The public holiday which celebrated the 1917 Bolshevik coup was yesterday scrapped in Russia and replaced by new public holidays

30th December 2004 – Between 12th and 13th of February at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin, a restored edition of the film Battleship Potemkin will be shown for the first time with a live …

The Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the UN’s Kyoto treaty on climate change on 5th November, one week after his compliant Duma voted to ratify the agreement.
The treaty had been previously held up legally …

On Friday 29th October, the heads of state from the 25 members of the European Union met in Rome to sign the Constitutional Treaty. Despite its misinterpretations in the more sceptical press in Europe, the treaty for bad or worse has been signed.

Hungry has become the second state of the EU to approve the new EU constitution after Lithuania
Like Lithuania the treaty was approved by parliament and not national referundum. The Hungarian parliament ratified the …

In the Czech Republic two farmers have come up with a unique way to overcome EU regualtions that they say are threatening their livelihood.
Petr Hajek and Pavel Stepanek are from the southern Bohemia region …

At the Dutch city of Cheveningen EU officials have agreed to look at how ‘euro’ is being spelt in the new states which joined the Union after central bankers noted several discrepancies.

Giant waves occur more frequently than it was previously believed. The MaxWave project of the European Union has brought unbelievable results. The project has made it possible to find and photograph a large quantity of so-called monster waves.

This summer Riga has something loud to shout about. Europeadeis one of the largest international folk festivals in Europe celebrating traditional diversity in European culture and will be opening it’s doors in the Latvian …

According to the Association of German Banks (BDB) in Berlin, Germans have ammassed almost €4 billion in savings through last year, the highest level in recorded history.

15th July 2004 – American Internet search engine company Google has won the rights to the Norwegian domain “google.no” from a local company, SMSFUN AS, which was using it to sell sunglasses.
An earlier court …

With the patronage of the German Minister of State for Culture, Christina Weiss, the Foundation of Prussian Palaces and Gardens is showing it’s biggest exhibition this year at Schloss Glienicke from the 18th of July …