‘Inshallah’ is Now Officially a German Word
The Arabic word ‘Inshallah’ is now considered a German word. The expression has made it to the Duden, the most popular dictionary of German...
Did you get excited hearing about Finland’s four-day workweek?
What are we verifying? Several international media outlets in Britain, the United States and Australia have reported that Finland's new young prime minister Sanna Marin...
6 working hours Four days a week: Finland’s secret of “Productivity”
Finland's newly sworn-in Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, has proposed a flexible working hours schedule in the country. Her revised working schedule proposes a six-hour...
E-car sales in Norway reach new record high
Sales of new electric cars in Norway hit a record high last year, sector experts said Friday, reaching 42.4 percent of all nearly-registered cars...
From Russia with Love: Santa became real for little girl in Austria
A helium balloon traveled more than 2,500km by air from a tiny Austrian town to a mountainous village in Russia’s North Caucasus, prompting one...
‘Sham marriages’: Europe’s strict laws destroying ‘Genuine’ families
Apostolos Andrikopoulos | Why do you want to marry a Nigerian?”, a visa officer at a European embassy in Nigeria asked Helen while her partner...
Handling school education and economy: Lessons from Finland – II
Opinion | Here, to understand the role of school and its link with social progress, one is reminded of the words of the great American...
France takes the lead in 2019’s culture of protest
France, it sometimes seems, is either in the throes of a major strike or facing the looming shadow of one. Workers in the country...
Handling school education and economy: Lessons from Finland – I
Opinion | At the time of the fall of the USSR or Soviet Union, Finland was struggling with its deep economic growth issues, but in...
Notre Dame Cathedral may never recover from the repercussions of the catastrophic fire in April
Eight months after a devastating fire ravaged the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, engineers are preparing for a crucial but complicated step in the herculean...
Asian minorities fight the cultural and political racism plaguing France
Ming was getting off the bus in the suburbs of Paris, France when a masked man attempted to rip her handbag from her. When...
Germany & EU react strongly to US sanctions on Russian gas pipeline
Germany accused the US of interfering in its internal affairs on Saturday, in an increasingly angry spat over Washington's decision to impose sanctions on...