This wonderfully rich and well researched story telling has been a pleasure to listen to recently.
There are a lot of unfamiliar names for people and places but if you let yourself go with the flow …
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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.
We’re firm fans of old photos here at EL Towers. Looking at people and places long gone allows us some degree of historical reference to the events and news which we read and hear about …
We’ve been long time fans of Robert Service’s work here at EL and the latest in a trilogy of biographies is about to hit the shelf. Trotsky has been a few years in he making following on from the excellent Lenin and Stalin books, each having a 4 year gap between them.
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.
I know, another set of photos from the former Soviet Union!
However when they’re this good it’s hard to put them away and these came across the desk here with some delightful smiles.
1985 was, in many …
There’s not much to love about the mystique of train travel across unknown lands, soaking in the atmosphere, enjoying conversation with new people and sharing a meal while watching the countryside zip by.
On 10 April 2010 on the way to commemoration ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre the President of the Republic of Poland Mr Lech Kaczynski, the First Lady Mrs Maria Kaczynska, members …
There’s nothing quite like a good soup. In the summer it’s a great quick food, in the winter the comfort quality cannot be written down.
Cases of the H5 type of the avian flu have been discovered in Romanian and Ukrainian fowl. Romania has banned hunting in parts of the country and Ukrainian troops have moved from house to house in villages rounding up chickens, ducks and geese for a mass cull.