Hier de definitieve versie van de oproep van de politieke partijen om vanmiddag – 24 februari 2023 – het feit te herdenken dat de Slag Om Oekraïne, de Russische invasie, een jaar duurt. Door om vier uur vanmiddag te verzamelen op het Museumplein in Amsterdam voor een optocht naar de Dam waar van vijf tot […]
Tag: Europe
The Legend of Merlin
The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is perhaps one of the earliest manifestations of European egalitarianism: The table was round so that no one, not even the king, would sit at the head and each would weigh equally . The twelve stars in the European Union flag seem to […]
Baron stole from Europe
From: The Standard. Karel Pinxten (69), ex-politician of the Open VLD, loses two thirds of his pension rights. This was decided by the European Court of Justice on Thursday morning. According to the Court, it has been proven that Pinxten, as a member of the European Court of Auditors, enriched himself between 2006 and 2018 […]
lava flow
This image, taken on September 30 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, shows the lava flow from the erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma. The lava flows into the Atlantic Ocean and extends the coastline. This ‘lava delta’ covered about 20 hectares when the photo was taken. On September 19, a fissure opened […]
She saw through all three (Trump, Putin and Johnson)
Interesting article by Lynn Berry and Calvin Woordward of The Associated Press about White House adviser Fiona Hill. A British person who briefed Donald Trump about Putin’s Russia during his presidency is the daughter of the British miner. She argues that both Donald Trump and Wladimir Putin, as well as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, […]
Putin’s Politics Backfire
In the geopolitical joust between the West and Russia, Vladimir Putin is increasingly isolating himself. Russian interference since 2014 in the Donbas and the annexation of Crimea – parts of Ukraine ethnic Russian – have fueled Ukrainian nationalism. Ukraine aïene has become more European after 1991. Almost all satellite states of the former Soviet Union […]
Nieuwe motor voor Europese Arianeraket
27 september 2019 De ontwikkeling van Ariane 6, Europa’s volgende generatie draagraket, is een andere belangrijke mijlpaal gepasseerd. De Vulcain 2.1-motor voor vloeibare brandstof heeft zijn kwalificatietests afgerond. De motor zal 135 ton stuwkracht leveren om de Ariane 6 in de eerste acht minuten van de vlucht tot een hoogte van 200 km aan te […]