Quirky News – Euro Weekly News https://euroweeklynews.com News and views in English since 1998 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:24:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://euroweeklynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-EuroWeeklyNews-Favicon-2-60x60.png Quirky News – Euro Weekly News https://euroweeklynews.com 32 32 €1 kebabs cause havoc in Germany as hungry crowd pelts police with stones and an e-scooter https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/09/e1-kebabs-cause-havoc-in-germany-as-hungry-crowd-pelts-police-with-stones-and-an-e-scooter/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/09/e1-kebabs-cause-havoc-in-germany-as-hungry-crowd-pelts-police-with-stones-and-an-e-scooter/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:24:32 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=583435 Hundreds of youngsters turned up for a €1 kebab at a new shop in Dortmund on Sunday, and before long police officers were dodging stones, fireworks and even an e-scooter. The shop’s now been shut down, and its owner could be handed the bill for the whole police operation. Food Lover, a new kebab shop on Körner Hellweg in the east of Dortmund, had spent days hyping its opening on Instagram with…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/09/e1-kebabs-cause-havoc-in-germany-as-hungry-crowd-pelts-police-with-stones-and-an-e-scooter/feed/ 0 More than 3,000 tarantulas stuffed in dirty socks caught on their way to Germany https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/06/more-than-3000-tarantulas-stuffed-in-dirty-socks-caught-on-their-way-to-germany/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/06/more-than-3000-tarantulas-stuffed-in-dirty-socks-caught-on-their-way-to-germany/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:17:01 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=583233 Something inside three suitcases at Lima airport was moving, and it turned out to be more than 3,000 tarantulas, from eggs and hatchlings to full-grown adults, all packed into dirty socks. Every one of them was bound for Germany, but were caught before boarding the flight. Customs officers at Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport noticed movement inside three suitcases this week…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/06/more-than-3000-tarantulas-stuffed-in-dirty-socks-caught-on-their-way-to-germany/feed/ 0 ‘An insult to Italian culture’: Chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/05/an-insult-to-italian-culture-chef-fired-after-refusing-to-put-pineapple-on-pizza/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/05/an-insult-to-italian-culture-chef-fired-after-refusing-to-put-pineapple-on-pizza/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:23:07 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=583187 There are some things Italians take very seriously: their coffee, their pasta, their nonna, their olive oil and, apparently, the right of a pizza to remain pineapple-free. One Italian chef was so opposed to the tropical topping that he refused to make it for customers, even after his boss asked him repeatedly. Davide Tamburella, who worked at La Costa Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane, Australia…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/05/an-insult-to-italian-culture-chef-fired-after-refusing-to-put-pineapple-on-pizza/feed/ 0 Archaeologists haul 30kg stone from Norwegian seabed that could be the world’s oldest anchor https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/03/archaeologists-haul-30kg-stone-from-norwegian-seabed-that-could-be-the-worlds-oldest-anchor/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/03/archaeologists-haul-30kg-stone-from-norwegian-seabed-that-could-be-the-worlds-oldest-anchor/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:25:51 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=582928 A grooved lump of rock, far too heavy to be a fishing net weight, has been lifted from 20 metres down off Norway, and archaeologists think a Stone Age crew used it to hold their boat steady. If they’re right, it would be older than any securely dated stone anchor. Archaeologists exploring a Stone Age quarry off western Norway spotted something unusual in 2025, lying on a pile of waste rock 20…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/11/03/archaeologists-haul-30kg-stone-from-norwegian-seabed-that-could-be-the-worlds-oldest-anchor/feed/ 0 Army bargains: Spain auctions bulldozer and military equipment https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/24/army-bargains-spain-auctions-bulldozer-and-military-equipment/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:45:58 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=582205 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 Defence is actually offering one as part of a public auction of surplus Army equipment. The 17 lots have combined starting prices of approximately €1.49 million, according to the official auction notice published in Spain’s Official State…

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]]> London’s mystery ‘Batman’ is buying drivers petrol and paying parking fines – but who is he? https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/24/londons-mystery-batman-is-buying-drivers-petrol-and-paying-parking-fines-but-who-is-he/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:15:51 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=582195 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 mask. He’s also paid hospital parking fines and filled in potholes, yet nobody can say who he is. Motorists who stopped at a Texaco petrol station near the Eltham Road and Sidcup Road junction on Friday October 16 weren’t expecting a superhero at the pumps.

