http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/posts/tags/europe/page/1/ Hotel / Casino / RV Park en Vox Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:07:30 -0700 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/french-racism.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/french-racism.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/french-racism.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:07:30 -0700 The French are a bunch of racists and they're getting even more racist. Well, they think so anyway: One in three French people say they are at least somewhat racist, an opinion poll suggests. The figure shows an eight percentage point rise in th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/french-racism.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900cd9715bb644cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/irelands-crack-habit.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/irelands-crack-habit.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/irelands-crack-habit.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:29:27 -0700 This is a fun story about Irish Pubs: Ireland, as much of the world knows it, was invented in 1991. That year, the Irish Pub Company formed with a mission to populate the world with authentic Irish bars. Whether you are in Kazakhstan or the Cana... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/irelands-crack-habit.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d4141d4a91685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/dutch-no-prudes-allowed.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/dutch-no-prudes-allowed.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/dutch-no-prudes-allowed.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:36:16 -0700 The Netherlands has adopted a very interesting immigration policy: The camera focuses on two gay men kissing in a park. Later, a topless woman emerges from the sea and walks onto a crowded beach. For would-be immigrants to the Netherlands, this ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/dutch-no-prudes-allowed.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d09e579ba1be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/david-irving.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/david-irving.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/david-irving.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:04:01 -0700 The sentencing of David Irving to three years in an Austrian prision for denying the Holocaust have me stumped. Aside from my obvious interest in the subject becasue of it takes place in Austria, I do not know how to react to this particular sit... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/david-irving.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900cd9715bb574cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-lesson-for-us-all.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-lesson-for-us-all.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-lesson-for-us-all.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:52:36 -0700 We've been discussing far-right extermism in my class the last week or so and I found this assesment from a Czech paper to be a perfect summary of the lesson: Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes believes that while the former president's death is "fru... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-lesson-for-us-all.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d41421665f6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/austria-the-eu-sex-good-story.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/austria-the-eu-sex-good-story.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/austria-the-eu-sex-good-story.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:15:45 -0700 Three naked models masked as Jacques Chirac, Queen Elizabeth and George W. Bush depicted in sexual positions have caused embarrassment just a few days ahead of Austria taking over the EU helm. A poster showing the lower body of a woman with her l... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/austria-the-eu-sex-good-story.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d41423c42a3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/gummy-bears-know-no-borders.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/gummy-bears-know-no-borders.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/gummy-bears-know-no-borders.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:35:25 -0700 I love Haribo gummy bears and so does the rest of the world, apparently. The guy who runs Haribo is one of Germany's richest people and has an estimated worth of $1.3 billion dollars. Link: Richest Germans: The Emperor in Gummy Bear's Clothes. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/gummy-bears-know-no-borders.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d09e579ba8be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/flemish-wife-arrested-for-calling-walloon-husband-lazy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/flemish-wife-arrested-for-calling-walloon-husband-lazy.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/flemish-wife-arrested-for-calling-walloon-husband-lazy.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:06:39 -0600 This is why mixed-lingual marriages don't work: Belgium's history of linguistic bickering between Flemings and Walloons entered a new phase this week when police arrested a Flemish woman for calling her Walloon husband lazy, Belgian media said o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/flemish-wife-arrested-for-calling-walloon-husband-lazy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d09e579ba4be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/robots-say-europe-needs-more-robots.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/robots-say-europe-needs-more-robots.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/robots-say-europe-needs-more-robots.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:56:51 -0600 The robots have been quiet about their plans for world domination as of late, but they couldn't hide from me forever. In fact, they revealed their strategy for starting a war on two fronts: European Union (EU) member states are losing out to the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/robots-say-europe-needs-more-robots.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d09e579b9fbe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> robots europe http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-catholic-town-watches-quietly-as-protestant-rancor-grows-csmonitorcom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hedgehog) http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-catholic-town-watches-quietly-as-protestant-rancor-grows-csmonitorcom.html?_c=feed-rss http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-catholic-town-watches-quietly-as-protestant-rancor-grows-csmonitorcom.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:19:27 -0600 I may be biased as an Irish man, but this strikes me as an incredibly important development in Northern Ireland: Across Northern Ireland, the balance of power is slowly shifting. While Protestant gangs clashed with security services for several d... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hedgehog.vox.com/library/post/a-catholic-town-watches-quietly-as-protestant-rancor-grows-csmonitorcom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d2305f21900d41423c42b3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe