Barcelona News
Catalonians still want November independence vote
Over 70 per cent of Catalonians still want to hold a referendum on 9 November on independence from Spain, even though the popular vote was suspended by a ruling of the country's constitutional court o...
Dublin News
Dublin's Bord Gáis Theatre sold
Landmark property bought by prominent Dublin business people
The Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in the south Dublin Docklands has been sold for a reported €28 million after being put on the...
Berlin News
Pergamon Museum to close for five years
Berlin's top museum to be restored
One of Berlin's main tourist attractions, the Pergamon Museum, is to close partially at the end of September for at least five years.
The northern and central...
Berlin News
German documents record world war one
Germany's Federal Archives have made 700,000 documents, photos, film footage and recordings of world war one available in a special section of its website.
Here are photos not just of the war zones...
Vienna News
Vienna has once again installed large mobile drinking fountains throughout the city.
They are connected to the Spring Water Main, which dates back to 1873 and still provides about 40 per cent of th...
Brussels News
Brussels airport flight paths to change again
Changes made in February 2014 to the flight plans for Brussels airport must now be re-adpated thanks to a Brussels court order.
The unpopular Wathelet plan, named after the minister for mobility, h...
Barcelona News
Late openings for Barcelona museums
Many of Barcelona's museums have late openings and special evening events in August.
The Caixaforum stays open on Wednesdays until midnight with performances and concerts at 20.00 and 22.00.
The...
Dublin News
National Gallery is Ireland's most popular free attraction
Dublin is home to nine out of top ten most-visited places
The National Gallery of Ireland has once again topped the list of the country's most popular free attractions, recording almost 650,000 vi...
Amsterdam News
The smartphone taxi service UberPop launched in Amsterdam on 30 July. The Uber App connects passengers with unlicensed drivers, providing a ride that is about 50 per cent lower than the standard taxi...
Dublin News
Dublin's Molly Malone gets a makeover
Famous Dublin statue restored before return to streets
The statue of legendary Dublin fishmonger Molly Malone will soon return to the streets following a two-month restoration programme costing an...
Barcelona News
Sunday opening for Barcelona shops
Shops in some Barcelona areas in the city centre will be allowed to open on Sundays throughout the summer. The ruling applies to Ciutat Vella and L’Eixample as well as parts of Gràcia, Sa...
Berlin News
Berlin’s new airport running out of finance
The troubled Brandenburg airport, which should have been up and running two years ago, is now in deep financial trouble according to Der Spiegel online international.
A recent report by the Europea...
Paris News
French airspace hit by controllers strike
A six-day strike by air traffic controllers in France is hitting flights to French airports as well as those to southern destinations using French air space, such as those to Italy and north Africa....
Oxford News
Oxford wins best council award
Oxford city council has won the 2014 best achieving local council award in the UK.
The award is given for high performance in all sectors of local government; social services, housing, economic dev...
London News
Queen opens Heathrow’s new Terminal 2
Queen Elizabeth officially opened Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 on 23 June, almost 60 years after she inaugurated the first civil aviation building at what was to be transformed from a military faci...
Copenhagen News
Stray pets get reprieve in Denmark
It will no longer be legal to shoot stray dogs, cats, rabbits and other pets that wander on to your property in Denmark as of 1 July. Instead owners who are unable to control their pets will be fined....
Dublin News
Dublin's All Hallows College to close
Historic Dublin insititution closes due to falling student numbers
The historic religious institution All Hallows College in Dublin is to close, over insufficient student numbers and dwindling fin...
London News
Battersea power station summer season
The old Battersea power station, now in the process of redevelopment after decades of controversy, will turn into an open-air cinema during the summer and will screen the World Cup final on 13 July. T...
Brussels News
Roller bike parades in Brussels
The third parade of the season for roller skaters takes place in Brussels on 20 June and from then on every subsequent Friday until 26 September.
The participants gather at Palace Poelaert at 21.00...
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...
Barcelona News
Barcelona metro to link El Prat airport in 2016
The Barcelona metro will link up to El Prat airport in 2016 according to the president of Catalonia Artur Mas.
When the extension is finished there will be 15 stations (three less than originally p...
Berlin News
The eighth edition of the Berlin art biennale (29 May-5 Aug) concentrates on a variety of approaches to the city – the built-up environment, its residents, the relationship of the city with labo...
Paris News
As the French rail strike goes into its seventh day on Tuesday 17 June only about a quarter of the trains were running in the Paris region, with many international connections to Spain, Switzerland an...
Madrid News
After a certain amount of controversy an area between Calle Goya, Calle Zurgena and Passeo Castellana, close to Plaza Colon in the Salamanca area of the centre city, is now called Plaza de Margaret Th...
Amsterdam News
Garbage collectors are on strike for three days in Amsterdam, starting 16 June, to support a request for a pay increase of 2.5 per cent backdated to 2013 and 3 per cent in 2014. There will be no house...
Vienna News
Vienna property prices still rising
Property prices in the first quarter of 2014 increased by 8 per cent in Vienna even though Austria’s central bank believes that housing in the capital is over priced by about 22 per cent. In the...
Dublin News
New planning zone at Dublin Docklands
22-storey buildings sanctioned in fast-track scheme
Dublin Docklands could become a hive of building activity once more following the state's creation of a 66-hectare special planning zone along t...
Dublin News
Book of Kells to stay at Trinity College
Major rebranding underway at historic Dublin college
Dublin's Trinity College has abandoned plans to move the ninth-century Book of Kells to the basement of a nearby campus building following prot...
Paris News
Paris garbage strike to spread
The protest by rubbish collectors in Paris, which started on 12 May at the Eiffel Tower, is the start of a nation-wide protest by municipal refuse disposal workers.
The General Confederation of Lab...
Berlin News
Berlin controls informal rentals
Berlin is clamping down on the informal holiday rental market encouraged by websites such as Airbnb on the grounds that it having a detrimental effect on hotels and other official forms of tourist acc...
