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Watch a hyperlapse review of Europe's wintry wonderland
Spring has finally arrived, and JF1LMS is celebrating by releasing a hyperlapse of some great footage shot all winter in the Slovak village where he grew up, all shot manually in bitter cold. Crank it...
View ArticleEuropean measles outbreak infects 41,000 people, killing 27 of them (so far)
Anti-vaccine shenanigans have lowered Europe's average vaccination rate below the threshold to adequately provide for herd immunity. Following the decade's lowest year of measles cases in 2016, the...
View Article🐍 Giant python slithers around Poland scaring everyone
For nearly two months now, the people of Poland have been captivated by the tale of a missing 16-foot python that is believed to be slithering around Warsaw still. As the Wall Street Journal writers...
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What 'Independence Day' Is Like In Transnistria, An Unrecognized Country...
Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, is an Eastern European territory with a strong Soviet vibe. Technically, the country does not exist. Transnistria is considered a part of...
View ArticleEU Parliament demands Facebook audit after breach hits 87 million users
MEPs in European Parliament want Facebook to submit to a full audit by European Union bodies to determine whether the U.S. based social media company adequately protects users’ personal data. The...
View ArticleEven the rightsholders think Europe’s Article 13 is a mess, call for an...
With only days to go before the planned conclusion of the new EU Directive on Copyright in the Single Digital Market, Europe's largest and most powerful rightsholder groups -- from the Premier League...
View ArticleTwo Russia-backed hacker groups target Europe ahead of elections, FireEye...
Security services firm FireEye says two hacker groups known to be sponsored by the Russian government of Vladimir Putin are waging cyber-attacks currently against European government systems. FireEye...
View ArticleEurope's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by...
On May 26th, Europeans will vote for the next EU Parliament, and the region's far-right, "nationalist/anti-establishment" parties (AfD Germany, UKIP/Brexit UK, PiS/Poland, etc) are expected make large...
View ArticleEurope just suffered through the hottest June in recorded history
Here in Alberta, Canada, it's been a frigging miserable summer so far: cold, full of rain and precious little sun. For weeks, I've been mumbling under my breath, in tooth-grinding resentment, that I...
View ArticleExtinction Rebellion activists close Geneva private-jet terminal
Activists from the group Extinction Rebellion, which protests climate change, blocked the private jet terminal at Geneva airport on Saturday. The group says they want to draw attention to private jets...
View ArticleParis: Police fire tear gas, water cannons on 'yellow vest' protest anniversary
In Paris on Saturday, police fired water cannons and tear gas on protesters who gathered to mark one year since the anti-government “yellow vest” demonstrations of 2018. The gilet jaune protests got...
View ArticleEFF announces major new EU focus and two amazing new hires
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has just hired two new staffers focused on the EU: Icelandic poet, artist, and free expression activist Birgitta Jónsdóttir, and European Internet policy expert...
View ArticleGoogle users in UK will soon lose EU data protection: Report
Post-Brexit, Google plans to move UK user accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, and will place them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, where privacy protections are weaker,...
View ArticleAmazon to be hit with antitrust charges in Europe
The European Union is expected to formally file charges against Amazon.com for harvesting data from third-party sellers, and using that information to compete against those sellers on the sales...
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Time travel back to 1920s Paris, in color
This footage of 1920s Paris in color is pretty amazing to watch. I've seen plenty of films from this era, but not much raw footage of people walking around the streets. It gives me this strange...
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Ever had gooseneck barnacle meat?
I had the great fortune to be in Porto, Portugal last week, and while I was there, I ate my very first (gooseneck) barnacles. They are bizarre and delicious sea creatures that you really should...
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Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome
This summer, I got invited to emcee a wedding reception in Italy for an old friend from art school and his fiancee. I was honored to be part of their union and especially stoked for the chance to get...
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"There is no more water in the pipes"— Facing extreme drought, over 100...
As Frank Herbert wrote in Dune, "On Arrakis, water was money." And in the case of France, the lack of water is costing the country's taxpayers a fortune. Many parts of the country are experiencing...
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National Geographic's 45-minute aerial tour of Christmas in Europe is pure...
Experience a "festive flying tour" of nine European countries during the Christmas season with National Geographic. The 45-minute-long episode gives heartwarming glimpses of places like Finnish...
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Greek authorities caught on video taking migrants to sea and abandoning them...
The New York Times is reporting that in April, the Greek Coast Guard gathered a group of asylum-seeking migrants in Greece, including a baby, put them on an inflatable raft in the Aegean Sea, and...
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Musk planning to block Twitter access in Europe
Twitter may soon no longer serve users in Europe, says owner Elon Musk, responding to the European Commission's investigation of illegal content and misinformation spreading unchecked on the platform....
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EU to regulate AI
Bloomberg News reports that members of the European Union reached a deal on the first major regulation of artificial intelligence in the West. Delegates from the European Commission, the European...
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European Union opens membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova
With Hungary's far-right Viktor Orban abstaining—and leaving the room to avoid being present for the vote—the other 26 leaders of the European Union unanimously agreed to begin accession talks with...
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Unlike Trump, President Biden stands up to Russia and Putin with a warning...
Unlike Putin puppet Trump, President Biden is not afraid of Vladimir Putin. In fact, Biden stood up to the Russian leader today, saying, "Putin and the whole world should know, if any adversary were to...
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The forgotten 1802 plan for an underwater brick tunnel to France
Before Brexit, the barrier between the UK and Europe was a physical one, a turbulent body of water known as the English Channel. In 1993 the underwater engineering masterpiece known as The Chunnel...
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Signal reaffirms it will leave European market rather than agree to help...
Signal, which makes a popular private messaging service, reaffirmed that it will not comply with demands to compromise user privacy in Europe. France has reportedly revived a stalled EU surveillance...
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Protestors project Elon's Nazi salute onto Tesla plant
The world doesn't seem quite ready to let Elon Musk move on from the salute he made at Trump's inauguration. It's already been adopted by anti-Musk protestors, who projected it onto a Tesla plant in...
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Trump trashes Europe as land of "rape gangs" and "murderers"
Donald Trump continues to betray longtime U.S. allies by shamefully comparing Europe to gang rapists and murderers. "We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant...
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Ireland's life expectancy now higher than England's
The Republic of Ireland's life expectancy of 82.3 years now exceeds that of England, according to a Europe-wide study published in Lancet Public Health. People can expect to live for 81.49 years in...
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Oh look, just two regular folks taking a leisurely stroll away from their car...
Two people in Belgium calmly walked away from their car stuck on railroad tracks just seconds before a train demolished it — but their suspiciously unhurried behavior has led to skepticism about...
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