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]]> A sandwich without mayo lands Spanish bar customer in prison https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/22/a-sandwich-without-mayo-lands-spanish-bar-customer-in-prison/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:06:27 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=582101 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 sigh, eat their meal without it or try somewhere else. One customer in southern Spain apparently had a rather different response: he set fire to the bar. The spectacularly disproportionate reaction has now earned him three years and six months in prison…

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]]> Wrong turn! Hapless Granada theft suspect runs straight into Guardia Civil HQ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/20/wrong-turn-hapless-granada-theft-suspect-runs-straight-into-guardia-civil-hq/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:58:38 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=581864 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 of the force in hot pursuit behind him. The 19-year-old was arrested after allegedly trying to steal several items from a shop in Granada city on Friday, October 16. His escape plan took a rather unfortunate turn when he ended up at the entrance…

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]]> Ryanair’s cheeky ‘stop doing skincare’ request leaves flyers fuming – and the replies are savage https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/20/ryanairs-cheeky-stop-doing-skincare-request-leaves-flyers-fuming-and-the-replies-are-savage/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:24:21 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=581801 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 its blunt social media style, dropped a nine-word Facebook post that quickly racked up thousands of reactions and comments. Ryanair’s update simply said “stop doing skincare onboard, it’s a 2 hour flight”. The message landed just as…

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]]> 200km/h police chase ends with wanted driver trying to hitchhike home https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/19/200km-h-police-chase-ends-with-wanted-driver-trying-to-hitchhike-home/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:11:56 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=581672 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 him over on Avenida Azabache in the El Granadal area during the early hours of October 14 after spotting dangerous driving manoeuvres. He ignored the lights and sirens and accelerated away. What followed was a chase that quickly left the city streets and…

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]]> Hitler Mussolini wins election for left wing party https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/17/hitler-mussolini-wins-election-for-left-wing-party/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:41 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=581487 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 the first time an election in Peru has involved names associated with some of history’s most controversial political figures. Politics can produce some extraordinary headlines, but this one sounds almost too strange to be true.

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]]> Watch: Elon Musk unveils ‘flying’ Tesla that flips through the air in extraordinary footage https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/16/watch-elon-musk-unveils-flying-tesla-that-flips-through-the-air-in-extraordinary-footage/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/16/watch-elon-musk-unveils-flying-tesla-that-flips-through-the-air-in-extraordinary-footage/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:01:20 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=581431 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 being part of a slightly more glamorous traffic jam in the skies. Some movies even projected we would have had them by now. Well, Elon Musk has done it again and unveiled his new Tesla Roadster that apparently can ‘fly’. The car drove upside down…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/16/watch-elon-musk-unveils-flying-tesla-that-flips-through-the-air-in-extraordinary-footage/feed/ 1 Would you like to see an “Elvis” caiman or a handstanding leopard? Now you can, as nature’s funniest photos have been revealed https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/09/would-you-like-to-see-an-elvis-caiman-or-a-handstanding-leopard-now-you-can-as-natures-funniest-photos-have-been-revealed/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:36:59 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=580872 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 deliver exactly that. The shortlist for the awards is officially in, and between an “Elvis-impersonating” caiman, a handstanding leopard, and an orangutan with zero filter, these 40 finalists are guaranteed to make your day. Finalists for the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife…

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]]> Forget cat cafes: Serbia now has a cafe where alpacas roam between the tables https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/04/forget-cat-cafes-serbia-now-has-a-cafe-where-alpacas-roam-between-the-tables/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:26:42 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=580458 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 them looking for snacks. Animal cafes have become increasingly popular in the UK, particularly cat cafes where customers can have a coffee while spending time with resident felines. Now Serbia has come up with a rather larger, and considerably woollier, alternative.

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]]> Ryanair pilot brakes as second plane enters Lanzarote runway mid-landing https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/01/ryanair-pilot-brakes-as-second-plane-enters-lanzarote-runway-mid-landing/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/01/ryanair-pilot-brakes-as-second-plane-enters-lanzarote-runway-mid-landing/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:36:30 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=580302 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 rolled onto the same runway. Webcam footage of the moment has since gone viral, though questions remain over how it happened. A video filmed by Lanzarote Webcam on Monday September 28 shows an Iberia Express flight to Madrid moving onto the runway at…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/01/ryanair-pilot-brakes-as-second-plane-enters-lanzarote-runway-mid-landing/feed/ 1 223 endangered goats and their cheese are keeping one small Spanish village alive https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/24/223-endangered-goats-and-their-cheese-are-keeping-one-small-spanish-village-alive/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:12:36 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=579736 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 settle in the village for good. The Verata is one of Spain’s most endangered native breeds, and cheese might be what saves it. González Garrido finished a degree in forestry engineering in 2007, right as Spain’s economy fell into recession.

