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Hamish and Jo’s Adventures in France Part 6: A fruitful February

Peak Web March 16, 2019

As it turns out, February on the French Riviera is pretty neat given that February is typically a boring filler month with dreary weather and only 28 days — bringing into question why we pay a full month’s rent… Anyways, Hamish and Jozsef here, once again reporting live from the quaint town of Menton, France where the Science Po campus we attend is. Because of the French university schedule’s system, February marked our first full week of classes. Six classes to be exact, and no, we haven’t transferred to engineering. The two of us actually managed to rock a snazzy…

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Hamish and Jo’s adventures in France Part 3: Adulthood is harder in France

Peak Web November 28, 2018

By: Hamish Clinton and Jozsef Varga  Welcome back to another episode of “Jo and Hamish’s life in Menton, the most South-Eastern town in all of France.” For those of you reading this column for the very first time, here is…

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Hamish and Jo’s adventures in France: Still no schoolwork, but a new continent!

Peak Web November 2, 2018

Much has changed since our last update. For starters, we have not cut our hair in several months. In fact, it seems we have embraced the nomadic ways of expert travellers by growing it out. Next thing you know, we…

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Hamish and Jo’s Adventures in France: Welcome to Menton

Peak Web October 10, 2018

Imagine heavily armed French border patrol officers chasing you off a train, demanding that you show them your papers . . . Well, we don’t have to! Because that was us only a handful of days ago, on exchange. We…

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World News Beats

Peak Web September 9, 2018

  “Scallop War” breaks out between France and the UK An incident in which 35 French fishing boats chased five UK ones out of the Baie de Seine has been dubbed the “Scallop War.” Following the incident which occurred on…

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World News Beat

Peak Web July 23, 2018

Google fined record amount The European Union (EU) has imposed its largest ever fine (4.34 billion euro), on Google.      According to the EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, “Google engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position…

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World News Beat

Peak Web July 7, 2018

Erdogan re-elected in Turkey Incumbent Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development (AK) party won a majority in both the presidential and parliamentary elections held in Turkey on June 24, though the election was considered by many…

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World News Beat

Peak Web October 4, 2017

SPAIN — Spanish police intervene as Catalans hold independence poll More than 760 people have been injured after Spanish police attempted to stop Catalans from voting in an illegal independence referendum earlier this week. There have been ongoing tensions in…

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World News Beat: French Election Edition

EIC May 7, 2017

Today, May 7, France will pick from two candidates to elect their new president. Marine Le Pen, leader of the Front National Party, has run on promises to eliminate the euro and reinstate the franc, follow the United Kingdom in…

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World News Beat

Peak Web May 6, 2017

FRANCE – French elections move on to the second round The first round of votes in the French presidential election were held on April 23. As no candidate won the majority of the vote, the two top candidates will face…

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