Europe
Holiday alert to families as Zika heads for Europe
THE ZIKA virus is expected to spread to Europe this summer, possibly putting UK holidaymakers at risk. Health officials said yesterday they fear the mosquito-borne disease – linked to abnormalities in babies born to infected mothers – will hit large areas of the continent in the coming months. The island of...
UK TERROR WARNING: EU Turkey visa deal will ‘INCREASE risk of jihadi attacks in Europe’
TERRORISTS are set to exploit the shambolic Turkey visa deal to launch devastating attacks on European countries, EU leaders have warned. Jihadis are expected to seek Turkish passports in order to reach the continent without visas as soon as possible, according to a chilling European Commission report. The contentious...
Eurovision 2016: 9 things you need to know
Even if you don't live in Europe, you don't want to miss out on the fabulousness that is Eurovision. Actually, especially if you don't live in Europe. Here's what you need to know about Eurovision 2016 and its final Saturday in Stockholm, Sweden: What it is The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition...
Protecting Europe from ballistic missiles
America's latest addition to its Ballistic Missile Defence System looks out of place surrounded by mile after mile of flat Romanian farmland. The building at Devesulu, which houses radar and 12 interceptor missile tubes, appears remarkably similar to the "sensors and shooters" that have already been placed on US...
EU was designed to be United States of Europe, Brussels founder claims in shock interview
THE European Union was created in order to become a "United States of Europe" according to one of the founders of the 28-member bloc. Georges Berthoin, a surviving member of the European coal and steel commission cabinet, has revealed the initial idea of the EU was to create a closer union. The cabinet was the first...
Turkey Approves Law Among Final Hurdles For EU Visa Deal
Turkey’s parliament has approved a law on setting up a panel to monitor discipline for law enforcement officials, one of the last hurdles remaining before the country wins visa-free access to Europe for its nationals. The 28-nation European Union depends on Ankara’s cooperation to maintain a March pact that has...
The shifting sea routes of Europe’s refugee crisis, in charts and maps
Twice in the past two weeks, dozens, if not hundreds, of people have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea — but in both those cases, not one of them was Syrian. For the past year, the world has been largely focused on the rafts filled with refugees from Syria's civil war that have traveled incessantly from Turkey to the...
One million MORE Syrians heading for Europe unless RAF intervenes, David Cameron warned
DAVID Cameron must allow RAF transport aircraft to drop vital aid into Syria, or risk another million refugees leaving the war-torn country bound for Europe, a medical charity has said. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations warned 18 communities in Syria were currently under...
Migrant backlash as refugees turn on smugglers in spate of murders on Europe’s doorstep
DOZENS of migrants have been murdered this week in a orgy of violence and retribution between refugees and people smuggling gangs on Europe's doorstep. In the latest unrest, at least 13 Egyptian male migrants were murdered by gun-toting smugglers in lawless Libya following the earlier killing of three traffickers in a...
TICKING TIME-BOMB: Greece set to run out of cash by MAY pushing Europe into ANOTHER crisis
DEBT-ridden Greece is dangerously close to running out of cash and plunging the eurozone into a fresh crisis. Athens desperately needs £4BILLION worth of aid from creditors but is refusing to make any further cutbacks to government spending. The payment is part of a third bailout agreed for Greece last summer as the...
Europe’s best work-and-play city
Take a look at the city staking a claim to the title comeback king, with start-ups, surf and sunshine. A city still getting back on its feet after the Eurozone crisis which battered the national economy, Lisbon's working hard to support home-grown businesses and attract fledgling entrepreneurs from around the globe. Over...
Minister attacks Brussels bureaucrats desperate to to ‘create country called Europe’
THE European Union is a political project to create a “country called Europe”, according to a top minister. Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers launched the scathing attack during a Vote Leave campaign event in Glasgow yesterday. The former Tory MEP branded Brussels as “unreformable” and the UK...