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News

Friday News Bites: Umpqua Shooting, Waters of Mars + More

Greetings, everyone. It’s Friday once again, so let us take a look at some of the things happening over the past week.

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News

Friday News Bites: Indiana’s Discrimination Bill, Germanwings Crash + More

Happy Friday, everyone. Is it Springtime where you are yet? I hope so. This week’s newsy roundup has a lot of political stories, but we’ll end with good news. Let’s get started:

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Perspectives

Ten Years On: Sabine

It’s been ten years since I started my big foreign adventure. In this loose series, I talk to the immigrants I met in 2005 and those I’m only meeting now. They all tell me a bit about the changes that the last decade has brought for them.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: The Grexit Threat

This week in Europe, all eyes are on Greece and its new government.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Camel Wrestling?

Yes. There will be something about camel wrestling later, but let’s have some news first.

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News

Friday News Bites: Boston Olympic Bid, Free College + More

Happy Friday, friends. It’s more or less politics and entertainment this week, including a rare moment where I actually agree with something David Cameron said. Huh. I feel funny. Let’s get that story out of the way first…

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Un An Nou Fericit!

Happy New Year, everybody, and now you know how to say that in Romanian.

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Music

The Ten Best German Christmas Carols

It’s Christmas today! Well, at least in Germany it is.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Rouble Down!

Greetings, citizens, and welcome to another week of sheer misery. I haven’t even got an animal-related story for you. Booo.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Beer Europe and Vodka Europe

Yes, yes, and wine too, of course. But let’s have a look at the news first.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Immigration, Immigration

Greetings, citizens. It’s (almost) all about immigration this week, a.k.a. the subject that keeps on giving.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Gratuitous Goat Jokes

Greetings, citizens. What noise does a goat make? We’ll get to that later.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Visit Kazakhstan!

Greetings, citizens, and let’s get straight to it. Before we head to Kazakhstan, let’s have a look at this week’s serious news.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Poland vs. Germany

Greetings, citizens! This week we have another mix of the bad, the dangerous and the downright depressing, but as always, there’s hope.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Never Trust a Russian Informer

Welcome, citizens, to a week that has one crisis smouldering and another looming. And the Scottish referendum isn’t even happening until next week.