- May 30th, 2013
- Posted by Editor EUAustralia
A dire warning has been issued about the compromised state of the world’s water supply, from the “Water in the Anthropocene” conference – 500 scientists gathered at Bonn. … Read More »
- May 30th, 2013
- Posted by Editor EUAustralia
Modest economic growth is expected for Europe, Australia and the United States, with stronger performances in other countries, according to the Paris based OECD; which has also just dubbed Australia the “happiest”: of countries. … Read More »
- May 29th, 2013
- Posted by Editor EUAustralia
No relief in sight for the catastrophe in Syria as outside powers play new hands. … Read More »
- May 29th, 2013
- Posted by Editor EUAustralia
A court in Paris, after two days of questioning, has listed the Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde (picture), as a key witness in a major corruption case.
AFFAIRE TAPIS
Ms Lagarde was the French Finance Minister in 2008 when the government made a huge payout to the businessman Bernard Tapis, after a financial dispute. … Read More »
- May 29th, 2013
- Posted by Editor EUAustralia

Best is Show, for the Chelsea Flower Show in London, was awarded this year (21.5.13) to the Australian entrant, put up by a team of hard-working, green-thumbed gardeners, and framed around an artificial billabong. … Read More »
- May 29th, 2013
- Posted by Editor EUAustralia
The Cannes Film Festival wound up with cheers from the home-town crowd; a film about girl-girl love won the Palme d’Or, as France, amid turmoil, determination and protest, entered an era of legal same-sex marriage.
The festival also presented a special award to the distinguished director Jane Campion. … Read More »
- May 29th, 2013
- Posted by Editor EUAustralia
Police in Britain have made ten arrests since the murder of a soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, outside the Woolwich army barracks (22.5.13).
The two prime suspects, Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, and Michael Adebolajo, 28, the man who showed bloodied hands on television, were shot at the scene by police and hospitalised. … Read More »