Dublin News
Dublin builds replica Viking house
Botanic Gardens hosts Viking structure
Construction of a Viking house using traditional building material and methods is nearing completion on the grounds of the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin...
Dublin News
Restoration of Dublin's O'Connell Tower
Visitors to climb round tower for first time in four decades
Visitors to Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery will be able to climb the giant O’Connell Tower for the first time in more than four...
Madrid News
Madrid to search for Cervantes
The search for the body of poet, novelist and playwright Miguel de Cervantes could start in March or April now that the Madrid regional government has given its permission.
The project will search...
Brussels News
Belgium appeals for world war one documents
Brussels City Museum is calling for the loan of documents, letters, correspondence, diaries and objects relating to world war one for an exhibition its is organising in 2014 to mark the outbreak of th...
Copenhagen News
Denmark demolishes dangerous Nazi bunkers
Demolition starts on 120 Nazi world war two bunkers along the west coast of Denmark at the end of July. The first one scheduled for destruction is on Langerhuse beach near Harboore.
The German-buil...
Jersey News
Jersey releases Red Cross stamps
To coincide with Liberation Day celebrations in Jersey on 9 May the Jersey Post is to release new stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement....
Jersey News
An important discovery of Celtic and Roman coins dating back to the first century BC has been unearthed in Jersey. The gold and silver coins, which appear in good condition and which were found stuck...
Jersey News
Channel Islands to light Queen’s Jubilee beacons
Beacons will be lit in the Channel Islands on 4 June to celebrate the Queen’s 60 years on the throne. They will be among 4,000 lit throughout the world to mark the occasion.
In Jersey the bea...
Jersey News
Survival art marks Jersey Liberation
Art and artefacts made by inhabitants of Jersey who were deported to German internment camps during world war two are on show at the Jersey Museum to mark this year
Madrid News
Spain’s sea treasure returns from USA
The Spanish sea treasure from the wreck of Nuestra Se
Jersey News
Jersey, channel Islands celebrates Liberation Day
Jersey in the Channel Islands celebrates its liberation from German occupation in world war two on 9 May each year.
Along with the other Channel Islands it was occupied by German forces in June 19...
Jersey News
Jersey compiling new list of war dead
A new Roll of Honour is being created to recognise the ultimate sacrifice of more than 500 Jerseymen missed off the original list of Great War dead.
In 1919, the names of 862 servicemen who died be...
Jersey News
New stamps celebrate Jersey’s archaeological history
A new set of Jersey stamps has been issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of excavations at the important archeological site at La Cotte near St Brelade
