Body Scanners: Arguing On

February 25th, 2010
Posted by EUA Editor

EU member governments have been told they should go their own way for now, on whether to use electronic body scanners at airports. … Read More »

Misadventure For Young Australians

January 20th, 2010
Posted by EUEditor

Two more “backpacker nightmare” stories for Australian families have been unfolding, in Greece, and in Scotland… updated 22.1.10. … Read More »

Churches Uneasy At Decade’s Start

January 2nd, 2010
Posted by EUEditor

The head of the Anglican Church has looked back on a tough ten years, and in Rome, the Vatican has remembered clergy and others killed while carrying out Christian duty during 2009. … Read More »

Bad Deeds

January 2nd, 2010
Posted by EUEditor

Contributing to events that have detracted from New Year holiday celebrations: another multiple shooting in Finland; the execution in China of a British man believed to have been mentally ill; and a fresh threat against the “Mohammed” cartoonist in Denmark. … Read More »

Damir Dokic Sentenced

June 12th, 2009
Posted by EUEditor

Damir Dokic, father of the Australian tennis professional Jelena, has reportedly been gaoled for fifteen months in Belgrade (12.6.09), for making threats against the Australian Ambassador there. … Read More »

EU Leaders In Australia, Want Joint Action

May 27th, 2009
Posted by EUEditor

The European Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, says the EU and Australia should “join forces” at the world conference on climate change, in Copenhagen this December …. and his colleague, Joe Borg, wants joint action against pirates.

The two Commissioners were in Australia on short visits. … Read More »

NATO Active In Somalia Patrol

April 26th, 2009
Posted by EUEditor

Amid the flare-up of pirate activity and counter-measures off Somalia, NATO has begun sending messages about the effectiveness of coordinated naval operations. … Read More »