Eurostat has an interesting dataset showing the population change across Europe, including both natural change and the net migration contribution. The graph above shows how the rapid decline trend is slowly reversing, but migration is the main component of this change.

According to the Central Statistics Office of Ireland, the adjusted unemployment rate in the country during the last 2 months has been 7.8%. The trend is definitely going down. I blogged about it in January, and it was more than 8% back then.

The map above shows the countries that currently have or have ever had a female head of state. It's true that the historic nomination of Hillary Clinton is a milestone in U.S. politics, but it is not one in many countries of the world.

Last weekend my girlfriend and I took a long weekend trip to the Ticino region of Switzerland, staying in Locarno. I wasn't aware that the Locarno Film Festival was starting this week, and part of this event was a preview showing of a movie on Sunday night, open to the public.

The organizers decided to honor Bud Spencer, one of the classic Italian actors of the 70s in the action-comedy genre, who passed away earlier this year. They featured Lo chiamavano Trinità, one of the best examples of the "Spaghetti Western" genre. I really enjoyed this movie! It brought back nice memories, since the movies featuring the duo Bud Spencer / Terence Hill were one of my grandpa's favorites.

This morning I was reading an interesting section dedicated to the US elections on the FiveThirtyEight site. It tries to predict who will win the election based on the polls and historical data. They have been very accurate in the past, so it is definitely an interesting source.

One of the articles linked on this site was a post titled "Why Obama Might Be Trump's Biggest Challenge," which discussed how President Obama is enjoying a high approval rate. The chart above is generated with the RealClearPolitics data they mentioned in the post.

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