Europe (Continental) - July 2007

Hi

I 'm going to Provence and Austria in October.
However, there's no airlines departing from Marseilles to Austria.

they only offer Paris orly to Venice

should I head for Paris and fly to Austria
or any alternative way?

any cheaper way please?

Thanks a lot !!!

2007-07-10 04:21:41 · 2 answers · asked by Braveman 1 in Other - Europe

:-p

2007-07-10 01:52:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Greece

need to get to de panne in belgium cheaper than cheap

2007-07-10 01:27:32 · 5 answers · asked by krisscarey 1 in Belgium

Hi All

We are travelling to Brussels soon for a city break, and was hoping there is a landmark in Brussels which is close to the city centre and close to other amenities and interesting sites.

The list of landmarks I can choose from to find accommodation close by is:

St Michels Cathedral
Musical Intstrument Museum
Jacques Brel Fountain
Central Station
The Royal Palace
Brussels Expo
Luxembourg Station
North Station
Grand Place
The Atomium
European Parliament
Rue des Bouchers

I can then choose the hotel nearby this landmark to make sure I have ease of access to other sites in the city. I can easily find the accommodation, I just need to know which is the most central location in Brussels choosing from the list above.

Thanks for the help

D

2007-07-10 00:34:39 · 3 answers · asked by Duanw 1 in Other - Europe

2007-07-09 19:39:47 · 4 answers · asked by help! 2 in Greece

Im an Indonesian who is going to join a student exchange to Denmark this Sept. I have 10 free days and im planning to visit schengen countries like Berlin, Amsterdam, Munchen, Paris, Barcelona and Brussels.
My friend told me to search eurail pass in the internet.
I just dont get it. If i paid for eurail select pass for youth, am i free of any other charge?

2007-07-09 17:48:09 · 4 answers · asked by Metyaw 1 in Other - Europe

I was told it is like a little dove or something like that in Greek. Is it true?

2007-07-09 15:42:03 · 10 answers · asked by ? 4 in Greece

S/E EUROPE


Dink murder trial opens behind closed doors
Eighteen people charged in shooting of Turkish-Armenian journalist
By Nicolas Cheviron - Agence France-Presse

ISTANBUL – The trial of 18 people charged with involvement in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink opens behind closed doors here today, with his lawyers complaining that several security officials they say should also be tried are not among the accused. The central figure of the trial is triggerman Ogun Samast, who has admitted to killing Dink by shooting him twice in the head and once in the neck on a busy Istanbul street on January 19, in front of the offices of his bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos.

The triggerman

The unemployed 17-year-old Samast, who said he came to Istanbul to kill Dink from his native Trabzon, where he was known for his close ties to ultranationalist circles, faces 18 to 24 years in jail for the murder and a further nine to 18 years for belonging to a terrorist organization.

The prosecution did not seek life because Samast is a minor, which is also why the trial is closed to the public.

Two men accused of being the leaders of the far-right group and ordering the murder, Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel, could be jailed for life without the possibility of parole if found guilty.

The 15 others on trial face jail sentences of seven-and-a-half to 35 years.

Before being arrested for the Dink murder, Hayal had already served jail time for the 2004 bombing in Trabzon of a McDonalds restaurant in which six people were injured.

Hayal faces a separate trial for having threatened Turkey’s 2006 Nobel Literature laureate Orhan Pamuk, whose views on the World War I massacres of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire are unpopular in Turkey.

Notable for their absence in the dock, according to Dink family lawyer Fethiye Cetin, are several unnamed security officials.

“Members of the security forces in Trabzon, where the killing was planned, in Istanbul, where it was executed, and in Ankara, where the intelligence was gathered, were not included among the accused,” she told a news conference Friday.

“And this despite the established fact that they had links with the suspects, failed in their duty, concealed evidence and even sought to vindicate the murder and the murderer,” she said.

A ‘test’ of judiciary

“Hrant Dink’s murder trial is a critical test of the Turkish judiciary’s independence,” the international rights organization Human Rights Watch said in a statement Friday.

“The Turkish judiciary must hold accountable any security forces responsible for negligence or collusion in the murder,” it said.

Dink, 52, had drawn the ire of the Turkish far right for having openly argued that the mass killings of Armenians in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917 constituted genocide – a label most Turks despise and Turkey officially rejects.

The murder sent the country into prolonged shock, and more than 100,000 people from all walks of life took to the streets of Istanbul on the day of Dink’s funeral, chanting “We are all Hrant Dink” and “We are all Armenians.” Dink’s friends and followers said they plan to hold a rally in his memory near the courthouse where his murder trial opens today.



