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• French Public Opinion: Morosity Rules

  

  TOGETHER, France and Germany are the founding fathers of the European Union and the euro zone’s two biggest economies. But in the past few years, their... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Turkey and Syria: An Explosive Border

  

  “ERDOGAN had better not set foot here, it’s all his fault, government resign,” shouted Yusuf, a teenager standing near a mourning tent in Reyhanli, where twin... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] EU Leaders Discuss Energy and Tax Next WEEK

  

  // Energy and tax policy are on next WEEK’s agenda as European leaders gather in Brussels to discuss the issues at the EU summit on Wednesday. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Car Hire Reus Airport

  If you are travelling to Catalonia, many people end up going to Reus Airport which is just seven kilometres from Tarragona in the province of Catalonia. to... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: What is the Alternative?

  

  WHEN a German newspaper in January headlined the success of populists across Europe and their absence in Germany, Frauke Petry thought: “We are here, but... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Importance Of Michael Carrick To Manchester United

  

  // Michael Carrick has excelled in the centre of Manchester United’s midfield this season, becoming a key figure in their title charge. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Education and the French Mindset: Bangalore-sur-Seine?

  

  Is 42 the answer to France’s prayers? WHEN French entrepreneurs decided in March to launch a swanky new school for software developers, they thought they were o... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Man In The Middle

  

  // The referee is seen as a hero one minute in the game, then a villain in the next – that’s just the way it goes. I personally believe that referees have one o... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 SPORTS

• Georgia’s Government: Caucasian Circles

  

  SEVEN months after the general election in Georgia, its protagonists are still campaigning against each other. President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose party lost... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Euro Lower League Week – Monaco Bouteille à Nouveau, Cambuur Wint De Competitie

  

  France Both of the top two slipped up at home last weekend as the chasing pack close in with just three games remaining. Monaco still lead Ligue 2 with 67... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: Enter Herr Präsident Schulz

  

  AT THE “Parlamentarium”, the snazzy visitors’ centre of the European Parliament in Brussels, an exhibit displays video messages and objects left by leading MEPs... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lithuanian President Dubbed ‘extraordinary European’

  

  // Lithuanian President Grybauskaite has been awarded the Charlemagne Prize for her “outstanding” merits in European politics, just as her country prepares to... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Olaf Leak Questions Legal Basis of Dalli Probe

  

  // A leaked report on the EU’s anti-fraud office questions the legal basis of its ‘Dalligate’ investigation. News from EUobserver. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• France and Germany: A Tandem in Trouble

  

  IT HAS been at the core of the European project ever since its inception in the early 1950s. Even so the Franco-German relationship has worked largely by... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 DEBATE, DESTINATIONS, POLITICS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• AFC Ajax – The Academy Everyone Aspires To Have

  

  “You need both quality and results. Results without quality is boring; quality without results is meaningless.” – Johan Cruyff Everyone involved in football... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• El Celler De Can Roca Named World’s Best Restaurant

  

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  Posted on 05 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] Talking About Monetary Union and Cyprus This WEEK

  

  // Senior EU politicians will gather for a conference in Brussels Tuesday on how to reach economic and monetary union amid strong divisions between member state... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• ‘Over Optimistic’ France Needs Two More Years to Correct Deficit

  

  // France has moved centre stage in the crisis, after the EU commission said it would fall into recession in 2013 and needs two more years to bring down its... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lower League Week – Jimmy Glass Day Edition

  

  Brentford v Doncaster With one game of the season remaining, Brentford hosted Doncaster Rovers, needing to win to move above them into the second automatic... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 SPORTS

• Competition Time – Win A Magazine Subscription!

  // Yes, it’s time to win stuff courtesy of our friends at Zinio!Zinio are celebrating the Champions League semi-finals and have given us a cracking prize to giv... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL