Greetings, citizens. Things are heating up again in Ukraine, and everyone and their dog are busy wondering why.
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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.
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: 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.
Greetings! Here’s some Ebola-free news for you all.
Confession: when this movie was advertised where I live, I dismissed it because I thought the posters showed three boys. Meh, just another coming-of-age movie for the lads, I thought. I’ll pass. Silly me. We Are the Best! is charming, funny, and nostalgic in a way that I didn’t expect for a movie set years before I was born.
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News in Europe: Natural Deliveries
Greetings, citizens, and let’s start with good news: The German cave researcher trapped in the country’s biggest cave system has been rescued after almost two weeks, and he’s recovering well.
Citizens, did you miss the Ukraine updates? I’m sick of them, because whatever the news, it’s not good. Here they are anyway:
You thought that would read “Putin,” didn’t you? But no, citizens, this week seems to be all about Poland, God knows why. Let’s get to it.
Greetings, citizens! While nothing major has happened this past week, there are so many curious behind-the-scenes developments that I’m starting to suspect Europe might just be losing it. But onwards and upwards, friends, and let’s make the best of this:
Looks like Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas, and Louisiana are in a fight to see which one can be the shittiest this week. (No disrespect to the rational people of those states, only sympathy.) Sweden of all places might have them beat, though! Let’s get down to the nitty gritty, shall we? (As usual, trigger warnings for […]
How I ended up being really interested in a more high-brow variety of crime television, I’m not entirely sure, but both the English-speaking and original Swedish versions of Wallander satisfyingly scratch that itch.
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Your Weekly European Roundup
OK, so this week is pretty good. We have Olympic athletes digging holes on beaches and almost dying as a result, a fantastic article on the doomed AirFrance Flight and the newest developments there, Germany has some nice economic horizons to look forward to, and a Nazi trial is underway in Hungary. Read all about […]
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ESC Countdown: Spain and Sweden
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown! Today it’s all about Spain and Sweden.
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Your Weekly European Roundup
Welcome to another week of Euro News! This week: wreckage from the downed AirFrance flight of two years back is finally located, a police officer in Northern Ireland is killed by a car bomb, and an arrest was made in Sweden’s torture/sex chamber case.