Northern Ireland Town Turns Potemkin for Upcoming G8 Summit

Closed shops are being turned into propaganda pieces ahead of the G8 summit in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. Reminiscent of the Soviet Potemkin towns, the attempt to mask the area’s economic troubles has provoked a small outcry from the town’s residents as well as the jeers of the international community.

[The World]