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2011: More Crime, Terror, Guns?

  • December 31st, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

guns-police.jpgIt may not be a good omen to find police and security forces again amongst the hardest workers of the New Year holiday season, in 2010-11. … Read More »

New Euro Player – Estonia

  • December 31st, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

euro-estonia.jpgThe government of Estonia has declared it has done the right thing, taking up the Euro currency from the first day of 2011. … Read More »

Watch On Terror: Arrests In Denmark

  • December 30th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

denmark-police-denmarkemborg.jpgPolice in Denmark and Sweden have arrested five men accusing them of planning an attack on the Jyllands-Posten newspaper which published satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. … Read More »

Belgium: Right Royal Mess

  • December 30th, 2010
  • Posted by 7thmin

belgium-countryside-004.jpgThe country of Belgium has come to notice as the year ends, on the grounds that as a democracy at the heart of Europe – the European “capital” – it has been itself spectacularly unable to form an actual government. … Read More »

Watch On Terror

  • December 28th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

rome-wikimedia.jpgPrecautionary moves against possible threats to safety and security mark the closing stages of 2010 in Western Europe.

Suspect groups were rounded up by police in Rotterdam and London, while the delivery of parcel bombs to diplomatic missions in Rome sparked a general alert. … Read More »

Labouring Into 2011

  • December 26th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

child-labour-19c.jpgEuropean workers have the world’s strongest protection of their hours and time off, but a recent EU report has identified blind spots warranting change. … Read More »

Peace in Stormy Times

  • December 25th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

aircraft-snow-bbc.jpgHundreds of travellers did not make it, and spent Christmas in airport terminals in Europe, affected by the backlog of flights from a week of bitter weather. … Read More »

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