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• EUROPE - the public affairs of the European continent and the EU.
• ECONOMY & FINANCE - with a focus on the economic crisis.
• WORLD - geopolitics, the affairs of nations and supranational entities.
• LIVING OFF THE PLANET - what we extract from the planet and the effect we have: environment, energy, agriculture, food...
• LIVING ON THE PLANET - how humans live together: society, culture, history, science and technology, information...
• PEOPLE AND KLATSCH - stories about people and of course also for gossipy items. But it's also there for open discussion at any time.

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