Midsummer is the most important holiday in Sweden and Denmark, after Christmas. Anyone who has experienced the darkness of the Scandinavian Winter can appreciate the desire to celebrate the light of Summer. Yet every year, it seems, the European Union…
Category: Europe
Amazing Changes in France
Yesterday and today have come news that two of the things I thought were the worst or weirdest about France are being changed, the stores being closed on Sundays, and the schools being closed on Wednesdays. Yesterday France24 reported, on…
Stockholm Hosts European Baseball Tournament
This week Stockholm is hosting a qualifying tournament for the 2014 European Cup. Besides the Swedish champs, the other teams taking part are from Moscow, Vilnius, and Bern: http://www.baseballstats.eu/2014/stockholm/schedule.php Opening Day saw Moscow drubbing Bern 12-1, while Stockholm defeated Vilnius…
Stockholm Baseball Opens 2014 season with Double Wins
Defending Swedish champs Stockholm opened the 2014 season taking a doubleheader from visiting Leksand, 6-5 and 9-3. Leksand led the first game until the bottom of the ninth inning, when Stockholm tied with a bases loaded walk. The winning run…
One of the best days of the year up here in the North
The return of Summer (Daylight Savings) Time to Europe. The end of the Darkness (for a time).
Britain Misses the Real Tobacco Legislation
I don’t get it. While the EU Parliament has bern enacting the Tobacco Products Directive: 10 July, Brussels – Today, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have taken a significant step forward in the race against the massive harm that smoking causes…
EU Wants Sweden to Review EU-mandated (?) FRA Law
Against the background of the PRISM revelations, European Parliament News reports: Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee will conduct an “in-depth inquiry” into the US surveillance programmes, including the bugging of EU premises and other spying allegations, and present its results…
Opponents of Gay Marriage Don’t Understand What Marriage Is
I’ve written about this before, but in the light of the US Supreme Court striking down the Defence of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, and the recent demonstrations against the legalization of same sex marriage in France, it needs…
Flawed Apple TV update
Here’s the way the Unofficial Apple Weblog describes the update: Apple announced today that HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available on the Apple TV. Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president of Internet Software and Services said that “HBO GO…
An end to roaming fees in Europe?
From the Verge: While travellers in Europe are enjoying lower roaming fees across the continent, the European Commission (EC) believes that isn’t enough. As part of new legislation, its vice president Neelie Kroes today unveiled new plans to end mobile…