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2007-07-09 12:10:10 · 17 answers · asked by not fair 6 in Turkey

hi i moved here near utrecht and would like to learn dutch and also would be nice to meet some people i could have a lekker convisation with is there any1 who knows a good collage

2007-07-09 10:49:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Netherlands

2007-07-09 10:39:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Turkey

Netherland is a very nice place,and amsterdam,the capital is a cool place i have been plan to go

2007-07-09 09:44:48 · 5 answers · asked by TAIWWO J 1 in Netherlands

I am thinking of going to Austria and Germany the first week of December. All my European travel has been Spring and Summer when everything is open and easily accessed. I am excited to see the Christmas markets, but how easy is it to get to other things? For instance, Neuschwanstein Castle. I don't ski and have no interest in winter sports. How cold would it be? Too cold to walk around the towns on the Romantic Road? Thanks.

2007-07-09 09:36:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Europe

I just got back and I LOVED it there!

Check out my video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdPnk35nR08

Originally I wasn't into going because I only knew of Turkey through the film "Midnight Express" and of the political problems that I heard of recently in the news.
But when a couple of spaces opened up on a tour that a friend hosted and it was cheap (compared to other european countries) I decided to give it a go.
I'm glad I did. The people are very friendly, the food was so delicious and the sites are incredible. And we only went to Istanbul, Cappadocia and the Gulf of Gokova!
I am so looking forward to going back.
And yes, it's safe. There was a lot of security especially in Istanbul. So PLEASE, GO VISIT THIS COUNTRY! IT'S A GREAT PLACE!

2007-07-09 08:40:11 · 14 answers · asked by pooks rutherford 2 in Turkey

Mine is Hippocrates, the father of Medecine..

2007-07-09 05:53:49 · 24 answers · asked by Leonarda 7 in Greece

and so many American women are fat ?

2007-07-09 04:53:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Russia

When you raise a glass in Greece, what's the best, most common toast? I've read all the following and am confused: 'Iss Ighian', 'Gia' sou', 'Stin Ygia Sou', 'Eislgian'. Which is right?

2007-07-09 03:05:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Greece

There is a notion that Madrid is not on a river. Nonsense! It sits on the Rio Manzananeres. Which European capital cities are not on rivers?

2007-07-09 00:49:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Europe

PLEASE WRITE SOME OF THE BEST TITTLE (ON ENGLIS) FROM ORHAN PAMUK.
i want dramma , feeling , love , which is the best??????????????

2007-07-09 00:35:26 · 6 answers · asked by SELMA S 3 in Turkey

2007-07-09 00:20:47 · 12 answers · asked by Selena 6 in Greece

Like Kimi Raikkonen, Mika Hakkinen, Heiki Kovalainen.

2007-07-08 21:32:51 · 7 answers · asked by silenth 5 in Other - Europe

Sports International in Bilkent seems too long of a drive to go to the gym everyday...is there something similar but closer to Oran that will also have child care available for my 2 year old.

2007-07-08 21:18:06 · 3 answers · asked by YellowLemon 2 in Turkey

A town or village in the Antwerp Province

2007-07-08 21:04:23 · 5 answers · asked by JOHN C Littlefair 1 in Belgium

what is GOOD AFTERNOON in greek????

2007-07-08 20:52:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Greece

what can you say abou greek literature?

2007-07-08 20:50:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Greece

I was watching Digiturk last night, and noticed that their election coverage was heavily biased towards AKP and they had a bunch of commercials for "Learn the Koran on DVD". Is it a religious channel? Not being alarmist; just curious.

2007-07-08 20:23:15 · 4 answers · asked by YabanciKiz 5 in Turkey

Greetings my Turkish friends. What do you call that dance(?) where the participants spin around for hours? I saw it once on the Discovery Channel years ago & the Madonna video "Bedtime Stories".

2007-07-08 18:08:04 · 7 answers · asked by Buddy Hodor 7 in Turkey

I live in Canada, and my friend is in sweeden, i want to send him a letter, but how many stamps will it need??

Please answer this soon... I need to know by tomorrow

2007-07-08 17:11:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Europe

2007-07-08 16:38:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Europe

2007-07-08 16:15:29 · 1 answers · asked by dan 1 in Other - Europe

I am from Turkey.I came across this term,while I was reading an article about Caucassia,but I couln't find out what it means.
Thanks.

2007-07-08 14:16:52 · 7 answers · asked by edd 3 in Greece