Tag Archives: Europes

Pablo González during a previous trip to Ukraine. Credit: Juan Teixeira/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (nabarniz, spain) Thursday, January 19, 2023 Inter Press Service NABARNIZ, Spain, Jan 19 (IPS) – It’s 23 hours a day in a cell without natural light and just one to walk around in a 7×4-metre courtyard. For …

Lionel Messi is now level with Cristiano Ronaldo in goals scored in Europe’s top five league after notching his 696th strike.    The Argentinian superstar scored the second for PSG in his side’s 2-0 win over Angers on Wednesday night, January 11.     Ronaldo has a two-year deal with the Saudi Arabian side and currently leads …

Don’t Gas Africa protest during COP27. Credit: Don’t Gas Africa by Paul Virgo (rome) Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Dec 14 (IPS) – One of the knock-on effects of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is that European countries have embarked on a ‘dash for gas’ to find alternatives to …

Velika Planina, Slovenia With their cone-shaped, wood-tiled roofs that reach almost to the snowy ground of their little fenced gardens, these pretty cabins, scattered across a high plain at Velika Planina, have a cute appearance that belies tough-nut origins. These were the traditional huts of one of Europe’s largest herder …

Zrinjevac Park, Zagreb Zrinjevac Park in Zagreb becomes a Christmas wonderland, with lanterns lighting up the avenues of trees and a pretty market with wooden huts selling gifts made by local artists, and festive food and drink (try baked štrukli, pastries with soft cheese). Festivities take place across the whole …

Manchester City was on an incredible winning streak before their 2-0 loss to fierce rivals Manchester United; they had won 21 straight games across all competitions. Winning streaks are rare, but how impressive are the Citizens when compared to some of the other teams that have recently amassed lengthy streaks …

Archaeologists have been delighted by the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle dubbed the ‘Spanish Stonehenge’. Weeks of baking heat and drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures – and some deadly hazards. In Spain, archaeologists have …

It’s 2003 and my boyfriend and I are hovering nervously at a hotel reception in Woodbridge, Suffolk. We can sense the frosty contempt of the fiftysomething male at the desk when we ask for a double, not a twin room. After we check in, we’re both tetchy: I’m annoyed at …

Al Jazeera interviews Ana Revenco, interior minister, amid rising fears that Moldova could be drawn into the Ukraine war. Amid fears that Moldova could be drawn into the Ukraine war, Ana Revenco, Moldova’s interior minister, has told Al Jazeera that Europe needs a “paradigm shift” in its security policies. Neither …

Europe’s once surging movement of nationalist populists suffered a significant setback in Slovenia on Sunday, in the formerly communist east, on the same day French voters rejected the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in their presidential election. In parliamentary elections in Slovenia, a noteworthy test for the appeal of right-wing …