Berlin News
Security guards for Berlin schools.
The Neukoelln district council will be paying guards to take immediate action should trouble break out in any of its 76 schools following a dramatic rise in school violence. The move comes in response...
Amsterdam News
Youth hostel chain inaugurates new centre in Amsterdam.
The Stayokay youth hostel chain, which runs 30 hostels in the Netherlands, has opened its third Amsterdam hostel in a quiet neighbourhood to the east of the city centre. To celebrate the opening, the...
Berlin News
Citizens defend Berlin canal trees.
Berlin citizens are opposing plans to chop down 200 of the big horse-chestnuts, plane trees, poplars and weeping willows that line the banks of the Landswehrkanal in the Kreuzberg district, which the...
Barcelona News
Barcelona employs extra staff to deal with tourists.
Turisme de Barcelona has taken on more staff to help answer visitors
Brussels News
High-speed Eurostar for London-Brussels.
The first Eurostar High Speed 1 trains are due to travel on the new London St Pancras-Brussels or Paris routes on 14 November. Leaving from the new St Pancras International rail terminal in central Lo...
Brussels News
English second language in Brussels.
A study by the University of Louvain has revealed that English is now the second language after French in Brussels and Wallonia, taking the place of Dutch. French remains the second language after Dut...
Oxford News
The Oxford city council's strategic development control committee has approved the construction of a
Paris News
Children in Paris: Garden reopens.
Le Jardin des Enfants aux Halles at 105 rue Rambuteau in the centre of Paris has reopened to children aged 7-11 years following months of renovation work. Designed by internationally renowned French a...
Amsterdam News
Cycling in Amsterdam: Amsterdam world’s most bike-friendly city.
The Dutch capital has emerged as the world
Jersey News
Mobile number portability delayed.
Mobile phone users will not be able to shift their telephone numbers from one mobile operator to another in Jersey by February as was originally hoped. Out-of-court negotiations between the main mobil...
Dublin News
Just over 100 people are sleeping rough in Dublin City compared with 185 in 2005, local charity the Homeless Agency has said. However, according to the agency's latest audit of emergency accommodation...
Berlin News
Following a ground-breaking ceremony in the presence of Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowerweit, construction work has started at the Great Berlin Wheel on the western edge of Tiergarten Park. Rising 50m highe...
Jersey News
The number of people suffering from HIV doubled in Jersey in 2006.
According to a report released by ACET (Aids Care Education and Training) at the beginning of December there were 60 known cases in...
Jersey News
Economc and cultural links with Brittany will be strengthened with the signing of an accord between Jersey and the adjacent French region of Ille-et-Villaine in Brittany, according to Jersey
Oxford News
Carol services, Christmas markets and a charity ice hockey match are among the events on offer in Oxford during this year's festive season.
The Museum of Oxford is hosting a Tudor Christmas exhibiti...
Amsterdam News
Amsterdam prisoners to sublet homes.
A little-known Amsterdam council regulation allowing prisoners to sublet their rented property for up to a year while serving out their jail term is being promoted by the
Brussels News
Brussels transport fares going up.
Tram, bus and metro fares in the Belgian capital go up as of 1 February 2008, although prices for the Noctis night bus service and the Brussels-Zaventem airport link will remain unvaried. Single
Paris News
Paris elelctions: Voting at Paris municipal elections.
European residents in the French capital have the right to vote in next year's council elections provided they have their name down on the electoral roll by 31 December 2007. To enroll, residents need...
Jersey News
Jersey transport: Easyjet to Jersey
Easyjet will start flying to Jersey next year. The budget airline will begin daily scheduled services to Liverpool and London/Luton in the spring. The Liverpool route will start on 31 March and Luton...
Jersey News
Jersey real estate: Housing prices moving up.
Unlike the rest of the British Isles and the United States, house prices in Jersey show no sign of relenting after its highest rise for almost ten years. The value of two-, three,- and four-bedroomed...
Jersey News
Jersey development: St Helier waterfront plans.
Dramatic plans for a city-style 15-block financial district that would raise
Paris News
Over 20 police officers have been injured and property destroyed during rioting in two Paris suburbs on the night of 25 November. Clashes broke out in Villiers-le-Bel and Arnouville, about 20 km north...
Jersey News
Jersey social services: Gay adoption for Jersey.
Two gay men have become the first same-sex couple in Jersey to be approved to adopt children.
Fostering and Adoption Jersey, which recruits, assesses and supports carers, said that the couple had gre...
Paris News
Paris commuters face ongoing difficulties as the transport strike that has paralysed France enters its second week. Railway workers downed their tools indefinitely on 13 November in protest against pr...
