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May 27, 2021

Tarnished Sunset

NEED TO KNOW GREECE [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/29c83f8b-bf10-474d-8514-5af3443c9a4a.png"] Tarnished Sunset A Greek member of the European Parliament, Ioannis Lagos, was recently extradited from Brussels to his home country to serve a 13-year prison sentence for organizing a criminal gang linked to hate crimes. A Reuters reporter covered police taking Lagos in...

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May 20, 2021

A Toe Out the Door

NEED TO KNOW SCOTLAND [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/e059648e-a464-410c-a812-d6debee7d46c.png"] A Toe Out the Door Brexit was a grueling process that ended 47 years of Britain’s membership in the European Union. Imagine undoing the 300 years of union that currently binds Scotland with England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scottish political scientist Mark Blyth, who...

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April 28, 2021

Embarrassment of Riches

NEED TO KNOW MONTENEGRO [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/4b30f1e1-b1f1-4c0b-8877-a8d9773d57e4.png"] Embarrassment of Riches Montenegro is lucky, in some ways. The Balkan region of Europe has long suffered a brain drain as citizens migrated for jobs in Amsterdam, London, Paris and elsewhere. But recently it seems as if highly educated young people have been returning...

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April 23, 2021

Tickets to Never Never Land

NEED TO KNOW ALBANIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/0b3746d6-a585-4423-a6b9-37ef4ae614bb.png"] Tickets to Never Never Land Facebook knowingly allowed Albanian officials to spread lies on the social network. When an investigator discovered the posts, Facebook failed to act, a Guardian investigation found. Misinformation online and a government attempt to manipulate voters are only a few...

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April 20, 2021

Intimidation Games

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/db8acf88-8b4f-4b1c-bf9a-1e71d4eee94b.png"] Intimidation Games Around 10 years ago, the Atlantic Council recalled, American leaders scoffed at those who viewed Russia as America’s greatest geopolitical foe. Now it seems as if the Russophobes may have been prescient. Fisherman plying American waters off the coast of Alaska recently...

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April 05, 2021

Fade to Black

NEED TO KNOW GREENLAND [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/a3f72a7c-7936-4d55-8c09-8478f26c6d2d.png"] Fade to Black Climate change is turning Greenland black. Algae growing due to warmer temperatures is darkening the ice sheet on the icy Arctic island, reported Business Insider. Since dark colors reflect less sunlight than lighter ones, the algae will likely speed up...

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April 01, 2021

Heal Thyself

NEED TO KNOW BULGARIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/1eb16295-db95-4ff1-8e0b-8bdc4e81cb9c.png"] Heal Thyself Doctors have become high-profile parliamentary candidates in Bulgaria. As Balkan Insight reported, the physicians, who represent nearly all sides of the political spectrum, are appealing for votes in the run-up to the country’s April 4 ballot. “Bulgaria has already seen athletes, showmen and...

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March 30, 2021

A Pox on All Houses

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] A Pox on All Houses Americans aren’t the only ones who believe in absurd QAnon conspiracy theories. “Its influence can be seen at anti-lockdown and anti-mask rallies from Los Angeles to London, Berlin to Melbourne – with protesters warning, without evidence, that the pandemic...

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March 25, 2021

The Exploding Reflecting Pool

NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/db250264-45f9-48fa-be6e-ab4d2ef0d6a5.png"] The Exploding Reflecting Pool Former First Lady Michelle Obama recently weighed into the debate that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry kicked off when they discussed racism in Britain during an interview with Oprah Winfrey. “Race isn’t a new construct in the world for...

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March 19, 2021

Vaccine Games

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] Vaccine Games British leaders recently summoned a European Union diplomat to complain about EU officials’ allegation that Britain refuses to export vaccines to the continent. The United Kingdom has administered vaccines to more than a third of its population, far more than its former...

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March 15, 2021

Wanted: Change

NEED TO KNOW THE NETHERLANDS [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/50b9b3d5-1234-443a-9402-f9f624fae487.png"] Wanted: Change The Netherlands will be one of the first countries to hold general elections this year during a Covid-19 lockdown. As Politico explained, other countries such as France and Poland delayed their votes or switched to mail-in ballots to prevent the franchise...

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March 11, 2021

Need a Ride?

NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/db250264-45f9-48fa-be6e-ab4d2ef0d6a5.png"] Need a Ride? In November, voters in California passed Proposition 22 by a landslide. The referendum measure exempted gig workers from rules that would compel their employers to treat them as if they were full-time employees. As the Guardian reported, ride-hailing companies...

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March 05, 2021

Dress Codes

NEED TO KNOW SWITZERLAND [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/2b943183-27c5-4545-a4cd-06237a4dff08.png"] Dress Codes Anila Noor and Maria Khoshy are asylum seekers who came to Europe after fleeing their religiously oppressive home countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan. They describe themselves as feminists and women’s rights activists. And they are bitterly opposed to a March 7...

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March 03, 2021

A Dream No More

NEED TO KNOW GEORGIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/e341329d-b90e-4b8e-8e3b-6429d9366897.png"] A Dream No More Police in Georgia, a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus, recently arrested Nika Melia, an opposition politician who claims that the ruling Georgian Dream party stole the parliamentary elections late last year. Officers used tear gas on Melia’s supporters...

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February 26, 2021

Returning History

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] Returning History Go to any of the grand museums of Europe and invariably, you will see magnificent sculptures or artifacts that decidedly don’t look European. They usually aren't. Instead, many of these treasures were taken from African or Asian countries during wars centuries ago, or...

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February 11, 2021

Fighting the Past

NEED TO KNOW KOSOVO [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/0999f062-2356-43ad-b3b8-f915c7878425.png"] Fighting the Past In June, 61 out of 120 lawmakers in Kosovo’s parliament voted to install the government of Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti. Hoti’s political opponents, including former Prime Minister Albin Kurti, questioned the vote, however, because the member of parliament who gave the...

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February 09, 2021

The Palace and the Underpants

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/db8acf88-8b4f-4b1c-bf9a-1e71d4eee94b.png"] The Palace and the Underpants Alexei Navalny directed some rather unkind words toward Russian President Vladimir Putin before a Moscow court sentenced him to more than two years in prison. “He’ll go down in history as nothing but a poisoner,” Navalny told a Moscow court...

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January 22, 2021

Tough Times and Potential Energy

NEED TO KNOW PORTUGAL [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/e9920e0b-df86-4240-9933-aed7de687bff.png"] Tough Times and Potential Energy Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will be running for reelection on January 24 from quarantine. The veteran politician tested positive for the coronavirus recently although he has displayed no symptoms, the Associated Press reported. The virus is raging...

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January 19, 2021

Alliance Mending

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/597ff6f5-aa2a-4913-81c8-7a38f364a41b.png"] Alliance Mending For more than 50 years, the Transatlantic alliance has arguably been the most powerful force on Earth, preventing bloodshed in Europe during the Cold War and solidifying the world’s major democracies through military and economic ties. President Donald Trump wasn’t a...

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January 04, 2021

Now What?

NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/db250264-45f9-48fa-be6e-ab4d2ef0d6a5.png"] Now What? British Prime Minister­ Boris Johnson was a key leader in the campaign for Britain to exit the European Union. Last month, however, when Johnson of the tussled blonde crop of hair announced that Brexit had been completed, he made a...

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