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Amsterdam - Pop icon Miley Cyrus, who raised eyebrows earlier this year after a raunchy performance at the American MTV Video Music Awards, has done something else to draw the ire of parent groups. Cyrus allegedly smoked marijuana at an MTV event in Amsterdam.

While a new public opinion poll shows European Union citizens feel favorably about science and technology, the poll also reveals that very few actually know what the recent advances have been.

Bordeaux - The world is indeed headed towards democracy, if it is as envisioned in the Roman Empire. Wine has become so popular a shortage is impending.

M&M’s candies contain petroleum-based, artificial dyes that can trigger hyperactivity in sensitive children. M&M's are made without most of those dyes in Europe and one mother wants to know why they are still being used in North America.

Mao - The small but perfectly formed Balearic Island of Menorca once again offered a chilled-out late summer, early autumn, vacation. Menorca, however, like mainland Spain and other countries of Europe, has financial difficulties.

European Antibiotic Awareness Day is marked annually on November 18. For this year the campaign is centering on antibiotic over-use.

Times are tough these days with the economic crisis, but we all still need a break from the stresses of everyday life in general. The good news is that you can now stay in Europe at budget prices, but still in the best of style, in a luxury hostel.

Brussels - The European Union (EU) said yesterday mobile companies cannot pick apart single market reforms to mobile telecommunications within Europe. A plan to abolish roaming charges throughout Europe by 2016 was tabled raising fierce criticisms from industry.

Due to various factors such as the high cost of living and the lack of access to affordable dental care, there is a new trend growing in dentistry.

Travelling to Eastern Europe this summer was a delight, a mystery, an adventure, and above all provided a real world view of a country less well known than others, with a very rich cultural history.