“As a gift for Estonia’s centenary on 24 February 2018, Estonian World compiled, with the help of its co-authors, a list of a hundred facts about the country – some known, but some perhaps even surprising”
January 31st 2020
The Story of Your Stuff competition combines creativity and science, giving students the chance to win €500 for themselves and €500 for their school, alongside a new Climate Topic Prize. This week we spoke to Dr Jonathan Derham, EPA Programme Manager.
♪ Music this week from Belgium and Portugal.♫
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January 17th 2020
The president of the European Commission Ms Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen was speaking at a dinner in Dublin Castle attended by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and other senior Irish politicians. This week we featured an extract from her talk.
January 10th 2020
In a certain tradition, the journeyman years (Wanderjahre) are a time of travel for several years after completing apprenticeship as a craftsman.The tradition dates back to medieval times and is still alive in France and the German-speaking countries.Normally three years and one day is the minimum period of journeyman/woman. Crafts include roofing, metalworking, woodcarving, carpentry and joinery, and even millinery and musical instrument making/organ building.
This week “Europe Today” spoke to Janus Hoffman from Hamburg in Germany about this fascinating life style choice.
November 15th 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency has said it has repeatedly highlighted that the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant is failing to meet national and European Union treatment standards.
In a statement, the EPA said the plant is failing to meet these standards and failing to comply with the requirements of its wastewater discharge licence because the plant is not big enough to adequately treat all of the wastewater that it receives.
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