Category: English
2009-01-20
As you probably don't know, part of the Taiwanese approach to avert the economic meltdown is handing out NT$3600 (about 80 Euro or 200 GBP) in consumption vouchers to everyone in Taiwan. At least that's what I thought until I was told that tourists are n… more »
Welcome to part 2 of my special pacific island report (part 1 is here)!
My Jiějiě woke me up at 4:30h this morning, saying something about going to see a Chinese doctor. I think I murmured "you're nuts, I'm fine" and slept for another 5 hour… more »
2009-01-19
Looking for news from Luxembourg? I'm terribly sorry, but I'm no longer there. Yes, that's right, after an emotional goodbye (neighbors and I exchanged post-it notes) I took one last look at the empty suburban street in front of my place, jumped in my ca… more »
2009-01-15
08:52:00 by Stephan, Categories: English , Tags: bcee, fonds, luxembourg, madoff, ponzi scheme, spuerkeess According to wort.lu, $5-7 billion have been funneled into Madoff's Ponzi scheme through Luxembourgish banks and fonds. The article is scarce on details, but mentions Luxembourg's Spuerkeess (BCEE) as being affected, albeit to a much smaller extent than… more »
2009-01-14
Entropa, a new art installation on display at the European Council building in Brussels, was meant to be one of those euro-politically correct collaborative efforts by artists from all 27 member states. Instead, Czech artist David Černý made it all… more »
