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December 29, 2020

A Special Kind of War

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/db8acf88-8b4f-4b1c-bf9a-1e71d4eee94b.png"] A Special Kind of War Much ado has been made of the alleged Russian hacking of US government agencies – the perpetrators infiltrated the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, State and the Treasury, as well as major companies like Cisco and...

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December 25, 2020

The Virus That ‘Stole’ Christmas

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] The Virus That 'Stole' Christmas In Germany, it’s allowed to celebrate Christmas with four people outside of one's household. In the Netherlands, that number is three. Under Belgium's mind-numbingly complicated rules, it's one – or two, if you live alone – or four...

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December 15, 2020

No Girl Left Behind

NEED TO KNOW SCOTLAND [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/e059648e-a464-410c-a812-d6debee7d46c.png"] No Girl Left Behind Scotland is tackling women's rights in a new way – aiming to make sure females don’t fall into “period poverty.” As Politico recently reported, local lawmakers enacted a law that compels local authorities, schools and other institutions to provide the...

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December 10, 2020

The Mink Saga

NEED TO KNOW DENMARK [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/19f78c1e-e0c6-49d6-b264-eb1779028db9.png"] The Mink Saga Mink are cute, curious and valuable mammals, making them a perfect, if unfortunate, victim for an international news story that raises questions about how far humans are willing to go to end the coronavirus pandemic. Denmark triggered worldwide dismay when officials...

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December 09, 2020

Peace and Disquiet

NEED TO KNOW ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/30fec2aa-e318-4e1c-a63d-8b70f85eb845.png"] Peace and Disquiet Families in Armenia and Azerbaijan are turning to Facebook to find missing-in-action soldiers after the end of the recently concluded 44-day war between the two former Soviet republics. Suladdin Yusifov’s 23-year-old son, Ali, is a lieutenant in Azerbaijan’s armed forces. His...

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December 03, 2020

Fire and Rage

NEED TO KNOW ROMANIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/9aaceeea-9490-44fc-a4ad-151c831adffc.png"] Fire and Rage After a fire in a Bucharest nightclub claimed 27 lives and resulted in 200 injuries, Romanians took to the streets. Angry over poor medical facilities, safety measures and other government failures, they marched and forced then-Prime Minister Victor Ponta to...

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November 27, 2020

The Politics of Granularity

NEED TO KNOW SWITZERLAND [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/2b943183-27c5-4545-a4cd-06237a4dff08.png"] The Politics of Granularity A few months ago, Swiss voters rejected a referendum on restricting free movement with the European Union. Now the rich Alpine nation, which is not part of the bloc, is again asking citizens to decide on important issues on Nov....

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November 20, 2020

The Great Race

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] The Great Race Historians might rank the international competition to develop and disseminate a coronavirus vaccine alongside efforts to develop the atom bomb during World War II and the Space Race, when the US and the Soviet Union vied to reach the stars. As...

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November 17, 2020

Tech Terms

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] Tech Terms The European Union recently brought antitrust charges against American tech giant Amazon. As the New York Times explained, the online retailer allegedly “harvested” data to identify popular products sold by businesses on its platform, then copied them and proceeded to compete with...

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November 16, 2020

Decline and Fall

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/597ff6f5-aa2a-4913-81c8-7a38f364a41b.png"] Decline and Fall Cafes in Europe have been rolling up their awnings. Theaters have canceled most performances. Restaurants and stores have mostly shut their doors. As Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and others go back into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the...

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November 11, 2020

Enough!

NEED TO KNOW POLAND [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/31d830f6-377a-4afc-861b-7fbf94dce490.png"] Enough! Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Warsaw and other cities over the past few weeks in rallies for abortion rights. The demonstrations have been the largest in the former Warsaw Pact country since the fall of communism. “When...

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October 29, 2020

Round Two

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/597ff6f5-aa2a-4913-81c8-7a38f364a41b.png"] Round Two Ireland recently became the first European country to reimpose a hard lockdown in the face of surging coronavirus infections. Schools remained open under the new rule. But Irish officials are asking citizens to remain within three miles of their homes until...

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October 28, 2020

Influencers

NEED TO KNOW MOLDOVA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/97a68dd9-6258-4ac6-85c0-7e56bb53bf0f.png"] Influencers The director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, recently accused the US of plotting a so-called “color revolution” in Moldova that would resemble other uprisings against Russian influence in former Soviet republics like Ukraine and Georgia. Specifically, the US would act...

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October 23, 2020

Swipe Left

NEED TO KNOW LITHUANIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/e7852ed7-2760-4e7e-a300-0fc715ec1ca8.png"] Swipe Left Lithuania’s economy has outperformed most of the European Union in spite of lockdowns to control the spread of the coronavirus. But many of the Baltic country’s 2.8 million citizens are unhappy. Some voters believe economic inequality is growing, a top issue in the...

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October 13, 2020

Laws of God and Man

NEED TO KNOW FRANCE [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/d78d9fd2-f0df-4e59-9bd4-334bffdc4974.png"] Laws of God and Man An 18-year-old born in Pakistan recently attacked two people in Paris with a meat cleaver. The man was looking to target the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed. The magazine’s offices are...

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October 09, 2020

Newton’s Mantle

NEED TO KNOW LITHUANIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/e7852ed7-2760-4e7e-a300-0fc715ec1ca8.png"] Newton's Mantle The US recently sent troops to Lithuania to counterbalance security threats that could arise from social unrest in neighboring Belarus, where unprecedented demonstrations are calling for the resignation of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko after a disputed election. The US and Lithuania stressed...

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October 05, 2020

The Shadow of the Ottomans

NEED TO KNOW CYPRUS [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/880db9d5-aa98-4e2b-a4f2-fec3d1a85ab9.png"] The Shadow of the Ottomans Turkish Cypriots recently watched the first-ever debate between their presidential candidates. One of the leading contenders, Prime Minister Ersin Tatar, couldn’t attend the event, however, because he was on a diplomatic trip to Ankara, the capital of Turkey. That...

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October 02, 2020

East and West in the East and West

NEED TO KNOW CZECH REPUBLIC [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/4e23e22d-26c3-4ed5-88d4-a441c2b9d079.png"] East and West in the East and West The president of the Czech senate kicked a hornet’s nest early this month when he delivered a speech in Taiwan that harked back to President John Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech in Germany...

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September 29, 2020

Down and Out in Paris, Milan and Prague

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/597ff6f5-aa2a-4913-81c8-7a38f364a41b.png"] Down and Out in Paris, Milan and Prague In the 1920s, American writers like Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway fled their boring homeland to live in bohemian Paris. They were called the Lost Generation. Now the term is being applied to young Europeans...

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September 25, 2020

Now Comes Swixit 

NEED TO KNOW SWITZERLAND [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/2b943183-27c5-4545-a4cd-06237a4dff08.png"] Now Comes Swixit The Swiss go to the polls on Sept. 27 to decide five referendums that illustrate how direct democracy functions in the small, multilingual European country. As the Local explained, the referendums are on purchasing $6 billion in fighter jets, limiting immigration...

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