ECONOMY: Debate between maintaining conditions for an after-recession recovery, and on the other hand the drive for budget cutting and settling of public debt, has been contested over EU spending plans.  … Read More »
Visitors to Austria will soon be able to bunk in the von Trapp family at their villa in Salzburg.
The famous villa best known as the backdrop of the 1965 film, The Sound of Music, opens as a hotel in July. … Read More »
Pro-Tibetan protests may put a halt to the Olympic torch relay, ahead of the games in Beijing.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has threatened to cancel the torch relay if the protests continue. … Read More »
Fears for the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay following violent pro-Tibetan protests in London.
The relay was marred by pro-Tibet protesters voicing their message on China’s human rights record and recent unrest in Tibet.
No, it’s not a scene from Pirates of the Caribbean; this act of piracy was for real!
Yesterday pirates took control of the 88-meter French yacht, La Ponant in the Gulf of Aden. … Read More »
The Australian dollar will only buy you 0.58 Euro cents today (2.4.08)… and it seems amid the US sub prime mortgage crash and stressed world economy, the Euro is going from strength to strength. … Read More »
After close to six months and more than 250 witnesses the Diana Inquest officially came to a close yesterday (31.3.08).
The judge wrapped up the investigation into Princess Diana’s death, leaving the jury with a tough decision. … Read More »