Quirky News
From the weird to the wonderful, The Euro Weekly News stand out as a news source with their articles about wonderful shows of human kindness, to controversial TikTok trends and everything else you wouldn’t expect! Reporting on quirky events around the world, British expats and international travellers can easily stay up to date, or seek a bit of entertainment.
Army bargains: Spain auctions bulldozer and military equipment
Buying a Spanish Army bulldozer for around €1,500 might sound like the perfect Christmas gift for some gardeners who have everything, but Spain's Ministry of...
London’s mystery ‘Batman’ is buying drivers petrol and paying parking fines – but who is he?
Drivers who pulled into a south-east London petrol station for a routine fill-up were handed £70 (€84) fuel vouchers by a man in a Batman...
A sandwich without mayo lands Spanish bar customer in prison
Imagine popping into a bar for a something to eat, fancying a little mayonnaise with it, and being told there isn’t any. Most people would...
Wrong turn! Hapless Granada theft suspect runs straight into Guardia Civil HQ
A suspected shop thief in Granada managed to turn a getaway into an unexpected meeting with the law after apparently running into the very headquarters...
Ryanair’s cheeky ‘stop doing skincare’ request leaves flyers fuming – and the replies are savage
Passengers have hit back hard and hilarious after Ryanair told them to ditch mid-air beauty routines on short flights. The budget carrier, already famous for...
200km/h police chase ends with wanted driver trying to hitchhike home
A 23-year-old driver in Cordoba turned a routine police stop into one of the more unusual escapes of the year. Local officers tried to pull...
Hitler Mussolini wins election for left wing party
A politician named Hitler Mussolini has won a mayoral election representing a party of the centre left. And in an extraordinary coincidence, this is not...
Watch: Elon Musk unveils ‘flying’ Tesla that flips through the air in extraordinary footage
Blade Runner, Star Wars, Back to the Future... Since seeing some of these films, many of us have dreamt about owning a flying car and...
Would you like to see an “Elvis” caiman or a handstanding leopard? Now you can, as nature’s funniest photos have been revealed
We all need a bit of light relief from how serious day to day life can get, and the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards can...
Forget cat cafes: Serbia now has a cafe where alpacas roam between the tables
Serbia has put a quirky new spin on the animal cafe trend, with customers now able to enjoy a coffee while six alpacas wander around...
Ryanair pilot brakes as second plane enters Lanzarote runway mid-landing
Passengers on a Ryanair flight from Dublin had touched down in Lanzarote and were still slowing down when an Iberia Express jet bound for Madrid...
223 endangered goats and their cheese are keeping one small Spanish village alive
Rodrigo González Garrido swapped a forestry career for 223 goats and a cheese vat, and it's working: his dairy has brought a shepherd's family to...
The strange new safety system that could change the way passenger planes survive crashes
If you are sitting on a plane thousands of metres above the ground, there are probably a few things you would rather not think about....
American fined after 9kg Mercadona meat haul found in airport luggage
Nearly nine kilograms of chorizo, cured pork and venison sausage may seem like the perfect souvenir to take back home from a Mercadona in Spain,...