Euro Weekly News | Nora Johnson
Dear Euro-School (Spain), We, at Euro-Schools Head Office (Brussels), write to inform you we are becoming increasingly concerned about your School’s recent budget cuts.
THEY’RE at it again! Yes, I can only be referring to the for- and against-bullfighting lobbies here in Spain.
HOW did you spend Sunday April 1 this year? Did you apply for Google’s latest mobile mail app, ‘Gmail tap multitasking’ - particularly useful, we’re told, for people “with fat fingers” - which replaces the Qwerty keyboard with just two keys: a dot and a dash.
JEANNE CALMENT, the oldest person in history, who died in 1997 aged 122, attributed her longevity to olive oil and port.
There’s been much talk recently in the UK that we’re taking refuge in the past, whether it's Call the Midwife and Downton on TV or Noël Coward and Terence Rattigan at the theatre.
NEED help with your packing? Want to know the best fishing spots in Greece, the size of Prince Charles's feet or how to stop the buzzing noise in your apartment? Well, don't treat the UK Foreign Office as a “concierge service” – British holidaymakers and expats have been warned.
PARIS HILTON has reportedly made more than $1bn from the global merchandising sales of products ranging from scent and shoes to clothing and handbags in recent years, and is expanding by the day.
IN an age when we seem addicted to special effects, perma-tanned airheads and mindless daytime-television wittering, isn’t it reassuring to hear the familiar tones of a well-loved figure like, say, Sir David Attenborough voicing his fears about global warming in the recent BBC Frozen Planet series.
Dear Euro-School (Greece), WE, at Euro-Schools Head Office (Brussels), are writing to inform you that we are still gravely concerned about your School’s recent performance.
A RECENT trip to London coincided with Valentine’s Day with high-end restaurants cashing in on what is traditionally their busiest time since the Christmas/ New Year party season.
THERE has been considerable publicity in the UK recently in the press and on television about the authenticity – or otherwise – of TripAdvisor online hotel reviews.
ACCORDING to latest figures, the average pay in 2010 for FTSE 100 company directors – most of whom live in London - was £2.7m (43 per cent increase on the previous year).
MUCH has been made in the press recently about the alleged ‘cowardice’ of the Costa Concordia’s Captain Francesco Schettino.
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