- December 29th, 2011
- Posted by EUEditor
A coordinated pre-Christmas swoop by European police saw 112 arrests in connection with child abuse material on the Internet.
The operation was based on intensive work, breaking into a file sharing network, a kind of set-up highly resistant to surveillance. … Read More »
- August 21st, 2011
- Posted by EUEditor
The European Union in a fresh update on relations with Australia says new emphasis is being put on growing cooperation and exchanges in education. … Read More »
- May 24th, 2011
- Posted by EUEditor
Fresh agitation emerged this month over mobile phones, with the Council of Europe recommending a ban on them – along with WiFi * networks– in schools. … Read More »
- April 2nd, 2011
- Posted by Lee Duffield
Changing relations with the Europeans …
The Australian Ambassador talks about a turn-around in attitudes towards the EU. … Read More »
- March 2nd, 2011
- Posted by Lee Duffield

Embarrassment over two sackings: a fashion designer John Galliano (see designs - images) dismissed by his company in France, for something he is said to have said; and a senior German politician, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (picture), accused of not saying, on his own account, something he said that he said, in his doctorate. … Read More »
- February 20th, 2011
- Posted by EUEditor
Following the report on the adventures of French couple Monique and Pierre Bertaud, building up the schools complex at Kantchuri, in Burkina Faso, (EUAustralia Online, “Life Itself …”, 17.2.11).
Please see further pictures form that project in Africa:
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- February 17th, 2011
- Posted by EUEditor
Two French teachers, Monique and Pierre Bertaud, have passed up an easy retirement to spend their time now traveling to work in the desert interior of Burkina Faso, in Africa.
They are bringing the chance of a good education to hundreds in need.
A HOME TOWN IN THE HEART OF FRANCE
The city of Valence (city population 66000) on the Rhone River 100 kilometres South of Lyon offers a contented existence to Monique and Pierre Bertaud who retired from their jobs as a primary teacher and high school English specialist there, at the start of the last decade. … Read More »