Three Monkeys Online

A Curious, Alternative Magazine

Slovenia

  • Ljubljana

    Ljubljana is one of Europe's coolest capital cities, famed for its castle, beautiful bridges, vibran
  • Prodi falls

    The only surprising things about the fall of Romano Prodi’s governemnt last night – following a vote of no confidence which was defeated in the lower house, but passed in the Senate where
  • Hasta Sempre Padre Pio!

    Padre Pio has been in the news here lately – or rather he’s been more in the news lately. The decision to exhume his body has caused no small amount of controversy, while historian Sergio
  • Bloggers and Journos

    Apparently, the Irish Times‘s house seer John Waters believes the Intertube and bloggers are contributing factors in the Decline of West. Perhaps that explains why www.johnwaters.ie (featuring a
  • Poland has an East

    A lorry driver died in the 20-mile queue at the Ukrainian-Polish border crossing at Dorohusk. Warsaw sat up and noticed: Poland has an eastern border. To be sure, Poland’s joining the Schengen pact
  • The price of protest – the fallout from the La Sapienza affair

    The reaction, from the political world and the 'fourth estate' to the decision of 67 Academics at La Sapienza University to protest the invitation to Pope Benedict XVI to address students at the star
  • The Voice of his Generation

    No, not Heath Ledger. Rather “Doug Krantz, 27, a New York University student and Iraq war veteran,” who turned up outside the actor’s Manhattan home upon hearing of his death. His re
  • Back to the Future

    Barring a miracle, or infernal deal, Romano Prodi’s government will fall later today, when a vote of confidence in which one of his coalition allies, the UDEUR party, will vote against him. It&#
  • Decoupled from Reality

    As plunging stock markets expose the fallacies of the widely flogged “decoupling theory” (Google returns almost 65,000 hits for the query “decoupling + United States + economy”
  • The $100 Million Round of Golf

    RTE’s website coverage of today’s turmoil in the world’s financial markets kicks off with the following, interest-deflating headline: “US economy already in recession – c