am about to embark on a trip alone across Europe overland – mainly by train. Many things have changes over this period – I’m older, have travelled a lot more and am now more likely to stay in hotels than camp rough – but the biggest change is the way that social media is helping me do things I could never do back then. MORE >>

Please also see the follow-up items, which shed various lights on what is happening at the periphery of Europe. In the developing countries and now in Europe, debt allows creditors to exercise a kind of colonialism without an army or an imperial administration. Greece has also maintained a proportionally huge military budget. MORE >>

Vinay Gupta: Europe’s New War. “Europe is at war. It’s not obvious until you know some history, but Europe is at war. Right now, Europe appears to be in a position where some countries are approaching Revolution. Modern War in Europe. Time for change.” Distinguishing War and Revolution. MORE >>

But data from TNS shows that use of social media and social networking in the country is widespread, making it the fourth largest market in Europe for social networking behind the UK, Germany and France. These statistics are impressive and firmly place Russia as the fourth biggest market in Europe for social networking. and Web 2.0 MORE >>

The faster the reduction in energy consumption and demand levels in Western Europe, the sooner it will become possible to switch to renewable energy sources. The EWS wants to encourage independence of action, the wil to change and create. really believe in the possibility of change if a few people get together with a common cause. MORE >>