Steve Anglesey
10 August 2021
Weird Europe: Germans offered bratwurst as vaccine incentive
A vaccination centre in Sonneberg, central Germany, southern Thuringia, increased its footfall by nearly 80 per cent by offering a free bratwurst with each jab
Read the full article29 July 2021
The summer quiz of last resort
You might not be able to reach your favourite continental European destination this summer – or find a booking at the British seaside either. But you can still pay a fleeting visit to sunny climes with Steve Anglesey’s quiz, in which each answer is somewhere you might have been (or hope to be heading) in more normal times
Read the full article27 July 2021
Rabbits win court battle against French army
The continent's strangest news, including a colony of rabbits winning a court battle against the French military and an alleged fraudster with a gold toilet
Read the full article27 July 2021
Empty shelves are partly down to Brexit – but not everyone will admit it
Supermarket shortages are being blamed on the 'pingdemic' - but Brexit must take its share of responsibility after 25,000 lorry drivers returned to the EU
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20 July 2021
Cost of Brexit is already 38 times more than the money set aside for levelling up
15 July 2021
Weird Europe: Robot pizza chef in Paris.. and the Zagreb flat with the kitchen in the bathroom
A pizza restaurant with a robot as the chef has opened in Paris.
Read the full article15 July 2021
Liz Truss caught out over untrue Brexit claims over apples and trade
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
