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• June 4th, 2009

  For the Europeans out there. Are you going to vote for the European Parliament today?

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• 1 day ago

  What shouldn't I miss during two days in Amsterdam?

  The Rijksmuseum is one of my favorites. Also, take a walk in Vondelpark, especially since it seems to be nice and sunny today. (at least where I live, about 50km from Amsterdam)
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• June 9th, 2009

  What are the best things to treat sun burn ?

  I have heard that yogurt and/or slices of cucumber on sunburned skin will take away the burning sensation (I have never tried this myself though). Also, a cold, wet towel can really make your skin feel better. And of course, as mentioned before, keep the affected skin areas out of the sun for a few days and drink enough water.
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• June 4th, 2009

  What country in central europe did the worst and best after the fall of communism?

  I wrote a research paper on the economic revival of Estonia a couple of years ago. I know they did really well after the fall of communism. It was one of the first countries to start Membership negotiations with the EU, in 1995 iirc. (I have no problem helping out a fellow student..I know the feeling :p)
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• January 27th, 2009

  What is the most used northern language in Europe?

  There really is no right answer to this question since it all depends on where you are going to be living or working. Generally speaking people in Denmark speak Danish, people in Norway speak Norwegian and so on. And it has been my experience that Scandinavian people speak English pretty well compared to for example the Germans and French… Finnish is a completely different language, and not an Indo-European language like most other languages spoken in Europe. It will not help you much outside of Finland and probably Estonia. I speak Dutch myself, and although the Scandinavian languages have some familiar sounds, I really do not understand them at all. The best thing you could probably do is pick the language that seems the most fun for you to learn, maybe based on the fact that you know some people from that country or that you have an interest in a particular culture of one of the countries.
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• November 4th, 2008

  What is socialism? And why do people think its bad?

  First of all, in my view socialism and communism are not the same. For instance, in a communist society nobody would have property rights, whereas this is not the case with socialism. This is a big difference since property rights are an important part of a capitalist system. For me socialism means that the people who make relatively more money pay relatively more taxes, to put it simply, and thus socialism is about achieving more equality. The statement that under socialism people ‘just get money handed to them’ is not true, since the revenue that governments get from taxes is not given directly to people with less money to spend on whatever they feel like. Instead, it is given as a subsidy to help people pay for their health insurance, their kids’ education, etc. A degree of socialism is therefore needed to create a society where people have an equal chance to become successful.
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