Tag: Europe
Macron says pension reform plan will be carried out in defensive...
Despite widespread strikes that have crippled French transportation for much of December, Emmanuel Macron was defiant, stating that his pension reform plan would be...
European capitals of culture 2020: Galway and Rijeka prepare for a...
Two European cities will share the spotlight as 2020's capitals of culture. Galway, Ireland and Rijeka, Croatia will host cultural events as...
10 Events that changed Europe in the last decade
Daphne Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist, was murdered in 2017 and two years on the scandal has seen three senior cabinet ministers stand down...
UK government accidentally publishes addresses of new year honours recipients
The UK government accidentally published the addresses of recipients of the 2020 New Year's honours. The list included addresses of performers, politicians, scholars, doctors,...
Unesco kicks Belgian festival off culture list for anti-Semitism
A famous Belgian carnival has been struck off Unesco’s cultural heritage list after complaints of blatant anti-Semitism, including a float depicting Jews with hooked...
Matteo Salvini wades into culture wars as populist is chased around...
It was a classic piece of showmanship. On a chilly night in Ravenna, a town in northern Italy renowned for its Byzantine mosaics, Matteo...
Venetians shun poll on whether to break away from mainland
Venetians have shunned en masse the fifth vote in 40 years on whether to choose autonomy from the mainland city of Mestre, which would...
The economy is sluggish but the market pays 4pc – why...
Trade wars are threatening to batter exports, Germany is teetering dangerously close to recession and the economy across the region is slowing – Europe...
Fury in Malta after prime minister delays his resignation until January...
The family of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have lodged an official request for the prime minister to be investigated by police over his links...
France pays tribute to 13 soldiers who died in helicopter crash...
Emmanuel Macron has paid national tribute to 13 soldiers killed in Mali in a helicopter accident while fighting jihadist insurgents, sparking debate over the country’s...
