Catalonia and the rest of Spain have seldom seen eye to eye. The hostility began long before the Spanish civil war. The 18th century War of the Spanish Succession saw Catalonia choose the losing side…
The year is 2017, and the place, the small town of Amer in the Province of Girona, some 120 kilometres north east of Barcelona. Far from the hustle and bustle of politics, Carles Puigdemont, the…
Founded in 2002 by the city-state of Monaco, Monaco Ports (SEPM), manages the ports of the Principality (Hercule and Fontvielle) as well as the new floating breakwater. In 2016, in response to the ever-increasing demand…
Norway’s ambitious west coast road scheme By any definition, Norway’s plan to develop a continuous Coastal Highway between Kristiansand in the south and Trondheim in the north is a massive undertaking. The route of the…
In the deepening conflict between Iran and the United States, the European Union seems well and truly caught in the middle. In Brussels, talks appear to be the only feasible option at the moment. But…
The Poles can never have had much doubt that blaming Russia for the Second World War would upset Vladimir Putin. It was rather like poking a tiger with a pointed stick: it could never end…
Eurofighter typhoon fgr.mk 4 © SAC Cathy Sharples In May 1993, when the Maastricht Treaty was put to the Danish people for a second time, British Europhobes got involved in campaigning for its rejection. Again. …
In 2015, two Lithuanian young men, Pijus Beizaras and Mangirdas Levickas turned to a non-governmental organisation, the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Association, of which they are both members, asking it to complain…
On January 1, the Polish army took charge of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) placing thousands of soldiers on standby and ready to deploy within days. Poland takes over from Germany, which…
The EU is boosting its support with new programmes worth €389 million The European Commission is today adopting new cooperation programmes worth €389 million in support of the Kingdom of Morocco, in order to support reforms, inclusive…
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders UK and Transparency International UK urge Azerbaijan to lift journalist’s travel ban Azerbaijan authorities should lift a travel ban against award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, UK-based rights groups urged…
The Poles can never have had much doubt that blaming Russia for the Second World War would upset Vladimir Putin. It was rather like poking a tiger with a pointed stick: it could never end…
· Three years after the last ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, government representatives from the 22 Member States met in Seville, Spain, and committed a total of almost 14.4 billion…
A 10 floors glued-laminated timber tower to be built in Monaco! Upbrella Construction will provide the patented Upbrella construction system for the construction of a glued-laminated timber residential building in Monaco. The project’s 10 floors…
Jeanne Reclining on a sofa (also known as small Odalisque). Manguin 1912 A not to miss exhibition in Paris Simulation – © Culturespaces / Nuit de Chine Monet, Renoir, and Chagall: Journeys Around the Mediterranean’…
