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Railway accident: one dead in Spain

Posted on November 20, 2018January 9, 2019 by ZeeDong

News from Europe today, one person was killed and 49 others injured including five seriously in the derailment of a train near Barcelona. 133 passengers some of them part from European movement, were on the train. Several victims told that the driver of the train gave a brutal brake until two of the six cars…

European News in English from Central and Eastern Europe – 1

Posted on September 10, 2018January 9, 2019 by ZeeDong

Albania (Shqipëria) Ombudsman shelters homeless Roma The authorities have been struggling to house dozens of homeless members of the Roma community after the state ombudsman sheltered them his Tirana office six days ago to highlight their plight. News from Europe today found out that Ombudsman Igli Totozani was working with the Ministry of Labour and Equal Opportunities…

The European Movement in Sussex Russian Society was joined by Lewes Links, an organisation which was set up in 1992 to forge links and to promote better understanding of central and eastern Europe. As countries in those areas opened to contacts with western Europen movment, Lewes Links aimed to involve Sussex Russian Society in creating and sustaining links with people and organisations in the eastern half of Europe.

In May some of the countries where these contacts had been built were welcomed into the European Union, and another two in January. Other countries still aspire to join, and the concept of a European movment goes well beyond the borders of the EU.