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Snuss is is a moist powder tobacco product. It has a way longer history in Europe than pipe tobacco or cigarettes. Thanks to the EU this traditional form of tobacco became banned in all EU member states in 1992. The reason for this was WHO’s recommendation to ban it. I wonder why on earth they [...]

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Euro-English

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as [...]

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