The European elections are coming up, and so are some predictable headlines. More stories have probably been written about “the rise of populism” than there are fish in the sea. It is easy to find who these populists are. A simple Google search does the trick: Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán, Matteo Salvini, Jarosław Kaczyński. […]
In figures released by Eurostat this month, it was reported that only 6.4% of energy consumed in the Grand Duchy in 2017 came from renewable sources, making Luxembourg stand more than ten percentage points below the EU average of 17.5%as well as the member state producing the least amount from renewable energy. Granted, this number […]
I was so honoured to be invited as a guest speaker by the Centre for Development and Enterprises Great Lakes, for a seminar of their on blogging and journalism. The seminar took place on March 1 in Burundi, and I spoke to the participants through a pre-recorded video (as I was in Istanbul, Turkey at […]
The Netherlands is pushing for a new tax on air travel. The story is very under-reported in the media, even though it reveals something quite striking about the current political establishment.
Education minister Claude Meisch in a Luxembourg Times interview recently said he would require international schools to teach Luxembourgish. This is part of a coalition plan to reform the international school system, and to add affordable public international education in an effort to foster “social cohesion”.
On Sunday I broadcasted my first livestream on Facebook, in the context of my regular EU Updates videos. Click down below to rewatch the full one-hour broadcast.
A new investigation into the space exploration company SpaceX casts further doubt into the way the company acquires and executes government contracts.
Romania’s presidency isn’t a smooth one for a number of reasons. For one, taking over the rotating Council presidency in a European election year means that the European Parliament will be missing as one of the institutional partners from April on. During this reduced time, the country will then be asked to finish a number […]
Dehumanizing market decisions is key to patronizing nanny-state policies.
Secret documents from German state media broadcaster ARD reveal how state television frames the narrative, in a style that East German spin doctors couldn’t have done better.
