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    Politics Will Ukraine join EU?

    I've read somewhere in an article that the President of Ukraine said he wants to join EU by 2020. They also said something like that in 2005, that they would join by 2011. If they want to make it by 2020, i would advise them to fill in an application form first. Personally i think Ukraine has a...
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    Politics Belgium Crisis and The Netherlands, what now?

    So we all know that Belgium has quite of a problem right now, after more then 14 months of not having any government they still aren't even close to any serious discussion about the forming of a government, and it looks like they aren't going to for a long time. From what i know is that...
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    What makes you proud of your country?

    * The History (except the slavery). * Our "Golden Age(s)". * Things we invented, example; CD, DVD, Yachts, Microscopes, Telescopes, The Stock Market, Submarines, etc.. * The way we actually build half of our country out of the ocean, and that we prevent the water from coming back there. * Our...
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    Words from old Germanic languages in modern English and Latin languages

    Could you add this list? ;) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Dutch_origin Today Americans use A LOT of (old)Dutch words, because the Dutch owned New York a.k.a. New Amsterdam in the 17th century. Funny thing i found was that the very much used swear word ''fuc.k'' comes from the...
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    Politics Should Turkey Join The EU?

    I don't think Turkey will ever join the European Union, just way to many important European countries are against. The most populair excuse would be that it isn't even inside Europe at all, but rather Asia. Another excuse would be that they're afraid that a lot of Turkies will move to...
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