A profound encounter at Lourdes
Years ago, backpacking around Europe, our train broke down in the south of France. We left the train at Lourdes and sought accommodation.
Tag: Europe
EU recommends lifting Europe travel restrictions for all US tourists, vaccinated or not
The European Union on Friday added the US to a list of countries for which travel restrictions should gradually be lifted. The list applies to all American tourists, vaccinated or […]
Lack of UEFA coaching badges won’t derail Postecoglou bid for Celtic job
Ange Postecoglou doesn’t hold the UEFA coaching licence required for Europe’s top tier clubs, but that fact is unlikely to prevent him from coaching Celtic.
AI-powered lie detectors, interview bots: migrants to face digital fortress at Europe’s border
One critic argued that EU officials were adopting “techno-solutionism” to sideline moral considerations in dealing with the complex issue of migration.
‘Notre Dame for Muslims’: Will a new mosque mean a new dawn in France?
Construction is under way for one of Europe’s largest mosques, a huge space with prayer capacity of 2500, plus a school, restaurant, library and 14 shops.
In time for summer, Europe sees dramatic fall in virus cases and rebirth of tourism
Vaccination rates are accelerating across Europe, and there are hopes for a rebirth of its tourism industry.
Europe tells China to have a ‘proper discussion’ with Australia on trade disputes
Europe’s top diplomat in Canberra has left the door open to the EU joining Australia’s claim against China at the World Trade Organisation.
Zip Co muscles into Europe and Middle East amid BNPL land grab
The key local rival to Afterpay is aiming to crack into Europe’s $1.1 trillion e-commerce market through the purchase of Twisto.
‘Right place, right time’ for Rinehart-backed Vulcan in quest for zero carbon lithium
Why is Australia’s hottest lithium stock, Vulcan Energy Resources, setting up operations in Europe?
Europe takes on cheap flights and landlords in race to net zero emissions
Trains instead of flights, fossil fuel ad bans and charging landlords for tenant’s heating emissions will be legislated in parts of Europe.
Spurs keep Europe hopes alive with Wolves win, Alisson saves day for Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur’s England striker Harry Kane scored his 22nd Premier League goal of the season to help his side to a 2-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday,
Europe’s carbon tariff plan will ‘trigger a race to the top’, but there will be tensions
There is no time to lose in transitioning to a world run on clean technology but it will have its risks and obstacles, write two senior European lawmakers.
Adopt carbon tariffs to reduce income of oil-rich states, Europe says
Senior European officials say the move to phase out fossil fuels will reduce the income of oil-rich authoritarian states and ease geopolitical tensions.
‘Like a war’: India sets pandemic record with 400,000 new cases
Even as the United States and Europe move away from the darkest days of the pandemic, other countries are engaged in a desperate struggle against the virus.
Europe’s recession shows it pays to unleash money on pandemic
Europe ended up in a pandemic-induced double-dip recession, the US economy grew 1.6 per cent. The difference? Cash mostly.
In the Herald : April 30, 1943
High school entrance exams abolished, petrol stocks destroyed at Tocumwal and Nazis weaponise food in Europe.
‘Changing hearts and minds’: MTC picks first woman artistic director
Anne-Louise Sarks is one of Australian theatre’s most sought-after talents, having directed work in Sydney, London and Europe.
Local made rapid COVID test launches in EU, seeks Australian approval
The EuGeni test developed by Brisbane company AnteoTech will launch in Europe but it could be next year before it gets approval from the local regulator.
From the Archives, 1986: Soviets call for help in meltdown
Chernobyl’s No. 4 reactor exploded 35 years ago, sending a radioactive cloud across Europe and contaminating millions of people.
Airtasker’s global expansion could be hit by Airbnb trademark stoush
Tech giant Airbnb is battling gig economy startup Airtasker in a trademark stoush in Europe that could impact Airtasker’s ambitions for expansion in the region.
‘It’s great for racing’: QE rivals set for final heavyweight clash
The best middle distance horses in Europe and Australasia will have one final clash this autumn. But only one trainer is fretting over the weather.
Europe bets heavily on Pfizer in vaccine strategy overhaul
Europe has hinted it will not renew contracts for vaccines produced by pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
More than 700,000 AstraZeneca doses secretly flown to Australia from Britain
Australia’s vaccine rollout has been propped up by doses manufactured in Britain rather than from factories in Europe as had been widely believed.
Barnstorming vaccine effort key to dramatic reversal of UK’s COVID crisis
Once the hardest-hit country in Europe, the number of infections, hospitalisations and deaths in Britain has collapsed.
How the more contagious COVID variants swept across Europe
New data shows more than 75 per cent of coronavirus cases sequenced in Europe last month were found to be the more contagious Kent variant.
‘They watch the news from back home’: Elderly migrant communities face vaccine scepticism
Doctors have warned vaccine scepticism in Europe is filtering through to vulnerable migrants and elderly Australians.
The world’s electric cars are leaving Australia for dust
While Volkswagen describes Australia as “an automotive Third World”, the US, Britain, Europe and China are seizing the opportunities of the electric vehicle revolution.
Europe is trying to start a vaccine war as economic woe deepens
Europe has made an expensive mistake by dropping the ball on vaccination while at the same time letting a third wave of COVID variants run rampant. It now wants to […]
Europe’s ‘Club Med’ countries driven deeper into economic crisis by vaccine shambles
As vaccine paralysis collides with an exploding third wave of COVID-19, European countries that rely on tourism are falling into deeper trouble.
AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Europe, but WHO says scepticism may linger
The World Health Organisation urged countries to continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine despite reports of a small number of blood clotting cases, as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson received the […]