‘Europe’ Archives
When a doggie paddle can save a life »
AP - They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy's popular beaches. For these canine lifeguards, the doggie paddle does just fine. Hundreds of specially trained dogs from Italy's corps of canine lifeguards are deployed each summer to help swimmers in need of rescue. These [...]
Every ash cloud has a silver lining »
By Anthony Page - Ryanair, the 'no-frills whatsoever' airline has seen it's profits fall by 24% this quarter and is blaming the ash cloud that ground European airspace to a halt. The airline has not blamed any of its current or alleged predicted policies such as charging for luggage, charging for checking in, charging to use the toilet, making [...]
Cleaning up a country! »
For Slovenia, April 17, 2010 was marked by a massive national cleaning action, in which the participants cleaned several illegal dumping sites and picked up scattered litter across the country. A group of young people, inspired by a similar action in Estonia in 2008, promoted the idea of cleaning up the entire country - in one day! The idea was [...]
German Fashion Magazine Dumps Skinny Models »
Chanel and Fendi head fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was recently quoted as saying that curvy women have no place on the catwalk, but Germany’s highest-circulation women’s magazine Brigitte says it will stop working with professional ultra-skinny models in favor of ‘real women’ with curves. Brigitte, said last week it would only [...]
Happy Germans mark fall of Berlin Wall »
Happy and joyful Germans on Monday relived the spontaneous breaching of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, as aging Cold War luminaries returned to the once-divided city to celebrate the peaceful outcome of Eastern Europe’s revolution for freedom. Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, and Lech Walesa, founder of Poland’s liberty-seeking [...]
Archaeologists Find Ancient Roman Shipwrecks »
Off the coast of Ventotene in the Mediterranean Archaeologists have found 5 Ancient Roman Shipwrecks which have been found. The ships themselves are between 1,600 and 1,900 years old. The wreckage and their contents have been discovered in grand condition. They established that the ships never actually capsized. The wrecks were in much [...]
British soldier completes marathon on crutches »
A British soldier, who lost his legs in a rocket attack in Iraq last year, completed the London marathon after walking on crutches for two weeks. Major Phil Packer was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers as he touched the finishing line on Saturday. "There are others who are coming back injured (from Iraq and Afghanistan) and my thoughts are [...]
UK heading for Mediterranean-style summer »
Widespread reports in the press are suggesting that the next few summers in the UK will be some of the longest, hottest and sunniest on record. This is mainly attributed to the harsh winter and the oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon known as El Niño which occurs in the Pacific Ocean. The pattern of El Nino is suggesting that Britain and [...]
