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04.12.25 - 08:30
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We tested Europe′s luxurious new ′business-class′ sleeper bus between Amsterdam and Zurich (The Guardian)
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A new overnight bus service in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland offers comfort and sustainabilityI feel my travel-scrunched spine start to straighten as I stretch out on the plump mattress, a quilted blanket wrapped around me and a pillow beneath my head. As bedtime routines go, however, this one involves a novel step – placing my lower legs in a mesh bag and clipping it into seatbelt-style buckles on either side; the bed will be travelling at around 50mph for the next 12 hours and there are safety regulations to consider.Last month Swiss startup Twiliner launched a fleet of futuristic sleeper buses, and I've come to Amsterdam to try them out. Running three times a week between Amsterdam and Zurich (a 12-hour journey via Rotterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg and Basel), with a Zurich to Barcelona service (via Berne and Girona) launching on 4 December, the company's flat-bed overnight sleeper buses are the first such service in Europe. Continue reading......
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03.12.25 - 12:36
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Rutte: US-Russia Peace Talks Won′t Decide NATO′s Future (Bloomberg)
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US negotiations with Russia over a plan to end its war in Ukraine will not make unilateral decisions about NATO's future, Secretary General Mark Rutte said. Instead, those issue will be settled in another channel, Rutte told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday, ahead of a foreign ministers' meeting on Wednesday. “When it comes to the NATO elements of a deal to end the war against Ukraine, that will be dealt with separately and that obviously will include NATO,” he said. But Rutte declined to confirm whether another forum existed already, only saying he was “closely coordinating” with the US.“In the end we need two to tango,” Rutte said. “We also need Russia to tango. That's being tested at the moment.” (Source: Bloomberg)...
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