Madrid News
Madrid city council has announced that it has posthumously stripped former Spanish ruler and military dictator General Francisco Franco of all honours it bestowed on him during the time of his rule, f...
Jersey News
Allies planned battle for Channel Islands.
The full devastation that the Allies were prepared to unleash on the Channel Islands in 1942 to regain a foothold in Europe has been revealed for the first time.
Two years before the liberation of E...
Berlin News
Audrey Hepburn stamp auctioned
An anonymous bidder has bought a rare German stamp of Audrey Hepburn for
Amsterdam News
Turkish Airlines plane crashed with US military radar information.
The Telegraaf newspaper has reported that the Turkish Airlines plane that crashed at Amsterdam
Jersey News
UK drops passport controls for Jersey.
Controversial new border controls that would have forced islanders to show their passports to get into the UK have been overturned following fierce opposition from Jersey
London News
London historical records go online.
The historical records of millions of Londoners from the last four centuries have gone online for the first time. The London Historical Records, whose documents are archived in the London Metropolitan...
Dublin News
The Irish post office has released two news stamps, one featuring Charles Darwin and the other John Millington Synge. The 82-cent stamp of Darwin is to commemorate the bicentenary of his birth and is...
Paris News
France conducts population census.
The National Institute of Statistics is carrying out its annual census of the population until 21 February. The census, which began on 15 January, collects data on age, profession, means of transport,...
Dublin News
Dublin's Capel Street awarded conservation status.
Historic Capel Street in central Dublin has been designated an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) as part of the city council
Brussels News
Brussels Capital-Region turns 20.
On 12 January 2009 Brussels Capital-Region, one of Belgium
Jersey News
The Channel Islands could break with Britain for the first time ever by shifting the clocks forward by one hour to adopt Central European Time (CET).
The island votes in a referendum in 15 October to...
Oxford News
Oxford launches Disability Directory.
A directory listing services and organisations for the disabled in Oxford has been compiled by the city council in partnership with Oxford Brookes University. The Oxford Disability Directory is divide...
Jersey News
Jersey's fire regulations need review.
Slack safety measures have caused a number of serious property fires in Jersey in recent months.
A small child died and her mother was seriously injured in a fire in May when rental accommodation wen...
Jersey News
Planning more homes for the ageing.
Almost 350 homes for the over-55s will be built on green fields in seven locations throughout Jersey over the next few years.
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Jersey News
Mercenery gets Jersey residence.
A multi-millionaire oil tycoon and former special forces soldier, who once controlled one of the world
