Alexander Bremin certainly recognises that what he does isn’t usual for a guy in his twenties. Born and raised in Luxembourg, the son of two Swedish parents saw himself in a lot of trouble in the conventional public school system. “I always had problems accepting the authority of the teachers. It’s not that I reject […]
Dieser Artikel wurde 21. August 2017 in der Kommentarsektion, Seite 2, des Lëtzebuerger Journal veröffentlicht. Gesundheitsministerin Lydia Mutsch hat mit dem Beführworten einer Steuer auf zuckerhaltigen alkoholfreihen Getränken einen Online-Sturm ausgelöst. Für die meisten Kommentatoren im Netz schmeckt eine solche Bevormundung doch eher bitter. DP-Generalsekretär Marc Ruppert spricht auf Facebook von einem “NoGo”, und bewirbt […]
Lors de sa dernière session parlementaire précédant la pause estivale, le Bundestag allemand a légalisé le mariage homosexuel. Le vote – et même son résultat – a été une surprise pour tout le monde, y compris, peut-être, pour Angela Merkel elle-même. Le parti de Merkel, les démocrates-chrétiens (CDU/CSU), en coalition avec les sociaux-démocrates (SPD) avaient convenu de […]
Every family has their habits when it comes to staying in touch with the elderly. To many it is a regular chore for which every feasible excuse to not indulge in it will be greeted with open arms. However, those people are missing out on the most valuable economics lesson they could possibly get, one […]
Whenever France is back in the news, it’s usually a story about yet another ludicrous ban. And boy, have we seen an awful, awful, awful, awful,awwwwfuuuul lot of those in the past. It almost seems like the “ban all the things” internet meme has found its perfect representation in the country of wine and cheese.
This spring, the Czech Republic became the latest EU member state to institute a country-wide smoking ban in bars. Pubs, restaurants and night clubs now have to send their customers outside if they want to indulge in the pleasure of a cigarette. This ban came as a reaction to a European Union Directive, which gave […]
C’est un matin ordinaire au Parlement européen à Bruxelles, les avalanches de législateurs, de conseillers en politiques et de lobbyistes passent à travers les immenses portes de la place de Luxembourg, remplissant les salles de comité discutant sur de nouvelles lois et règlements. À la cafétéria de l’aile nord du parlement, le lobbyiste le plus […]
A recent YouGov poll commissioned by the German newspaper Bild struck a blow to the federal government in Germany. 32 per cent of people in the federal state of Bavaria indicated that they support the secession of the state from the power in Berlin. Out of the 16 states polled, support for the creation of […]
Anyone remember this catchy “Dance With Somebody” song? The Swedish Pop-Band Mando Diao had really put this track into our ears in 2009, when ironically it wasn’t really allowed for Swedes to dance with somebody outside of their own home. Laws dating back to the 1930s had banned Swedes to dance in public and had […]
After European Union officials realized that the British people had voted to leave, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker appointed French politician Michel Barnier as chief negotiator in the Brexit talks.
Bill Wirtz 