London News
To celebrate the World Shakespeare Festival the Globe Theatre in London is staging 37 Shakespeare plays by 37 companies from 37 countries in almost as many languages - from Albanian to Yoruba.
The...
Amsterdam News
Dutch fees for non-EU residency too high
The European Court of Justice has ruled the Netherlands charge non-EU residents too much for residency permits. The fee is between €188 and €830 for the permit.
Each country in the EU is...
Berlin News
Brandenburg airport, Berlin’s new international airport, which is due to open on 3 June, is looking for volunteers to test passenger services and procedures throughout May.
Around 10,000 test...
Berlin News
Berlin museums open for International Museum Day
Museums in Berlin will be open free of charge on 20 May to mark international museum day. The theme this year is Museums in a Changing World; New Challenges, New Inspirations. There are nearly 200 mus...
Berlin News
Police to use Battersea power station site
The site of the old Battersea power station, which has been waiting for over a quarter of a century to be redeveloped, has been earmarked as a police transport centre during the Olympic Games which be...
London News
Police to use Battersea power station site
The site of the old Battersea power station, which has been waiting for over a quarter of a century to be redeveloped, has been earmarked as a police transport centre during the Olympic Games which be...
Oxford News
Oxford bids for Unesco World Book Capital
Oxford has launched its bid to become the Unesco World Book capital for 2014. The incumbent city is Yerevan in Armenia and Bangkok will be the capital in 2013.
The World Book Capital concept was fi...
Paris News
Paris eases rules for cyclists
Paris is testing new rules for cyclists in a few areas of the city. Bicyclists may now ignore red traffic lights if they are turning right at a junction and the road is clear. They may also cross a T-...
London News
Johnson targets women's vote in campaign to stay in office
With just over a week to go until the elections for mayor of London on 3 May the incumbent, Boris Johnson, is promising to create 20,000 part-time jobs to help mothers get back to work if he is re-ele...
Oxford News
Oxford bids for Unesco World Book Capital
Oxford has launched its bid to become the Unesco World Book capital for 2014. The incumbent city is Yerevan in Armenia and Bangkok will be the capital in 2013.
The World Book Capital concept was fi...
Madrid News
Proposed new airport taxes in Spain
Ryanair is expected to ask passengers to pay extra costs on flights already booked out of Spain if the Spanish parliament passes new airport taxes proposed in the budget.
The Irish low-cost airlin...
Madrid News
Ryanair to bill passengers for extra airport fees
Ryanair is expected to ask passengers to pay extra costs on flights already booked out of Spain if the Spanish parliament passes new airport taxes proposed in the budget. The Irish low-cost airline is...
Dublin News
Dublin’s Trinity College marks Old Library anniversary
Trinity College Dublin launched a series of celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the institution's Old Library building, on 5 April.
Begun in May 1712, it took 20 years to complete the bui...
Vienna News
Vienna celebrates Gustav Klimt
Vienna has dedicated 2012 to Gustav Klimt, the Austrian Symbolist painter whose 150th anniversary of birth was on 6 February. To celebrate the life and work of the artist who spent most of his life in...
Paris News
Paris eases rules for cyclists
Paris is testing new rules for cyclists in a few areas of the city. Bicyclists may now ignore red traffic lights if they are turning right at a junction and the road is clear. They may also cross a T-...
Dublin News
Dublin’s Trinity College marks Old Library anniversary
Trinity College Dublin launched a series of celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the institution's Old Library building, on 5 April.
Begun in May 1712, it took 20 years to complete the bui...
Brussels News
Brussels becomes a digital city
Brussels has launched a three-month campaign called Brussels, Digital City to educate the city’s inhabitants into the possibilities of the internet.
The city is providing public computer room...
Vienna News
Vienna’s Green Party wants to improve conditions for bicyclists in the city. One of the party’s suggestions is that the federal law should be changed that restricts bicycles to special lan...
Brussels News
Brussels becomes a digital city
Brussels has launched a three-month campaign called Brussels, Digital City to educate the city
Copenhagen News
Denmark funds Mozambique farming sector
Denmark is to provide $90 million to help develop the agri-livestock sector and construct roads and bridges in the central Mozambican province of Manica, according to the country
Copenhagen News
International schools get boost in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is increasing the number of places available for children in international schools in order to attract more multinational business to the city.
The Copenhagen International School opene...
Brussels News
Brussels has scheduled a city cleanliness day on 21 April. From 10.00-16.00 special centres around the city will promote the idea of a clean city, collect batteries and listen to complaints about the...
Oxford News
Oxford taxi drivers are protesting against plans to introduce the use of CCTV cameras into their vehicles from April 2015.
Although the scheme is designed to protect drivers from attacks by passeng...
