Greetings, citizens. Europe has its very own measles outbreak now, isn’t that nice? Not. More about that later.
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News in Europe: Measles
Tag: Ukraine
Greetings, citizens. Things are heating up again in Ukraine, and everyone and their dog are busy wondering why.
The Eurovision will be a bit more awesome this year, because Australia will send a participant. We’re all Europe now!
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News in Europe: The Grexit Threat
This week in Europe, all eyes are on Greece and its new government.
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News in Europe: Good News for Men
I know! Not fair. (But hey, it’s good news for some women, just not me.)
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News in Europe: Camel Wrestling?
Yes. There will be something about camel wrestling later, but let’s have some news first.
The news this week has mostly been about the fall-out from the Charlie Hebdo attacks. It’s not often you get such a clear picture of the state of the world just by looking at the news headlines.
Citizens, there’s a ghost haunting the corridors of Westminster. A demented, racist ghost with delusions of grandeur.
Greetings, citizens. What noise does a goat make? We’ll get to that later.
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All Shook Up in Ukraine
In 2006, which feels like a million years ago, I went to Ukraine for a weekend. It was an eventful two days, and I’ve just come across the pictures on a photo disc (that’s how old-fashioned we’re talking about here), so let me tell you all about it.
Greetings, citizens. This week, we’ve got some bits and bobs from the non-mainstream media, and for those interested in EU matters, it’s fascinating stuff.
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News in Europe: Russia Edition
Welcome to another news roundup, this week with mainly Russian news. It’s weird, sad, scary and also occasionally wonderful.
Greetings! Here’s some Ebola-free news for you all.
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News in Europe: Referendum Day!
Greetings, citizens. It’s Scottish referendum day! History in the making! I’m firmly in the let’s-wait-and-see camp, so go follow the news broadcaster of your choice and meet me here next week to discuss the results.
Welcome, citizens, to a week that has one crisis smouldering and another looming. And the Scottish referendum isn’t even happening until next week.