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Experiences

Ranked: Which European countries speak the best and worst English?

Some of Europe’s most popular destinations are the most challenging to move to if you only speak English.

18/11/2024

Space

SpaceX flight successfully docks at International Space Station

On board are European astronauts from Italy and Sweden as well as Turkey’s first ever citizen in space.

20/01/2024

Travel News

Where in Europe speaks the best - and worst - English?

Some of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations are the least proficient in English.

05/12/2023

Italy

Four people still missing on Italian island after deadly landslide

Rescuers struggle to find the people still missing after the landslide in the southern Italian island of Ischia. They can't use excavation tools are have to rely on shovels to dig through the mud and debris

29/11/2022

Italy

Influencers get support from new union in Italy

The first union for web influencers and content creators in Italy, Assoinfluencer, aims to provide legal protection and support.

18/11/2022

Culture news

Peter Bowles, star of To The Manor Born, dies at 85

His agent said the actor had died of cancer.

17/03/2022

Sport

Super League in tatters as Atletico and both Milan clubs quit project

The decision threatens to sink the controversial new league, plans for which were announced just two days ago.

20/04/2021

World News

Ten years in the making, an indie film pays tribute to The Smiths

Twenty of The Smiths tracks feature in the movie by Stephen Kijak and RLJE Films which is set in the summer of 1987.

25/03/2021

Europe Decoded

Will English remain an official EU language after Brexit?

The European Commission has stated that any decision on this would need the support of a unanimous vote in the European Parliament.

31/12/2020

Belgium

'Stop using so much English', French journalists tell EU Commission

French journalists in Brussels complain Commission uses too much English

25/09/2020

World News

Do you speak 'Euro English'?

The unofficial English of the EU has its supporters and its critics, but is it a 'real' language or just a result of bad learning?

23/04/2020

Belgium

'Goodbye and good riddance': EU diplomat's joke was final word to UK

Irena Andrassy, the Croatian ambassador to the EU, told her British counterpart "thank you, goodbye, and good riddance" at his last meeting of EU ambassadors.

04/02/2020

World News

Who are the best English speakers in Europe?

A new report on English proficiency ranks countries based on an online test.

05/11/2019

United Kingdom

Yowza! Scrabble stays on fleek with 3,000 new words to its dictionary

The popular board game has added nearly 3,000 new words to its dictionary including "fleek" and "yowza".

02/05/2019

World News

French ranked bottom in EU for level of English

A new report says France has the lowest level of English proficiency of any European Union country, while Swedes were ranked the best internationally.

03/11/2018

United Kingdom

Why this year's boiling summer is good news for English sparkling wine

The scorching temperatures have now subsided but leave behind the promise of what could turn out to be the finest ever vintage of English sparkling wine.

09/10/2018

France

French language police: 'It’s information fallacieuse not fake news’

Donald Trump's catchphrase 'fake news' has crossed linguistic barriers and is used across Europe. But now the French have attempted to stop its spread.

05/10/2018

World News

European students 'learning more languages than their US counterparts'

European students are learning more languages than their American counterparts, according to a new study.

08/08/2018

Europe News

Is English really losing importance in Europe?

In May, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker declared that: “slowly but surely English is losing importance in Europe”.

25/07/2017

United Kingdom

Six-hundred-year-old Henry V warship 'found in English river'

A historian is believed to have found a 600-year-old English warship lying in mud in a river in southern England. Holigost (Holy Ghost) was a key cog

12/10/2015