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4 days ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
It was in 1969 that Alan James first became involved in the building of properties on the Costa del Sol and he is still going strong more than 50 years later. He was responsible for the development of the Benamara and Benavista urbanisations either side of the N340 (A7) and saw an absolute need for a bridge to allow residents to safely cross what was at that time considered the most dangerous road in Europe.
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5 days ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
Having seen the way in which precious paintings and other works of art were looted by the Nazis, the present Polish Government foresees a similar possibility with Russia. Working on the assumption that Putin could well turn his eye towards Poland which houses not only spectacular paintings by local artists but also priceless works from the likes of Da Vinci and Rembrandt, Poland has a plan.
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5 days ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
In October 1961, following the construction of the Berlin Wall, the West German government signed a labour recruitment agreement with Turkey which welcomed Turkish workers to Germany. Initially a two year working visa was issued but this soon changed to allow permanent work status in the country.
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6 days ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
The longest day, June 21, was chosen in 1985 to officially be known as Greenland’s National Day and it was a recently as 2009 that it achieved self-government on the same date. With the interest that President Donald Trump has shown in taking possession of the world’s largest island which holds a strategically important position in the Arctic, there was an extra importance to the celebrations which took place.
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1 week ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
On Wednesday June 18, UK Defence Minister Lord Coaker, travelled to Warsaw to take part in a unique ceremony. He met with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz to pay tribute to the extraordinary courage displayed by Polish paratroopers during one of the most famous allied operations of the Second World War.
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1 week ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
In 1918, the last German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated following the end of the First World War and there has been a dispute over ownership of his treasures ever since. For more than 100 years there has been regular court action as members of his family, the House of Hohenzollern, have demanded the return of valuable antiques and jewellery as well as recompense for lost properties across Germany.
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1 week ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
As modern technology makes it much easier for attacking forces to pinpoint large numbers of aircraft on the ground, so air forces have to adapt. The Commander of the Swedish Air Force Major General Jonas Wikman has confirmed that his service will implement a NATO approved strategy known as Agile Combat Employment (ACE).
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1 week ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
When the first manned hot air balloon ascended from Versailles in 1783, it is highly unlikely that the Montgolfier Brothers could have envisaged its future popularity. Nowadays in The Netherlands, hot air ballooning has become an incredibly popular escape in the aftermath of the pandemic and the fact that more people want to enjoy different experiences whilst they can.
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1 week ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
There have been some quite amazing discoveries of works of art and even ancient gold coins across France over the past few years. Many of these have made fantastic prices at auctions and the latest is a collection of gold coins, some dating back more than 2,000 years, which were recently auctioned in Paris raising more than €3 million. It appears that they were collected by a reclusive and obsessive collector who lived a frugal life in the small village of Castillonnès in south-west France.
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1 week ago | 
euroweeklynews.com | John Smith |JOhn Smith
On Saturday June 14, representatives of the Cala Nova Cancer Charity were delighted to host a small cocktail party. They invited all of the presidents of the Cancer Charities they support as well as representatives of the British Consul and volunteers and helpers from the shop to celebrate a donation of €46,000. The money had been raised from sales at the shop that the Cala Nova Cancer Charity operates as well as from a series of fund raising events held over a period of months.
