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 …
Stories from the arts, culture and music scene across Europe
Stories about books and magazines from and about Europe
Nostalgia and history stories from around Europe
Leisure and travel stories from around Europe
Science, nature and technology stories from across Europe
The Irish presidency of the European Council in Brussels today nominated Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as it’s chosen President of the European Commission succeeding the outgoing President, Romano Prodi.
At Valencia, Spain an art restoration team with the help of some pigeons have re-discovered a 15th century fresco that had been covered up for more than 300 years.
The team had been working on the …
Pop star David Bowie decided to cut short a concert in Prague he was giving, after informing the audience that he had nerve problem in his shoulder.
He had started singing late and then after …
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12th June 2004 – Group A
Portugal 1-2 Greece
Spain 1-0 Russia 13th June 2004 – Group B
Switzerland 0-0 Croatia
France 2-1 England
4th June 2004 – Group C
Denmark 0-0 Italy
Sweden 5-0 Bulgaria 15th June 2004 …
Since opening in the US, the iTunes music store has revolutionised the way digital music is sold on the Internet.
After persuading the big record companies and a number of independent ones to climb onboard …
16th May 2004 – A new translation of the Koran in Russian (translated from Arabic) has been released in Moscow. The official presentation of the new edition took place today, reports RIA “Novosti”.
“The translation was …
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 Looking at people and places long gone allows us some degree of historical reference to the events and news which we read and hear about …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.