It is a defining moment for Serbia as the country votes in a general election that will shape future relations with Europe. Serbs are deeply divided over how to respond to the West’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence. Continue reading »
Tags: Boris Tadic, Democrats, election, EU, EuroNews, Kosovo, poll, Radicals, Serbia
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Newly elected PM Silvio Berlusconi has promised to tackle the crisis |
A mountain of uncollected waste in Naples has prompted the EU to announce it is taking Italy to court.
More than 1,000 tonnes of rubbish is rotting on the city’s streets, and the EU argues not enough has been done to get rid of it.
“The Commission is not convinced that this issue will be solved quickly enough,” said an EU official.
Italy could face a heavy fine if the European Court of Justice decides that Rome has infringed EU laws on waste. Continue reading »
Tags: BBC, Berlusconi, court, EU, Italy, Naples, Rome, rubbish
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Parisians have been ordered to get rid of rats in their homes and businesses or face prosecution under an official campaign to fight a plague of rodents.
Less than a year after the animated cartoon Ratatouille turned Rémy the French rat into a loveable culinary hero, the city’s residents have been ordered to eradicate his real-life counterparts. They are also being asked to denounce insalubrious neighbours responsible for the infestation. Continue reading »
Tags: control, disease, France, Paris, pest, plague, rats, TimesOnline
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Parachutes have come a long way in the last few decades. They’re easier to steer and a great deal less likely to go wrong. So it takes a certain amount of nerve to plunge 2,000ft relying on a “chute designed more than 500 years ago. Continue reading »
Tags: Daily Mail, discovery, Geneva, Leonardo da Vinci, parachute, Swiss, Switzerland
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BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian man has been fined for making 6,442 profane phone calls to an emergency number, police said Thursday. The 24-year-old man, who lives in a village in southern Romania, was identified in February and fined $223 in April after a checkup showed he was mentally sound, said Daniela Salaoru, police spokeswoman for Ialomita county police. Continue reading »
Tags: AP, call, emergency, mental illness, Romania, Yahoo News
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