NetQuantum :: Arts :: Education :: Colleges_and_Departments :: Europe ::

• U.S. and Poland sign missile defense deal
Many Poles consider the agreement a form of protection at a time when Russia’s invasion of Georgia has generated alarm throughout Eastern Europe.
• Europe fare sales from $230
It's a city of cafes and palaces and conversations. It's the City of Love - and more. If sky-high airfares to Europe forced you to forgo a summer visit to the Old World, there's hope on the horizon for fall. The first batch of autumn fare sales to ...
• Study: Minorities more likely to be paddled
More than 100 countries worldwide have banned paddling in schools, including all of Europe, Farmer said. "International human rights law puts a pretty strong prohibition on corporal punishment," she said.
• NATO pulls its punches on penalty against Russia
Although the allies said they would not convene any more meetings of the NATO-Russia Council until Russian troops withdraw from Georgia, they bowed to concerns from Europe — which depends heavily on Russia for energy — and stopped short of ...
• Mixed messages from Russia
Rice also said that NATO had made "very clear" that it would not allow Russia to re-create an Iron Curtain dividing eastern and western Europe anew after the end of the Cold War. "This alliance ... is not going to permit a new line to be drawn in ...