In the middle of the economical meltdown and after all the shooting news from Finland, something positive and still major news in the world:
Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel peace prize. Fantastic!
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2008/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martti_Ahtisaari
Karttoja, kuvia ja kirjelmiä – Juha Meronen
No problem of granting the prize for Esperanto or Mr. Zamenhof some time in the future if the results are significant. My grandad did some correspondence in Esperanto and I’ve been thinking of learning the basics. It won’t become Lingua Franca, but let’s have thumbs up anyway!Your link does not work. The correct one is:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU