Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts

Monday, 26 January 2015


Looking at Slovenia’s Soča Valley today, with its aquamarine river rapids, waterfalls gently tumbling down steep cliffs and dense, overgrown emerald forests, I had a hard time imagining that the area once resembled the barren and grey Soča Valley of Ernest Hemingway's novel, A Farewell to Arms:

Sunday, 25 January 2015


A series of rocket attacks has left 30 people dead and many more injured in the city of Mariupol in east Ukraine.

Saturday, 24 January 2015


France’s top legal body ruled Friday that stripping a binational convicted jihadist of his French nationality was lawful, after his lawyer challenged the move just as the country ups its fight against extremism.

Friday, 23 January 2015


The leader of Greek left-wing party Syriza says an end to "national humiliation" is near, as opinion polls put the party ahead three days before the general election.

Thursday, 22 January 2015


The head of Germany's "anti-Islamisation" movement Pegida has quit after disparaging anti-refugee comments and a photo showing him apparently posing as Hitler emerged.

Wednesday, 21 January 2015



 Pope Francis’s advice to Catholics that they need not feel an obligation to breed “like rabbits” has drawn the ire of people who know a thing or two about the subject – rabbit breeders.

An association of breeders in Germany says that contrary to popular opinion, rabbits do not have a rampant sex drive and that the Pope should have chosen his words more carefully.