Daily Archives: 4 February, 2015
Foreign languages for foreigners
Ever wondered what you sound like to a foreigner who cannot speak your mother tongue?
Kristina Pimenova, the most beautiful girl in the world
Well, it is what it is. Kristina, the child model considered to be the most beautiful girl in the world, was not able to do the catwalk at the 080 Barcelona fashion show due to bureaucratic errors. Kristina watched the fashion show from the front row of the runway. Nevertheless, the little Russian girl did…
Letters from America (II): Unite to thrive
The EU central institutions seem to be stuck to what 19th Century Europe identified as “mission civilisatrice”, fuelled by an underlying sense of self-righteousness and superiority vis-à-vis others, while individual member states continue to pursue their narrow but concrete geopolitical and economic interests, which go in different directions. It should come as no surprise that EU members are steadily losing ground on the charts of state power and influence in the world, overtaken by more dynamic, emerging powers. Of course, with its ambition, innovation and flexibility the US remains steadily at the top, as would the EU as a whole, should it become really united.
