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Why European language isn’t always black and white
Not all languages use the
same terms to describe skin
colour, writes PETER TRUDGILL.
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Why Viennese public transport is on the hunt for more colourful language
PETER TRUDGILL on a recent decision to drop a common Austrian phrase due to racial sensitivities
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Weird Europe: Serbian hermit takes jab at anti-vaxxers
News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.
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Weird Europe: Kanye West fans race to Paris suburbs field for gig that never was
More weird news from Europe, including a fake Kanye West gig in a field near Paris, a cow-riding German and the Austrian punk singer who vaccinates his own fans
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EU welcomes ‘progress’ in talks with Iran to restore 2015 nuclear deal
It is not too late for Iran and world powers to clinch a deal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, says the European Union’s foreign policy chief. Josep Borrell said an agreement was “very close” after Sunday’s meeting in Vienna and could make the Middle East safer by bringing aid to millions of Iranians hit […]
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Why is Austria so scandal-prone?
As a senior minister becomes mired in a major corruption case, what is it about the country that makes it so susceptible to such scandals? When Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s first government was capsized in 2019 by the corruption of his coalition partners, it was largely shrugged off as the sort of accident that happens […]
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MONDO EUROPE: France’s unsafe safe robbers are totally crackers
The news you might have missed from around Europe, selected by Steve Anglesey. A group of hapless would-be thieves were arrested in Nancy, north-east France, after a disastrous attempt to rob a friend’s stash of several thousand euros. Two men, one armed with a hunting rifle, aborted their first raid when a woman they did […]
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How Austria is coming to terms with Europe’s latest terror attack
CATHRIN SCHAER on the latest European country coming to terms with an atrocity. This week’s terror attack in Vienna was the first in the Austrian capital since 1981, when Palestinian gunmen stormed its main synagogue and killed two people. Monday evening’s atrocity was also the most murderous, resulting in four deaths and more than a […]