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European Union

Posted inNonfiction, Story

Smooth Spaces, Fuzzy Lives

by Rachel Andrews July 23, 2018October 19, 2022

The border of Northern Ireland was one Rachel Andrews thought she could never cross. Then it began to dissolve.

Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes

Is Estonia Leading the Way to the Future Digital World?

by Aaron Gilbreath December 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Estonia’s ultimate goal in digitizing its society has less to do with automation than it does with embracing the transient nature of labor in the European marketplace.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Georgia: Asian, European, or Just Georgian?

by Aaron Gilbreath February 3, 2017October 19, 2022

Joshua Kucera travels to the nation of Georgia, along the border of Russia and Europe, to examine the longstanding debate about whether it belongs to Asia, Europe, or the Middle East, and why it matters.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Brussels Playbook: Meet the Mike Allen of Europe

by juliawick June 23, 2015October 19, 2022

A 35-year-old Australian, [Ryan] Heath rises every morning at 4.30 to finish off the day’s Brussels Playbook, which in only a month and a half already goes out to almost 40,000 people. (The site itself received, in May, about 1.7m page views, from just over 700,000 unique visitors. The original Politico receives 7m monthly uniques, though […]

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