Category: Europe
Yodelling offends praying Muslims, say judges
An Austrian has been fined for yodelling while mowing his lawn, according to a report.
The Kronen Zeitung newspaper claims Helmut G. was told by a court in Graz, Styria, that his yodelling offended his next-door Muslim neighbours.
Swiss voters back expulsion of foreign criminals
Swiss voters have backed a referendum proposal for the automatic expulsion of non-Swiss citizens for certain crimes.
Nation states are dead: EU chief says the belief that countries can stand alone is a ‘lie and an illusion’
The age of the nation state is over and the idea that countries can stand alone is an ‘illusion’ and a ‘lie’, the EU president believes.
Mr Van Rompuy’s speech in the German capital told his audience that ‘the time of the homogenous nation state is over’.
Let them eat cheese: anger as Ireland plans handouts of cheddar to the poor
The country may be a few heartbeats away from intervention by the International Monetary Fund but today the Irish government had a novel message for the public: let them eat cheese.
Is a federal Nordic state on the cards?
Ever since the Kalmar Union of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden – reaching to Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney – collapsed in 1523, the idea of reinstating some sort of a supra-national Nordic state regularly crops up.
Swiss immigrants face instant expulsion if they commit ANY crime under proposed get-tough law
Switzerland is poised to vote on a controversial law that will allow for all immigrants – EU citizens included – to be automatically expelled from the country if they commit a crime.
Switzerland is poised to vote on a controversial law that will allow for all immigrants – EU citizens included – to be automatically expelled from the country if they commit a crime.
Workers ‘dismay’ as Twinings pockets €12m EU fund for new Polish site
Twinings workers are “genuinely dismayed” by news that the firm has signed a contract to recieve €12m of EU funding for a new Polish site that will see UK jobs slashed.
Merkel says German multicultural society has failed
Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have “utterly failed”, Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
Acropolis shut down in Greek protests
Athens riot police clashed with protesting workers barricading the Acropolis today, using teargas to clear the entrance to Greece’s most famous ancient site.
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Mapping Ancient Germania – Berlin Researchers Crack the Ptolemy Code
A 2nd century map of Germania by the scholar Ptolemy has always stumped scholars, who were unable to relate the places depicted to known settlements. Now a team of researchers have cracked the code, revealing that half of Germany’s cities are 1,000 years older than previously thought.
Iceland’s politicians forced to flee from angry protesters
Protesters took to the streets of Reykjavik today, forcing MPs to run away from the people they represent as renewed anger about the impact of the financial crisis erupted in Iceland.
First World War officially ends on Sunday
The First World War will officially end on Sunday when Germany pays off the last of the enormous debt which was set by the Allies 92 years ago.
French Senate passes ban on full Muslim veils
The French Senate has passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a measure that affects less than 2,000 women but that has been widely seen as a symbolic defense of French values.
