Short Stories

Saturday, 14th November 2020 Personally, I always take the path of least resistance. You too? This week I read in the paper that a vaccine has been found against climate …

Saturday, the 7th of November 2020 That is indeed the question. We are rapidly approaching the end of the year 2020; in fact, here we are in November already. Now, …

Saturday, 31st October 2020 Good to live outside of cities. According to a study by research website Comparitech*, most of the world’s most surveilled cities are located in China. The …

Saturday the 24th of October 2020 If you take a closer look at the latest OECD statistics about the consumption of antidepressants  and compare these with figures from the other …

Saturday, 17th October 2020 There are topics of far more importance than Covid-19 or an election featuring Donald Duck. I myself, for example, would be interested in knowing what plans …

Saturday, 10th October 2020 … there was a beautiful valley, with a hard-to-pronounce name, Esgravatadouro, and a brook running through it. This rivulet provided water for the many trees and …

Saturday, 3rd October 2020 by Uwe Heitkamp This week, Europe’s largest airline, Lufthansa, took an important decision that is attracting attention all over Europe. The airline’s flight academy based in …

Saturday, 26th September 2020 Germany has been using a highly successful bottle deposit system since 2003 to help cut down on plastic waste and increase recycling rates. A line of …

Saturday, 19 th September 2020 Let’s get this straight! Among the many items on the news agenda this week, there were two that stood out in particular. Tourism restrictions due …

Saturday 12 th September 2020 Yesterday the ECO123 team founded the new cooperative ESGRAVATADOURO CRL. The aim of this organisation is to offer individuals a simple and effective solution to …