Berlin News
Berlin’s contemporary arts festival celebrates 25 years
The alternative media arts festival Transmedial runs in Berlin until 5 February. This year is the 25th anniversary of the contemporary arts event and is celebrated with art works, installations, video...
Paris News
French railways tightens ticket checks
French railways (SNCF) are introducing a test scheme to tighten up security on trains. Inspectors on the Paris-Rennes TGV trains will now ask passengers for their tickets at the doors of the trains ra...
Brussels News
The weekend of 4-5 February is bird counting day in Belgium. Everyone is asked to note the number of different birds for at least half an hour on those days and then send the results to Natuurpunt or...
Berlin News
Deutsche Bahn to improve stations
Deutsche Bahn, the German railways operator, is investing
Madrid News
The Prado reveals early Mona Lisa copy
The Prado Museum has announced that its copy of Leonardo da Vinci
Dublin News
New directors for Dublin galleries
Raymond Keaveney retired as director of the National Gallery of Ireland on 11 January, ending a prestigious and successful directorship spanning 23 years. He is being replaced by Se
Paris News
Jewellery thefts rise in Paris
Raids on Paris jewellery stores increased to 716 in 2011 compared to 248 five years previously. The number of armed raids rose 25 per cent in 2011 to a total of 369. Three people were killed in three...
London News
Public transport planning for London Olympics
London commuters are being asked to travel at off peak times during the Olympic Games, to work from home or to take a break at the pub after work before taking the train home.
It is estimated that...
Jersey News
Jersey continues stop smoking efforts
Shocking images of diseased throats, lungs, teeth and skin are set to appear on packets of cigarettes in Jersey in an effort by the island
Dublin News
Flights launched between Dublin and Dubai
Dubai-based air carrier Emirates launched daily direct flights between Dublin and Dubai on 9 January, marking the airline
Vienna News
Tourism is expected to stagnate in the first half of 2012 and then pick up towards the end of the year according to the head of the city
Oxford News
The Bodleian completes book relocation
The Bodleian Library has now completed the transfer of the majority of its books to its new storage facility in Swindon. Seven million books have been transferred from a number of storage areas to the...
Paris News
A new fleet of 24 tuk-tuks went into operation on Paris streets at the end of December. It runs seven days a week and picks up passengers from 150 points on the most popular bus routes.
The small,...
Brussels News
Anyone in Brussels wanting to recycle a Christmas tree may put in out on the pavement from 18.00 on 7 January to be collected on 8 January.
The trees (no artificial ones are accepted) must not be...
Madrid News
Unemployment in Spain hits 16-year high
Unemployment in Spain was 4 per cent up in January on the previous month. The number of people out of work has now reached nearly 4.6 million according to the figures from the ministry of employment a...
Amsterdam News
Cannabis sales to be controlled
Tourists will not to able to buy cannabis in coffee shops in the Netherlands starting from May 2012. Under the new law coffee shops will only be able to sell the drug to registered members and not to...
Brussels News
Winter sales in Brussels are scheduled in Brussels between 3-31 January. Sales goods must be part of the shops
Amsterdam News
The delivery of mail on Mondays could now be scrapped according to a new ruling from the Netherland
Brussels News
A number of big Chinese companies have opted to make Brussels their European base. Although they have not yet been named the regional minister for employment has confirmed that 14 companies, all of...
Amsterdam News
Amsterdam central library to charge for internet access
From 1 January 2012 the Amsterdam Public Library will no longer offer free internet or WiFi services.
As from 1 January all those wanting to use the service will have to become a member or buy a v...
Brussels News
Christmas Market in Grand-Place
The annual Brussels Christmas market takes place around the Bourse, Place Sainte-Catherine and the March
