the country in the past week and continues to wreak havoc as the river running through the Polish capital burst through the riverbank on Monday. About 100,000 people have been told to flee Warsaw after the Vistula River that runs through Poland's capital burst its banks. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///195/ 2010-05-19 12:34:01 Despite of all dim stories about immigrants who had to give up their artistic career in United States there are new Americans who in fact do what they love to do making money for living. Ukrainian artist Oksana Prokopenko started in USA with selling one of her works for $28.000 and now is scheduled for the personal exhibit at Ukrainian Institute of America. She gave Ethnic Events an exclusive interview just before the opening day… http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///194/ 2010-05-17 20:49:27 Global Advertising Strategies, an international marketing and advertising agency, in partnership with key media outlets in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) will present the results of the Global Travel Survey, a project that sheds light on the travel preferences of over 500 million tourists. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///193/ 2010-05-13 13:14:36 A huge increase in the number of donations from individuals is seen in Taiwan after a local vegetable vendor was recognized by the Time magazine for her philanthropy. The 61-year-old was recently quoted by the local media as saying that “money serves its purpose only when it is used for those who need it.” http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///192/ 2010-05-12 13:47:01 22 killings in 13 days record brought a surprising end to Los Angeles’ low crime trend of recent years. The majority of those killed were black and Latino youth. Experts say the high rate of murders be linked to access to weapons and gang affiliation. Cite poverty and social conditions, as well as lack of parental supervision, also seen as factors that may contribute to the violence. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///191/ 2010-05-10 12:52:33 Victory Day (May 9th) - one of Russia's most important public holidays – this year became the biggest ever commemoration to mark the capitulation of Nazi forces in 1945. For the first time in history U.S., French and British troops strode across Moscow Red Square in a Victory Day parade marked both by the usual impressive display of Russia's military might and by an unusual emphasis on international cooperation. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///190/ 2010-05-05 14:39:54 The Americans know it as Cinco de Mayo (“Fifth of May”) while in Mexico it is called the "Batalla de Puebla". The holiday is quite popular in USA for a long time but still confuses Americans when they are asked about its origin. Let’s check the truth… http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///189/ 2010-05-05 11:38:36 Three people died in a fire bomb attack on a Marfin Bank in central Athens Wednesday, May 5th as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///188/ 2010-04-22 08:51:53 It happened 40 years ago. On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day brought 20 million Americans "out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform." Since that historic event, Earth Day Network has branched out to 141 countries and thousands of protests against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, toxic dumps, raw sewage, pesticides, freeways, the destruction of wilderness and wildlife extinction are organized annually. http://www.ethnicevents.com/newsarchive///187/ 2010-04-20 12:18:31 The International Cannabis and Hemp Expo, the first trade show of its kind in the U.S. to permit on-site pot smoking, reportedly attracted an estimated 15,000 enthusiasts to the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA over the last weekend. It took four years for the organizers to negotiate an approval with a venue that would officially allow marijuana consumption.