Picture taken in the Görlitzer Park last weekend. It was a sunny and warm Saturday, so the people poured to the Cafes and Parks in Berlin!
Acquisition Of Irish Citizenship Statistics
The European Union stats office publishes interesting statistics related to the acquisition of citizenship in the EU. Yesterday it was the anniversary of my Irish one, so I pulled out some stats related to Ireland.
The first chart shows the increase in the number of new citizens from 2011, when the government streamlined the process of reviewing the applications, cutting a very important backlog.
The data contains additional information about the origin of the naturalised citizens both from the EU and Non-EU countries:
Living in Europe with a European passport definitely makes life way easier, so thank you very much Ireland.
A Year Ago I Finished My Career Break
I was thinking today that one year ago I was flying back to Europe after finishing my six-month career break, travelling in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
I tried to document this experience on the road in: Breaksian.com. Today, I checked some of the interesting experiences I described there, and I found these posts:
Visiting the Angkor Temple Complex by bike
Making new friends in the Jeju Island of Korea by playing the Piano:
Cruising the Halong Bay in a 1906 replica boat
Travelling from Bangkok to Penang in an overnight train:
Experiencing the Portuguese flavor in the Chinese Macau
Enjoying the amazing Autumn Colors in Nara
Biking in the isolated Island of Zamami, off the coast of Okinawa.
Or visiting Taiwan and understanding the political and historical issue regarding China
It was such an amazing experience that I would definitely recommend it to anyone!
Aircraft Hijacking Statistics
Last night, when I was reading about the EgyptAir hijacking, I was thinking that fortunately this type of incident is now very rare. I remember that when I was a kid, this was one of the clichés in the American movies of the 80's (i.e., Delta Force), but with the tough security measures in place in most of the airports, this doesn't happen as often.
Wikipedia has a detailed compilation on the aircraft hijacking incidents, and there is definitely a decrease compared to the peak in the 70s.
Countries Most Affected By Terrorism Incidents 2016
Wikipedia has a list of the terrorist incidents that happened during the current year. Based on this information, the countries most affected by the number of terror incidents are:
