Nov 8th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Extra fees charged by airlines, the "new normal," are so popular that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has gotten into the game. And, bitching about these fees is equally popular, prompting the European Parliament to sound off like its members are Ryanair passengers with full bladders and no coin for the slot.
At issue is a planned $10 charge for Europeans coming to the United States. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Europeans complain about U.S. travel fees
Nov 8th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Extra fees charged by airlines, the "new normal," are so popular that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has gotten into the game. And, bitching about these fees is equally popular, prompting the European Parliament to sound off like its members are Ryanair passengers with full bladders and no coin for the slot.
At issue is a planned $10 charge for Europeans coming to the United States. ...EU rules on liquid carry-ons may become "fluid"
Oct 10th, 2009 at 5:00PM:
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Grab a drink, if you feel inclined ... in Europe, at least. The European Union is getting ready to lift the ban on liquids in carry-ons. The target date is still pretty far in the future, because the technology the EU plans to use isn't widely available yet. ...United States considering $10 "tourist fee" to pay for promoting tourism
Sep 5th, 2009 at 1:00PM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/world_news/USA_Considers_10_Tourist_Fee_to_Pay_for_Promoting_Tourism'; A proposal currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress may soon charge visitors to the United States a $10 entry fee.
The fee will go into a fund used to pay for promoting tourism. By now, I can imagine you are laughing about this (unless you don't live in the U.S.). The concept of ...Americans prefer independence (when traveling)
Jul 21st, 2009 at 8:00AM:
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The United States is the largest leisure travel market in the world – by far. The closest point of reference is the entire European Union. We're three times larger than our closest competitor, the United Kingdom. Yet, despite our size, we just don't spend as ...European Union proposes global airline black list after Yemen crash
Jul 1st, 2009 at 2:00PM: For several years, the European Union has been maintaining an airline black list. The list contains the bottom of the barrel in the aviation world. On it, you won't find any of the big global carriers, but it is very well represented by countries like Kazakhstan, Angola and the Democratic republic of Congo. As it turns out, the airline involved in the most recent crash had once been on the black ...Russians predict demise of United States
Dec 30th, 2008 at 1:30PM: You had no idea, but the United States is on the verge of civil war. At least that's what Igor Panarin, a Russian professor and "expert" on American relations is saying. He's been saying it for years, actually, but just in these past weeks Russian media (and the Kremlin) has picked up his story and is running wild with it. According to the Wall Street Journal, Panarin's theory is that "mass ...Which European Country Works the Hardest?
Sep 5th, 2008 at 11:00AM: I have always been under the impression that Europeans worked fewer hours than Americans. However, a new survey shows that more than one country's population averages over 40 hours per week on the job. Romania and Bulgaria are home to the hardest workers on the continent. According to research conducted by The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), ...Kosovo: At dinner with the European Union's Pieter Feith
Jun 12th, 2008 at 4:00PM: O.K., a little explanation is needed at the outset: I didn't actually have dinner with Pieter Feith, the European Union's High Representative (read: Top Dog) in Kosovo. But in one of those weird coincidences that sometimes befall journalists, it happened that the two of us were dining in the same nearly empty restaurant in the Kosovo capital of Pristina last Friday night. So it sort of felt like ...Witchcraft in EU Courts?
Feb 27th, 2007 at 7:32AM: Just as soon as Romania has been let into the EU, there's double, double, toil and trouble brewing. A Romanian judge has been fined and demoted for practicing witchcraft in her court.
Elena Simionescu is alleged to have splashed mud, water, "other liquids," as well as salt and pepper, on fellow judges' desks. Should one think it was a simple culinary event, she admitted to sprinkling "holy water" ...Do you speak EU?
Jan 3rd, 2007 at 2:32PM: Once again the EU has found a way to create more jobs. Hallelujah!
This time, it will need people to translate documents to Irish Gaelic because the old Celtic language has become one of the 23 official EU languages (though only about 5% of the 4-million inhabitants of Ireland use it actively.) Irish Gaelic (or simply Irish) is often confused with Gaelic (aka Scottish Gaelic) which is not yet an ...Catalonia - Too Cool For Spain
Sep 6th, 2006 at 12:24PM: Blogging from Blanes, Catalonia: A sun-drenched, beautiful, Mediterranean coastal area of Spain, Catalonia still thinks it is too cool for Spain. A friend who has lived here for 8 years says that the Catalans consider themselves the hard-working ones, whereas the Southerners are supposed to be the slackers. (Californians - sounds familiar?) He says they are all equally relaxed about getting ...Real Fishermen--Carpe Diem
Sep 3rd, 2006 at 6:43PM:
Neil's post about goulash reminded me of another controversial Czech specialty - fried carp. Don't make that disgusted face! Carp can actually taste good, if prepared properly.
Europe has a fascinating history of fish farming, or aquaculture, dating back to the Middle Ages. Historically, monasteries were the centers of the nascent fishing "industry," and many ponds were created to feed members ...
