Forget frozen fish-fingers and chewy mashed potatoes. A French school has become the country’s first to hire a professional chef to cook up fresh, cheap food from local products every day. The aim? To energise listless teenage taste buds and control weight problems.
Paper planes have soared way beyond the classroom. Now every bored schoolboy’s elicit past-time has become a worldwide sport with thousands of fans battling to carry off the championships. ”The secret of a good plane is patience, symmetry and a good eye to feel where you need to fold,” said Nicolas Deschamps,
A Dutch court on Tuesday handed down a life sentence against Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamic radical who was convicted of killing Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, and ruled the murder was a terrorist act. Van Gogh was well known for his scathing criticism of Islam and the multicultural society.
Two southern Dutch towns have called for the legalisation, under strict conditions, of cannabis production to thwart criminal gangs operating on the border with Belgium and Germany. On Thursday, the mayor of Maastricht, one of the towns, will defend his plan in the European Parliament in a special session dedicated to drugs policies.