By Tom Fowdy, Oxford University It is worth remembering that in both World War I and World II one of the biggest long term factors contributing to Germany’s defeat was the fact […]
“Economics doesn’t matter, only values”
A letter from Albania
Statement from the EU Commission: Erjola is a 15-year old girl who lives in Kurbin in North-Western Albania, ca. 35 kilometers from the capital Tirana and a few kilometers from the Adriatic […]
Foreigners flock to Serbia for coronavirus jabs
Thousands of #vaccine-seekers from countries neighbouring #Serbia flocked to Belgrade on Saturday after Serbian authorities offered free #coronavirus jabs for foreigners if they show up over the weekend.
German inventor pedals past taboos with bicycle hearse in Oldenburg
Michael Olsen, an artist and inventor from the small city of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, came up with an idea to combine Germans’ love for bicycles and funeral services. Olsen has built […]
Reports: Germany to take in 1,500 Migrants from overcrowded Greek refugee camps
The situation on the Greek island of Lesbos is tense, as migrants and refugees remain stranded. Athens is trying to calm the situation, but things have long since gotten out of control. […]
WHO warns worse to come as EU cases surge
Europe reported nearly 50,000 new coronavirus cases on Monday, a new record, driven by surges in Spain and France. The World Health Organization warns worse is to come in October and November, […]
Get some Italian advice on how to live the good life
Meet Giovanni Mancusou, a small-town Italian man who lives on Italy’s Mediterranean coast. The wisened Calabrian invites the viewer into his sun-washed world of bright orange sun umbrellas, cool blue seas, freshly […]
Afghan refugee makes masks for entire French village
Hamidullah, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee, wanted to protect his adopted French village from COVID-19. So he went to work on his sewing machine and made more than 1,000 protective masks, enough for […]
Extinction Rebellion protesters chain themselves to French Finance Ministry
Chained to the gates of the French Finance Ministry covered in fake blood to symbolise a bleeding planet, a few activists from the environmental association Extinction Rebellion protest to oppose post-Covid-19 recovery […]
Reaching the bottom of the barrel: Coronavirus pandemic batters European wine production
🍷 It’s an ancient beverage turned cultural icon, so cherished in France that the legendary Victor Hugo once provocatively wrote: “God made only water – but man made wine”. Aside from being a […]
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