Category Archives: Europe

Cod

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Peter

High-Tech Fish Farms Angle to Make Hard-to-Rear Cod the Next Salmon – WSJ.com Over-fishing has slashed the annual Atlantic catch to 137,000 tons last year, from 1.8 million tons in 1968, according to the International Council for the Exploration of … Continue reading →

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Artifical Nature

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Peter

As the saying goes, God made the world but the Dutch made the Netherlands. Of course, no landscape is untouched: walk through the British countryside and what seems to be untouched forests and hills turn out be forests planted several … Continue reading →

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Austria, The New Belgium

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Peter

What Belgium was to paedophilia in the 1990s, Austria is to female sex slaves in dungeons in the 2000s. Dungeons & Austrians – International Herald Tribune

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Blind Spots

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Peter

What awaits the iPhone in Europe? – International Herald Tribune Wow. What a stupid article. Don’t get it me wrong, it’s well written and I think the central point, that iPhone sales in Europe have disappointed, is correct. However, I … Continue reading →

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When it rains it pours

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Peter

BBC NEWS | Business | UK in Liechtenstein tax data deal The UK’s tax authority has confirmed that it has paid an informant for data regarding British citizens who have accounts in tax haven Liechtenstein. First Germany, now the UK. … Continue reading →

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Consultative Democracy?

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Peter

Charlemagne | Ask a silly question | Economist.com The commissioner charged with “communicating Europe to citizens”, Margot Wallstrom, has unveiled proposals for opinion polling to be used “strategically”, so the wrinkles of pan-European opinion are not just taken into account … Continue reading →

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Full Steam Ahead

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Peter

Face value | Mr High-speed Europe | Economist.com TGV accounts for only one-third of SNCF revenues, but its fat margins lifted the railway to a profit of €695m in 2006, after fees paid to RFF, the track owner, are taken … Continue reading →

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Belgium Rocks

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Peter

Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think many Americans know about dEUS, Zita Swoon, or Soulwax/2 Many DJs. I absolutely love Soulwax’s remix (7.3 mb) of DJ Shadow’s “Six Days”. And of course you should check out MC Dusaar, the … Continue reading →

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iTunes Movie Rentals to Europe

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Peter

Apple sizes up Europe’s movie-rental market – International Herald Tribune: After introducing a new online film rental service for American consumers last week, Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, said he was “dying” to expand the program to international … Continue reading →

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The Netherlands on Google Transit?

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Peter

I just looked at the Leidseplein in Google Maps. Interestingly, the entry shows all the trams and buses that stop there and links to 9292ov.nl, the main Dutch mass transit information website. Google Transit doesn’t include the Netherlands yet, but … Continue reading →

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