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Geopolitics Syria Crisis

How Counterfeit Degrees Help Syrians Escape To Europe

Hundreds of Syrian university degrees are reportedly being forged every day, putting the reputation of Syrian academics at serious risk. But counterfeiters say their only concern is helping their countrymen find a “safe way out.”

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Food / Travel Society

The Hoppy Comeback Of French Microbreweries

Wine-loving France used to be a beer haven too, before shrinking to just 22 breweries three decades ago. Today it’s up to more than 700 microbreweries, even if industrialists continue to dominate.

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Economy Society

Why Poland Rejects Its Best And Brightest

Graduates who come back to Poland after earning prestigious degrees at Oxford or Cambridge often find themselves shut out of the labor market. Blame a mix of suspicion and envy.

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Economy Society

Can An Apprenticeship System Solve Israel’s Crisis Of Over-Educated Unemployed

TEL AVIV — A record number of undergraduate students will get their degrees this year. But what awaits them isn’t pretty: job insecurity, bosses who are indifferent to what they studied, a shortage of jobs that match their education and talents, and big debts accumulated during their years at university. All of this suggests that […]

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Future

For The Grace Of Geeks – Teaching Social Skills To Engineers

BERLIN – Christian Hummel knew he would suddenly be confronted with all sorts of new situations when, after nine years at a major German steel company, his boss offered him the job heading up a three-person development unit. Hummel thought long and hard before accepting. He would not only bear the responsibility for the work […]

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