How to revive TTIP
@tonylgardner's (wild) optimism with sober reflection on past mistakes.
(tags: uspolitics ttip eu )

Leave the Abbey, Join the Playground: The Crucial Influence of Foreign Breweries on Belgian Beer
A syncretic tradition.
(tags: beer Belgium )

General Election 2017: NI candidates confirmed - BBC News
109 this year, 138 in 2015 - a ( Read more... )

Azerbaijan's lost transparency
Ilgar Mammadov still effective though in jail.
(tags: azerbaijan )

Belgian civil service and my car: the unbearable lightness of incompetence.
@AlinaBelskaya loses 7 months and 3000 euro.
(tags: Belgium )

David Rockefeller, Philanthropist and Head of Chase Manhattan, Dies at 101
His wife (who dies in 1996) was a ( Read more... )

Theresa May’s Brexit poker face
What happened re the U.K. in Brussels yesterday.
(tags: eu ukpolitics brexit )

Hungary’s actions speak louder than words
@ncjcampbell on Órban's war on NGOs.
(tags: hungary democracy )

Irish lost in translation
The European Parliament needs interpreters!
(tags: ireland irish eu )

FACT CHECK: Were Mysterious Caves ( Read more... )

John Tyler, who was US President from 1841 to 1845, has two living grandchildren
Yes, you read that correctly.
(tags: uspolitics )

Weak and Incompetent Leaders act like Strong Leaders
An alternative theory of the Trump administration.
(tags: uspolitics )

Ursula Le Guin on [science] fiction vs. 'alternative facts'
Hooray!
(tags: sf uspolitics )

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Problemen Desiro tonen federaal wanbeleid NMBS
Long piece from August 2015 about rail policy, still relevant.
(tags: belgium rail )

Belgian beer culture added to UNESCO world heritage
Hooray!
(tags: Belgium beer )

Political correctness: how the right invented a phantom enemy
Excellent, long analysis.
(tags: uspolitics language )

DWP ignoring effects of benefit sanctions
UK gov't war on the poor continues.
(tags: ukpolitics )

EU Commission: The Smart Money is on Clean Energy
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What is Phishing? Take the OpenDNS Phishing Quiz
I got 14 out of 14 right.
(tags: Internet )

French toast: Socialists are already looking beyond François Hollande
*gulp*
(tags: france )

Wallonia’s weak spot as an ethical trade champion: guns
The counterattack.
(tags: Belgium eu )

Insider's guide to Chișinău
Nice piece!
(tags: moldova )

Why we lost the Brexit vote
Long, bitter but well-founded analysis by Cameron aide @DanielKorski. I think he is right about the Spitzenkandidaten.
(tags: )

London Is Still Paying Rent to the Queen on a Property Leased in 1211
...and you won't believe what the rent is...
(tags: london history )

Germany Shuts Door on Brexit Back Channels
"Germany ( Read more... )

Great toilets of Brussels
Because you needed to know.
(tags: Belgium tourism )

Government bars foreign academics from advising on Brexit
Not a joke. (Probably illegal.)
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

Klopt de uitleg van Bart De Wever?
Not entirely.
(tags: Belgium )