10+ hour, 57+ min ago  (450+ words) The Local Com - Do Not Process My Personal Information A protest in Austria on Saturday against noise and pollution blocked one of Europe's most important highways connecting Germany and Italy but early reports showed traffic disruptions were not as bad…...

15+ hour, 55+ min ago  (384+ words) The Local Com - Do Not Process My Personal Information A protest in Austria on Saturday against noise and pollution is set to close one of Europe's most important highways connecting Germany and Italy, potentially causing major traffic disruptions. Communities in…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (687+ words) Europe, which is in the throes of a record-smashing heatwave this week, is the world's fastest-warming continent and stretches into an even more rapidly heating Arctic. After record high temperatures for May were broken in Britain, Ireland and France on…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (306+ words) Sweden has reached its target of fewer than five percent of the population smoking regularly " and is consequently considered "smoke-free". "It is an incredible development that a harmful behaviour can be reduced to this extent," Mats Ramstedt, head of research…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (886+ words) The Local Com - Do Not Process My Personal Information With governments across Europe tightening citizenship and residency requirements, language and country knowledge tests are often framed as measures of integration. But are governments really talking to domestic political audiences? Immigration…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (476+ words) The launch of limited-edition Swatch watches descended into chaos Saturday in several European cities and New York, with French police firing tear gas to restore order at one store near Paris. Hundreds of people waited through the night -- and in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (756+ words) Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday with Dara's catchy floor-filler "Bangaranga" sweeping the 70th edition of the world's biggest live televised music event and pushing into second place Israel, whose participation had triggered a major boycott. Bulgaria had missed…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (225+ words) The Local Com - Do Not Process My Personal Information The budget airline easy Jet has announced another new route from south-west France - this time connecting to Italy with an eye to weekend breaks. The UK-based budget airline has announced several…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago  (24+ words) The European Commission on Friday clarified rules on air passenger rights given possible fuel shortages and travel disruption amid conflict in the Middle East....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (356+ words) Popular flight routes around Europe are almost impossible for passengers to book by train because of a "stone age" ticketing system, a new report has found as the EU is set to unveil plans for it single ticket system....