"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has delivered a blunt warning that Europe has entered a "pre-war era" and if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe."
Moscow has found better ways to conceal #influence ops, by using harder-to-trace tech, to amplify arguments for #isolationism before #UnitedStates elections, acc/to disinfo experts & #intelligence.
"Archaeology supports the conclusion that Brittany was not founded in the mid-fifth century. A foundation in the late fourth century is most compatible with the archaeological evidence, limited though it is."
La leggenda del coccodrillo al mercato della Vucciria di Palermo.
Tra le tante leggende palermitane, non mancano le storie legate a fatti misteriosi, intriganti e suggestivi, come quella del coccodrillo che divorava i bambini che giocavano vicino alle fontane del mercato della Vucciria a Palermo.
I thought the cookie consent alerts were bad back in the states, but - WOW. If I lived here (visiting Europe), I would FAR rather have cookies just set and not be told about it vs. this level of in-your-face, at-every-turn COOKIE ALERT, without question. Oy.
Berlin’s techno scene was born in the abandoned warehouses and communist-era squats by young people yearning for freedom in the once-divided city. Now, the cultural revolution associated with the throbbing electronic music has been recognized by UNESCO and inscribed on the German national Registry of Intangible Cultural Heritage. BBC Travel has more, including what these designations mean to Berlin’s club culture. https://flip.it/W4kLhE #Culture#Music#Clubbing#Berlin#Techno#Germany#Europe
With anglicized words like "schedulato" and "diskussion," English is taking over the European languages, and there’s not much anyone — be it linguists or prime ministers — can do about it. Airmail’s Elena Clavarino explains. https://flip.it/o-R2yM #Culture#Language#Europe#English
Did you know which #tree is most frequently struck by lightning? #Oaks have a knack for attracting bolts during thunderstorms, perhaps not coincidentally linked to their association with the god(s) of #thunder. But #Norse mythology is just a piece of a larger puzzle.
Perkūnas, the #Baltic thunder god, and his #Slavic counterpart, Perun, shared ties to the same venerable tree. Even #Roman Jupiter and #Greek Zeus joined the thunder god ranks. Across #Europe, cultures under similar latitudes shared grand bonfires on specific occasions:
Spring's arrival
Summer and Winter Solstices
All Hallows’ Eve
Each region had unique customs, but they all symbolized the sun's power, dispelling negativity and blessing crops and livestock. Interestingly, fire also served as a defense against #witches. In many traditions, the last sheaf of corn, often referred to as "the Old Woman", met its demise in the flames.
Despite differences, these bonfires shared common threads. They all symbolized the sun's power, dispelling negativity and blessing crops and livestock. #Fire also served as a defense against witches.
Fertility could have been another great mutual peculiarity: the #sun had the power to make the vegetation grow, so the fire could have resembled the star’s fertilizing strength. This could explain why even the farm animals were driven through the flames, sometimes hurting themselves.
#Portugal, the poorest country in western #Europe, has made a big pledge to #UNRWA, but it can't make up for what was lost by the cut-off of aid by the US over unproven claims of UN complicity in 7 Oct. Making others take up the slack is inhumane, #Biden.
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 "Leading up to the War of American Independence, a debate began in the Dutch Republic on how neutrality could be advantageously defined to promote commerce without becoming involved in wars of ‘entangling alliances'. The actors in this debate would produce arguments that were later adopted by members of George Washington’s cabinet."
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 "Leading up to the War of American Independence, a debate began in the Dutch Republic on how neutrality could be advantageously defined to promote commerce without becoming involved in wars of ‘entangling alliances'. The actors in this debate would produce arguments that were later adopted by members of George Washington’s cabinet. Alexander Hamilton was the advocate of ‘strict' neutrality, while Thomas Jefferson was in favour of ‘active’ neutrality."
"Leading up to the War of American Independence, a debate began in the Dutch Republic on how neutrality could be advantageously defined to promote commerce without becoming involved in wars of ‘entangling alliances'. The actors in this debate would produce arguments that were later adopted by members of George Washington’s cabinet. Alexander Hamilton was the advocate of ‘strict' neutrality, while Thomas Jefferson was in favour of ‘active’ neutrality."
It is high time to establish high quality working conditions for trainees!
We’ve just put forward proposals to ensure fairer and more inclusive traineeships for all.
In particular, we are pushing for:
💶 fair remuneration;
📈 increased employability;
🔒 access to adequate social protection;
💼 equal access to traineeship opportunities;
🤝 systematic appointment of a mentor to provide specific support;
💻 provision of all necessary equipment for hybrid and remote working.
"In this way, La Marmotta is causing a literal sea change in our view of those first Neolithic farming groups. It was always difficult to understand how they could have travelled around all Mediterranean Europe. The Marmotta canoes are not only outstanding evidence of how they achieved that but also an example of the complexity of those societies from the viewpoint of their social and technical organisation."
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announces surprise resignation.
CNN reports: "Varadkar first became prime minister in 2017, after being elected leader of the Fine Gael party. He is the country’s youngest premier and Ireland’s first gay leader."