News from Europe

Here are links to some news stories that I posted on facebook, twitter and linkedin this past week.

  • The EU in microcosm: a Dutch-German wine maker, trained in Switz. is stirring up things in the world of Portugese wine. http://bit.ly/OSzWj
  • Egypt and the Louvre having a little spat over stolen antiquities. http://bit.ly/joov2
  • Get the real recipes for fondue, roesti and other Swiss dishes with a new English translation of Swiss cookbook. http://bit.ly/2GqDa
  • Louvre agrees to return Egyptian frescos. http://bit.ly/aAm0Z
  • 20 years ago today: How a reporter dodged the East German secret police to report on demonstrations in Leipzig. http://bit.ly/KgZhR
  • World gasps at idea of a McDonald's at the Louvre, but the French apparently couldn't care less. http://bit.ly/1giDZ

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