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New version of TGV

French President Emmanuel Macron announced at Paris' Gare de Lyon that a new version of TGV will be released until 2024. It ...

Jean-Paul Belmondo

On a melting summer day, when I was a postgraduate student, I watched Pierrot Le Fou in a small cinema focusing on classic films....

Renewed night train

French startup company launches night train business as part of addressing climate change. They plan to make sleeper trains p...

Taste triggers

The blog listing the dishes led me to discover some slightly disappointing news about a curry restaurant "India House" in Cambrid...

Resisting flattery

I visited Hungary in 2007, shortly after it joined the EU. Budapest was a fantastic place with solid and dignified buildings. Hun...

Shocking Snowfall

Dettori on Snowfall won the Oaks handily with a record 16 lengths at Epsom Downs Racecourse. The horses behind her seemed to stop...

Dual currency in Cuba

The Cuban government has decided to abandon the dual currency system. There are now two currencies in Cuba, one for foreign t...

Not powerless

The liberal arts are academic programmes with their origins in Greek and Roman philosophy. It refers to "the manner of libera...

Diego Maradona

Maradona has passed away. I am very sad. I watched him play in the 1986 Mexico World Cup on TV, when I was in elementary schoo...

Pro-EU won in Moldova

In Moldova, where I just travelled in 2019, a pro-EU candidate won the presidential election against a pro-Russian candidate. ...

Belarusian protests

In Belarus, where I just travelled in 2019, demonstrations protesting against the re-election of President Lukashenko have grown ...

Chill Donald

It makes sense. I can't get enough of this sense of humour. Greta succeeded in getting revenge on Trump by recycling a terribl...

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