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Savage storms pounding the French and Spanish Atlantic coasts (28.2.10) have brought rough weather also to Belgium and the Netherlands, penetrating into Germany.
A national catastrophe has been declared in France, where the Winter gales have caused 45 deaths, with at least another five reported elsewhere.
Pictures midlandsweather.org, BBC
The first of the Australian and British soldiers to be re-enterred in a new cemetery at Fromelles has been laid to rest with full military honours. … Read More »
Another Eurostar train delayed in the Channel Tunnel marked the end of a bad Winter week for Northern Europe. … Read More »
COMMENTARY: The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall was celebrated globally and commemorated for its international meanings, beyond the borders of reunited Germany. … Read More »
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy spent the night in hospital (26-27.7.09) after collapsing while on a Sunday jog in the Versailles area near Paris. … Read More »
Wildfires have returned to Southern Europe, with emergency crews battling large blazes in France, Greece, Italy and Spain, many of them on Mediterranean Islands. … Read More »
The sometimes ridiculed Australia Formula 1 racing driver Mark Webber won the German Grand Prix, easing the disappointment of the Aussies over the cricket, as Cadel Evans charged on in the Tour de France. … Read More »