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• Man Utd Seal Their 20th Title Victory

  // Last Monday was a glorious day for Manchester United fans everywhere. Fans didn’t have long to wait for the excitement to start after the kick-off. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Housing in Spain: Mortgaged to the Hilt

  SPANIARDS used to complain that housing cost too much. Now they fret that, with unemployment at 26% and incomes tumbling, they can no longer afford it at any... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Serbia and Kosovo: Balkan Breakthrough

  

  THE deal struck between Serbia and Kosovo on April 19th was nothing short of historic. It was a big success for Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Italy’s New Leaders: Letta in Post

  

  IT IS the most famous quote in modern Italian literature, because it captures so well the cynicism and conservatism of modern Italian politics. “If we want... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Human Rights Watchdog Criticised for Hungary Analysis

  

  // The president of a EU-wide network against homelessness has slammed Europe’s human rights watchdog for its recent analysis of Hungary’s constitutional... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Won’t Somebody Think Of The Hipsters???

  

  So a few million people (exact numbers aren’t known yet as TV figures haven’t been released and Broadchurch was on one of the nights) tuned in over Tuesday and... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Real Madrid’s Forgotten Academy

  

  Everyone in the world has heard about ‘La Masia’, Barcelona’s youth academy which year after year produces exceptional talent and has housed superstars such as... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 SPORTS

• Justice in Russia: The Navalny Affair

  

  The Navalny circus hits Kirov KIROV, a town 900km (560 miles) east of Moscow, is not known for its attractions. It was the place of exile for a 19th-century... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Have Recent Managerial Dismissals Been Fair?

  

  // In the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of debate about unfair managerial dismissals, and with good reason.Brian McDermott, despite steering Reading from... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• [Interview] Sweden: Who Needs Nato, When You Have the Lisbon Treaty?

  

  // Swedish defence minister Karin Enstrom has said her country is not in Nato partly because the EU treaty contains its own security guarantee. News from... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• European Lower League Week – Los Submarinos Amarillos Bajo El Arco Iris

  

  // France A big weekend for the top two as Monaco Nantes both enjoyed comfortable away wins whilst the rest of the top 10 all failed to gain maximum points. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Latvia and the Euro: Baltic Ambition

  

  VALDIS DOMBROVSKIS is undeterred. In spite of Cyprus, Slovenia and the continuing euro crisis, the prime minister of Latvia wants his country to join the... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Has Failure To Learn Cost Man City A Chance At Dominance?

  

  The big spending club from the north-west did it. On a dramatic last day of the season, full of twists and turns, they finally held on to clinch a historic... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lower League Week – The Confirmation of Relegation Edition

  

  // Portsmouth’s Take Over is a Positive… For The Most PartIn a court case scheduled for last Wednesday, the Pompey Supporters’ Trust and their ‘high net worth’... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Portugal’s Budget: Constitutional Difficulties

  A WEEK ago Pedro Passos Coelho, Portugal’s centre-right prime minister, faced the unpopular task of cutting public spending by €4 billion ($ 5 billion) over... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• MEPs Confirm Bank Bonus Cap

  

  // Bank bonuses in the EU will be capped from 2015, as part of banking sector reforms backed by MEPs on Tuesday. Related Stories [Analysis] Why is Austria so... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Germany and the Euro: Don’t Make Us Führer

  

  HITLER moustaches and swastikas defiling pictures of Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, have become a recurring motif in the iconography of the euro crisis,... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Slovenia and the Euro: The Next Domino?

  

  AS A political newcomer Alenka Bratusek has been thrown in at the deep end. A deputy for a year and prime minister for just three weeks, fate has dumped the... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• European Lower League Week – Grosseto Andrà Giù

  

  // France None of the top four managed a win this weekend as Angers threw their hat into the promotion ring with a fine victory in the Loire derby. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlemagne: Euro Wobbles

  

  A NEW month, a new crisis. In February Italy’s voters rebelled against their political class and European austerity. In March Cypriot depositors took to the... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL