Antwerp isn’t just diamonds. It’s also one of Europe’s largest seaports and this year’s European Youth Capital — testament, perhaps, to its hot nightlife and fashion scenes.
Tag Archives: europe
Just Thaw And Serve
Water shortages plague a fifth of southern Europe. And with temperatures in the region forecast to rise several degrees this century — reducing rainfall another 30% — things will only get worse.
Did NATO Fail to Save African Migrants in Boat Off Libya?
Did NATO pilots allow 62 Africans fleeing Libya to perish on the high seas because their mission did not include saving desperate migrants or because NATO’s tangled bureaucracy had failed? That’s the allegation roiling Europe after some of the handful of survivors, who drifted for weeks after a harrowing escape from Tripoli, told of having been spotted and then ignored by Western forces
EIRE: Prince of Paradise
Europe had a new royal house last week. In Dublin newspapers appeared a personal pronouncement: “I, Prince Michael Neale, landowner, will assume the title of Prince of the Saltees at the conclusion of the war.
GERMANY: The Betrayer
Fate knocked at the door last week for Europe's two fascist dictators.
After Bin Laden, Should Europe Brace for Revenge?
The dramatic announcement of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s May 1 death came too late for most Europeans to hear about it in real time. But by the earliest hours of Monday morning, both regular citizens and the officials in Europe tasked with protecting them from terror strikes were in full debate about how Bin Laden’s killing might change the activity and determination of jihadists plotting to strike around the globe
Obama’s Response to Egypt’s Crisis: What Would Reagan Do?
“You will be visiting Berlin at a time of ferment,” Secretary of State George Shultz wrote to his boss, Ronald Reagan, on May 11, 1987.
Another Ice Age?
In Africa, drought continues for the sixth consecutive year, adding terribly to the toll of famine victims. During 1972 record rains in parts of the U.S., Pakistan and Japan caused some of the worst flooding in centuries.
Four E.U. Nations Stoke Fears of an Immigrant Flood
Immigration has always been a contentious issue in Europe. But these days, with enduring economic turmoil further fueling concerns over rising unemployment, European nations are especially sensitive about the prospect of foreigners taking jobs away from their citizens.
Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938
Greatest single news event of 1938 took place on September 29, when four statesmen met at the Führerhaus, in Munich, to redraw the map of Europe. The three visiting statesmen at that historic conference were Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain, Premier Edouard Daladier of France, and Dictator Benito Mussolini of Italy.