Paris News
In typically Parisian style, the prestigious museum and gallery that is the Grand Palais on Paris
Brussels News
Lighting for Brussels-Charleroi locks.
In a bid to integrate the port of Brussels and the nearby city, the council has announced that it is to spend between three and eight million euros lighting up the locks of the Brussels-Charleroi cana...
Amsterdam News
After twists and turns worthy of a Hollywood movie, the 17th-century Dutch masterpiece, The Bend in the Herengracht near the Nieuwe Spielgelstraat in Amsterdam, by Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde, is now...
Dublin News
Irish show more support for Lisbon Treaty
The Irish government will be relieved to hear that support for the Lisbon Treaty is beginning to consolidate, as numbers intending to vote yes in the referendum later this year continue to grow.
In...
London News
London Olympic Village goes public
UK Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has announced that London
Oxford News
Thanks to an 18th-century British law, new owners of the historic Swinford toll bridge across the River Thames, which is used as a route into Oxford city centre during rush hour periods, can enjoy a t...
London News
London's pederstrians in danger
Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport spokesperson, has revealed that one in five of London
Berlin News
The Mauerweg, a memorial path opened in 2007 that follows what was the Berlin Wall along the former borders of east and west Berlin, has become a hot potato between residents of the upmarket Berlin su...
Dublin News
For the first time since the foundation of the state, Dublin will have a directly elected mayor by 2011, with similar powers to those of the mayor of London. Announcing the news, minister for the envi...
Vienna News
Vienna has the best standard of living in the world, according to the Mercer 2009 Quality of Living Survey, released on 28 April, which analyses 215 cities worldwide.
Up from second place in 2008, Vi...
Dublin News
National Gallery Purchases Orpen Painting
The National Gallery of Ireland has acquired a magnificent portrait by Sir William Orpen, of the famous Irish tenor Count John McCormack. Bought in London at Christie's, the gallery paid
Jersey News
Chef Shaun Rankin of the Michelin-starred St Helier restaurant, Bohemia, is through to the finals of the television programme "Great British Menu" after winning the south-west regional heat last week....
Amsterdam News
Amsterdam city council has announced new measures, in force from 1 June, to tackle ongoing problems with licensed taxi drivers at Amsterdam
Dublin News
Queues for Affordable Housing in the Docklands
In scenes not witnessed since the height of Dublin's property boom, hundreds of people have been queuing for days in the hope of buying a home. About 800 people, all of them candidates for affordable...
Dublin News
A move by Tesco, the largest retail chain in the republic, to reduce 12,500 prices in 11 of its stores along the border with Northern Ireland has prompted an all-out supermarket price war.
The strag...
Dublin News
Dublin-based charity, Trust, has reported that Irish homeless people now outnumber non-Irish homeless people presenting every morning for hot showers and medical services. This change in ratio is in s...
Paris News
Paris is the latest city to join the current anti-discrimination campaign launched by the Council of Europe, whose aim among its 47 member states is to protect human rights and promote racial harmony....
Paris News
Paris public tranport expansion
President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced what will be the biggest investment in Paris
Jersey News
Checks for swine flu prove negative
There have been seven suspected cases of the influenza A-H1N1 in Jersey but all have now been confirmed negative.
The island's health authorities have assured islanders that there is enough stockpil...
Jersey News
Jersey celebrates Liberation Day 2009
A ministerial order is likely to be issued to declare next weekend an island-wide festival so shops do not have to lose two days trading.
Angry retailers faced having to shut for two days unless they...
Madrid News
Visitors and inhabitants of Madrid can now access information about Madrid
Jersey News
There have been seven suspected cases of swine flu in Jersey
