CNN’s Phil Black heads to a portion of the border between Ukraine and Russia, but can’t find any sign of the Russian army. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhr5kT0bRSY
This is why Scotland belongs in the Nordic region (sorry, David Bowie…)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/118353934830681553476/posts/5vhrV7ZNZ3p
Moldovans debate the benefits of EU integration
Moldova, like Georgia and Ukraine, is a former Soviet republic looking for membership of the European Union. It is currently negotiating an Association Agreement which, once finalised, will bring it in line […]
Hungary goes to the polls
Most analysts are predicting another victory for Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a post he also held from 1998 to 2002. Orbán leads Fidesz, a national conservative party; in the 2010 elections, the […]
Compare the current air quality in different European cities
This application lets you see the air quality in different cities for a recent hour, for yesterday and for the past year.
Drama in the Belgian parliament over the expenses of the Obama visit in Brussels
Belgian Parliament meeting was suspended after independent MP Laurent Louis called Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo pedophile and accused him of preferring young boys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvv9GGOXVI
EU spent €10 million to protect Barack Obama during a brief visit in Europe; In Greece, school children are dependent on NGO’s for breakfast
Greece’s economy has shrunk by a quarter in the past four years – and relentless spending cuts have left their mark on the most vulnerable in society. Many unemployed parents now have […]
Ukraine wouldn’t be as much a crisis if Europe had adopted green energy faster
By Sonja van Renssen Decisions on a new European climate and energy policy for 2030 are relegated to autumn as heads of state are caught up in the Ukraine crisis. At their […]
Are the Shetland Islands to be handed back to Denmark? [Satire]
By Ilaf Maheedaf AN INDEPENDENT Scotland will have to hand back Shetland and Orkney according to Denmark’s British Ambassador. In partnership with Norway’s King Harald V, the Danish regent Queen Margrethe II […]
Like Venice, Sardinia also wants to be independent from Italy – who’s next?
The island of Sardinia plans to hold an online referendum on independence from Italy, following in the footsteps of country’s northeastern Veneto region, where a similar vote revealed high separatist moods. Over […]