Virginia Woolf once wrote: ‘One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.’
She was right – food is important, perhaps especially so on holiday when we have more time to savour meals.
In a bid to get the best…
Category: 3. Europe
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NSC walkout over Israel policy deepens political turmoil in Netherlands
The country’s Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Thursday, followed by his NSC party members. Now, only two of the four-party coalition remain.
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Why is Europe so poor compared to the U.S.?
It’s not hard to see why Europeans often feel a sense of superiority over Americans.
No European city has an area as dangerous or decrepit as San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Some Americans obsess about Europe’s supposedly no-go…
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Russia’s top diplomat joins ‘Meet the Press’ to defend actions in Ukraine
Russia’s top diplomat made the relatively rare move of sitting down with a mainstream American news outlet for a sit-down interview, an action that suggests Moscow may wish to clarify its position regarding the war in Ukraine before a larger American audience.
During an English-language…
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Three sisters drown in migrant boat in Mediterranean, rescuers say
Three young sisters have drowned in a rubber boat carrying migrants in the central Mediterranean after waves of up to 1.5m (4.9 ft) repeatedly washed over the vessel, a German rescue charity has said.
About 65 people were rescued, including the sisters’ mother and brother, as well as three…
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As Europe’s fear of war grows, French join military reserves
Law school did not teach Constance how to march, identify radio call signs or lie belly down on warm concrete, pointing her rifle at an imaginary enemy. Instead, the Sorbonne University student got her military primer from a Paris-area…
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Zelensky vows to continue fighting as Ukraine marks independence day
The Canadian Press via APCanada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, as they lay wreaths at the memorial wall in Kyiv President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would continue to fight for its freedom “while its calls for peace are…
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Lagarde says Europe’s economy would be even worse without the immigrants who moved in after the pandemic
A jump in the share of foreign-born workers after the pandemic helped Europe bring inflation down without sharply slower growth, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Saturday.
A key factor “has been the rise in both the…
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Moscow and Beijing would have cheered EU-US trade war, von der Leyen says – POLITICO
The pact caps most U.S. tariffs on EU goods at 15 percent, including on cars and pharmaceuticals, and carves out exemptions for generics and aircraft parts.
Critics, including former World Trade Organization boss Pascal Lamy, have warned the accord risks undermining Europe’s credibility…
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