Jersey News
New duty free for Jersey airport.
Jersey airport has introduced a new layout in its departures section. The once-spacious check-in lounge has been cut in half to allow for an enlarged duty-free shopping area. Passengers will now have...
Vienna News
Friday night skating in Vienna.
From 18 May till the end of September hundreds of skating enthusiasts meet every Friday at 22.00 at the Heldenplatz for a night-skating event on the streets of Vienna. Traffic is redirected for the du...
Paris News
New bus route for Paris Rive Gauche and Bercy.
The eastern districts of Paris are now served by a new bus line, the 64, which links the 12e, 13e and 20e arrondissements. Complementing the service currently offered by the newly modified lines 26 an...
London News
31 life-sized statues cast from the body of sculptor Anthony Gormley have been erected on top of buildings and walkways around central London to promote his exhibition
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen world’s first Bike City.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has officially named the Danish capital the world
Madrid News
Fiesta di San Isidro in Madrid.
15 May is the feast day of St Isidro, the patron saint of Madrid, and the city is marking the occasion with a week-long programme of music, dance and performance. Traditional delicacies such as bitter...
Dublin News
First baby elephant born in Dublin Zoo.
The Asian elephant Bernhardine at the Dublin Zoo in Phoenix Park has given birth to a baby weighing 80kg. The young elephant, who was already walking ten minutes after her birth at 02.30 on 10 May, wi...
Berlin News
Berlin opens playground for adults.
Inspired by health and fitness parks in Beijing, Berlin has opened Germany
Amsterdam News
Amstelhof to become Hermitage Museum Amsterdam.
The Amstelhof is to close on 14 May for a complete makeover before reopening as the new Hermitage Museum Amsterdam in 2009. The renovation represents the second phase of a project to transform the for...
Paris News
Nicolas Sarkozy elected president.
Nicolas Sarkozy is to be the next president of France. The conservative candidate, a former lawyer, won on the second round with 53 per cent of the vote. His opponent, socialist S
Jersey News
Jersey celebrates Liberation Day.
The island of Jersey celebrates the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of the Channel Islands from the German occupation on 9 May.
Liberation Day, which is a holiday, is marked each year by a parade...
Jersey News
Jersey has a new brand logo that will be used to market the island
Jersey News
A one-mile-wide UFO has been sighted by two airline pilots near the Channel Island of Alderney.
One of the pilots, employed by the Channel Island airline of Aurigny, spotted a bright yellow light te...
Jersey News
From 1 May until 30 September all dog owners exercising their pets to the beach must make sure that they are on a lead. The summer-time ruling, which comes into force every year, coincides with the re...
Madrid News
Roughly 14.9 percent of Madrid residents live in relative poverty according to a report on living standards in the Spanish capital published by the trade union Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO). The
Jersey News
There were 243 reported cases of domestic violence in Jersey in 2006, an increase of 30 per cent compared with the previous year. 26 per cent of all violent assault in the island in 2006 was domestic...
Amsterdam News
Queen’s birthday celebrations in Amsterdam.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected in Amsterdam for the traditional Koninginnedag or Queensday holiday festivities marking the birthday of Queen Juliana, mother of the reigning Dutch monarch...
Barcelona News
Work starts on Barcelona Marine Zoo.
Construction work has begun on the first phase of the Barcelona Marine Zoo, which is to be built on land reclaimed from the sea next to the Parc F
Brussels News
Brussels gets first Cycle Point.
A one-stop bicycle hire and repair facility has been inaugurated outside Brussels North railway station as part of a planned network of eight Cycle Points in the Belgian capital. The facility is the f...
London News
Nelson Mandela statue for Parliament Square.
A nine-foot sculpture of South African statesman Nelson Mandela is to be placed facing the British Parliament buildings in Parliament Square. Commissioned on behalf of the Mandela Statue Fund by South...
Copenhagen News
Protest over anti-smoking laws.
Roughly 10,000 people took to the streets of Copenhagen on 19 April in protest against tough new anti-smoking legislation in the country. They also presented a 61,000-signature petition to politicians...
Berlin News
Former Communist headquarters to become exclusive Berlin club.
A British investor has bought the Bauhaus-designed
Dublin News
Pearse letter donated to state.
A letter written by Irish patriot Patrick Pearse on the eve of his execution, was bought anonymously the day before it was due to be sold at the
Jersey News
A proposed law could allow officers of the Environment and Planning Department to order the cutting of high hedges that block sunlight from neighbours
