Madrid News
Madrid ready for new king and queen
Thousands of flags, garlands of flowers and cheap souvenirs are ready for enthronement of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Thursday 19 June.
The handover from King Juan Carlos, who is abdicating...
Berlin News
Lesbian cemetery opened in Berlin
A space for the burial of lesbians has been reserved in central Berlin graveyard.
Spaces for 80 burials or ashes have been set aside in the Lutheran Georgen Parochial cemetery, which was first laid...
Brussels News
Brussels organises a week to mark the international women’s day on 8 March.
The events include debates, workshops and film showings, as well as the films Frozen River about two women w...
Madrid News
Madrid World Hunger Day Concert
Madrid is one of three cities in Europe, along with Paris and London, staging a live concert against hunger on 13 October organised in conjunction with Action Against Hunger and the European Commissio...
Amsterdam News
Dutch leave Netherlands in record numbers
In 2012 nearly 150,000 Dutch citizens emigrated from the Netherlands according to Statistics Netherlands. This compares with just over 130,000 in 2011 and 121,000 in 2010.
The reasons for the emigr...
Madrid News
Spain is facing its second general strike in a year against the government’s austerity measures. In the early hours of 14 December protestors were already arriving in Madrid in response to the c...
Brussels News
Brussels’ four cemeteries will remain open over the All Saints’ holiday from Monday 29 October to 1 November from 08.30 until 17.00, an hour longer than usual.
There will also be guided...
London News
London Fire Brigade faces cuts
Plans for the closure of at least 17 of London’s 112 fire stations are contained in a proposal put forward by the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The project, which has not yet been finalised, i...
Jersey News
Passport fees in Jersey are coming down on 3 September to £72.50 for an adult (now £77.50) and £46.50 for a child (now £49).
In 2014 the island of Jersey will go over to a c...
London News
London’s population has hit a total of eight million according to the statistics for the 2011 census, 12 per cent over the previous census in 2001.
This is considerably higher than the averag...
Barcelona News
The use of Catalan is growing in areas of Catalonia where it was previously used the least. It is also being used more in shops, bars, restaurants and in commerce, even among people who do not speak C...
Berlin News
Berlin’s Mauerpark could charge entry fee
Visitors to Berlin’s Mauerpark may be asked to pay €1 entrance fee to help keep it clean and tidy. The park was created soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, along what is called “d...
Jersey News
Royals to visit Jersey on 18 July
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit Jersey on 18 July as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
It is the first visit of the Duchess to the island since her...
Brussels News
Pensioners increase in Belgium
The number of people who retired in Belgium increased by two per cent in 2011 compared with the previous year to reach a total of 34,000.
There are now nearly 1.8 million pensioners in the country...
