- March 1st, 2010
- Posted by EUEditor
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
- February 25th, 2010
- Posted by EUEditor
The Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, has completed a four-day visit to Europe (14-19.2.10) putting emphasis on multi-national agencies and security agreements. … Read More »
- February 10th, 2010
- Posted by EUEditor
The chance of governments defaulting on their loan repayments has imperilled the Euro currency, with stock markets faltering and talk of intervention from Brussels. … Read More »
- July 27th, 2009
- Posted by EUEditor
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 »
- February 24th, 2009
- Posted by Daniel Challis
European leaders on Sunday (22.2.09) called for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to double their resources to $500 billion to help deal with new problems in countries already affected by the global financial crisis.
Officials highlighted the crisis-prevention role of the IMF in dealing with a rapidly spreading downturn in Eastern Europe…
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- February 18th, 2009
- Posted by Amelia Birnie
An Australian-first alliance between three of the country’s main universities will expand higher learning in a range of European and Asian languages.
With $2.27 million in Australian Government funding, the Brisbane-based University of Queensland (UQ), Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will pool teaching of at least nine languages. … Read More »
- February 3rd, 2009
- Posted by Daniel Challis

More bad weather has hit Western Europe over the last couple of days with temperatures plummeting and heavy snow causing transport problems…
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