The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday September 3rd, 2022 – World Beard Day
The origins of World Beard Day have been lost to history, but some historians believe that there is evidence showing that the Danish Vikings have held a day in honor of their beards going back as far as 800 AD! Back in those august days, there was not necessarily a specific day held to honor the beard, but multiple celebrations may have been held throughout each region. Some of the celebrations even seem a little crazy when looking back from modern times!
Yes Mr Scholz….. But! by Christos Mouzeviris
In his speech in Prague’s Charles University on Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pushed for the idea of ending national vetos, and gradually transitioning to majority voting on foreign policy and tax issues in the European Union. The goal is to prevent the bloc from becoming paralysed by the vetoes of individual states, as it is about to take in new members. It is not the first time that a high profile European leader, has openly called for such radical step in EU. Mr Scholz’s speech, comes almost five years after Emmanuel Macron’s in Sorbonne, that laid out his grand EU agenda.
As a pro-European and a federalist myself, I am partially intrigued and excited that European leaders are finally mulling over ditching their national vetoes, something that brought so many delays, frictions, disagreements and missed opportunities during the past decades in Europe. However the ride is not going to be easy, as it will be very hard to persuade small states like Malta, Ireland, Greece plus so on; and rightly so.
It will require some serious negotiating, convincing the leaders but also the citizens of the smaller members- Ireland requires a referendum for any constitutional changes remember, that Europe is ready for the big leap, it is mature enough to think collectively in solidarity and “European”. For example, the EU Commission early in 2019 kick-started a debate on reforming decision-making for areas of EU taxation policy, which currently requires unanimity among member states. Malta and a number of other small nations have traditionally opposed any move towards tax harmonisation on an EU level.
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Metrical Dimensions #poem by Jan Sand
“As a kid I could not rid myself of apprehensions
To reconstruct the universe with just dimensions.
Simple numbers anticipate facilities with abilities
To reduce an elephant, a butterfly, a plant
To the number one.”
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Ghostin’ #44 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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