Steve Anglesey
07 July 2021
Weird news: Europe’s most expensive flat is £155k a month
An apartment that costs 180,000 euros (£155,000) per month to rent is available in Monte Carlo One, a luxury block overlooking Monaco’s famous Place du Casino.
Read the full article06 July 2021
Brexiteer who compared EU to badly-run hotel bemoans lack of EU staff for her own hotel
01 July 2021
Weird European news: The waiter who says he’s the real king of Spain
The weirdest stories in Europe: The pub waiter who says he's a Spanish royal, and a corpse rides for six hours on a Swiss tram
Read the full article29 June 2021
Brexit mobile charges show it’s not just Matt Hancock who pays for roaming
24 June 2021
Dead woman taunts ‘selfish’ family from beyond the grave
María Paz Fuentes Fernández's family got a shock after her death - she had booked a local newspaper notice banning them from her funeral
Read the full article23 June 2021
Food industry predicts empty shelves and price rises in latest Brexit dividend
17 June 2021
Polish dealer mistakenly sends cocaine to supermarket in banana box
The week's weirdest news from Europe includes a drug mix-up in Poland, a trigger-happy pensioner in Germany and a violent squirrel in Turkey
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09 June 2021
American troops storm Bulgaria olive oil factory by accident
Work stopped in a Bulgarian factory that produces olive oil processing machinery when it was accidentally stormed by American soldiers on a training exercise.
Read the full article08 June 2021
Brexit: British ‘expats’ in Spain facing deportation over residency
02 June 2021
Swedish students told: Stop eating live goldfish
High school students in Skellefteå, north east Sweden, have been banned from buying goldfish over fears that they will eat them while still alive.
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28 May 2021
MONDO EUROPE: Your chance to fly like dictator Nicolae Ceausescu
At a time when dictators and aircraft are making news, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s third-favourite plane is up for auction with a starting price of €25,000 (£21,500).
Read the full article27 May 2021
Australian trade deal proves Liz Truss doesn’t give a XXXX about our farmers
20 May 2021
MONDO EUROPE: €3m Belgian castle sold for €1 after brothers’ feud
The Flemish government has spent €1 on buying a 500-year-old castle that had become derelict because of a feud between the brothers who owned it
Read the full article20 May 2021
France takes more UK finance jobs as visiting relatives there gets tougher
06 May 2021
Mondo Europe: Italy’s Robinson Crusoe forced off his island after 30 years
29 April 2021
Boris Johnson consumed by infighting as Brexit job losses worsen
19 April 2021
Brexit regret: Meet the Leave voters who wish they hadn’t voted Leave
15 April 2021
The only Brexit export boom is from UK businesses rushing to Europe