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]]> The strange new safety system that could change the way passenger planes survive crashes https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/18/the-strange-new-safety-system-that-could-change-the-way-passenger-planes-survive-crashes/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:58:47 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=579294 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. Engine failure is one. A crash is another. And the idea of your entire aircraft suddenly being wrapped in a gigantic inflatable cushion probably belongs somewhere near the bottom of the list. But two engineers in Dubai have been thinking about exactly that.

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]]> American fined after 9kg Mercadona meat haul found in airport luggage https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/15/american-fined-after-9kg-mercadona-meat-haul-found-in-airport-luggage/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:23:06 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=578985 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, but customs officers in the US did not agree. The haul cost the traveller a 500-dollar fine, his confiscated meat and, on his second offence, his Global Entry fast-track pass for good. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the traveller…

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]]> Blind British man sentenced for driving a stolen car 241 kilometres on motorway https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/09/blind-british-man-sentenced-for-driving-a-stolen-car-241-kilometres-on-motorway/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/09/blind-british-man-sentenced-for-driving-a-stolen-car-241-kilometres-on-motorway/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:33:18 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=578548 A registered blind British man drove around 241 kilometres (150 miles) along one of Britain’s busiest motorways in the middle of the night, despite having no driving licence and being well over the drink-drive limit. Anthony Hall, 50, from Huddersfield, set off for Scotland in his partner’s Vauxhall Meriva after drinking a considerable amount of wine. What makes the bizarre journey even more…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/09/blind-british-man-sentenced-for-driving-a-stolen-car-241-kilometres-on-motorway/feed/ 1 Why Spain keeps part of its €33 billion gold reserve hidden beneath New York https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/09/why-spain-keeps-part-of-its-e33-billion-gold-reserve-hidden-beneath-new-york/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:16:33 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=578537 Somewhere beneath Manhattan sits an undisclosed quantity of gold belonging to Spain. The Banco de España knows exactly how much is stored there, yet it will not tell the public. Spain’s gold reserve stands at around 281 tonnes worth close to €33 billion at current prices. Most of it sits in the Banco de España‘s own underground vault in Madrid, but a portion has sat abroad for decades…

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]]> This Spanish cheese just sold for a world-record €37,500 after secret bidding pact https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/31/this-spanish-cheese-just-sold-for-a-world-record-e37500-after-secret-bidding-pact/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:06:57 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=577692 For six years, one Asturian restaurant walked away with Spain’s most coveted wheel of blue cheese almost unchallenged. This year, four small businesses that had spent years trying to win teamed up in secret, and their combined bid pushed the world’s priciest cheese to a record €37,500. The winning wheel of Cabrales was auctioned off on Sunday August 30 in Arenas de Cabrales, Asturias…

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]]> France’s famous cheeses could taste different after drought forces farmers to change cows’ diets https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/28/frances-famous-cheeses-could-taste-different-after-drought-forces-farmers-to-change-cows-diets/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:44:51 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=577583 There wasn’t enough grass left for the cows to eat, so France has rewritten the rulebook for three of its most protected cheeses. Comté, Beaufort and Abondance can now be made with feed brought in from outside their historic mountain pastures, a change that could subtly alter how they taste. Grass growth is a third below normal after France’s driest summer in years France’s agriculture…

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]]> Furious holidaymakers face impossible ‘bags or passengers’ choice before take-off https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/28/furious-holidaymakers-face-impossible-bags-or-passengers-choice-before-take-off/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:15:48 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=577535 Every single person on the flight wanted to get home, but not all their bags could go with them. Faced with 186 passengers, a stiff wind and one of Europe’s tightest runways, the captain of a flight from Skiathos to Naples had to make the call himself: either luggage off, or nobody flies. Passengers waiting to leave the Greek island of Skiathos for Naples on Wednesday August 26 found out just…

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]]> ‘They’d throw themselves down a well if it told them to’: Google Maps traps drivers in Spain’s narrow streets https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/17/theyd-throw-themselves-down-a-well-if-it-told-them-to-google-maps-traps-drivers-in-spains-narrow-streets/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:05:04 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=576660 Some drivers who trust Google Maps into Santa Pau’s medieval alleys can’t even open the car door once they realise their mistake. The Girona village is far from alone though, with vehicles regularly getting wedged into streets never built for them across Spain. In Santa Pau, a village of 1,500 people in Girona province, Google Maps keeps directing cars towards the historic centre along Carrer…

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]]> €80m Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum despite working alarms and guards on duty https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/17/e80m-renaissance-masterpieces-stolen-from-sicily-museum-despite-working-alarms-and-guards-on-duty/ https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/17/e80m-renaissance-masterpieces-stolen-from-sicily-museum-despite-working-alarms-and-guards-on-duty/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:18:30 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=576632 Four Renaissance masterpieces worth up to €80 million vanished from a Sicilian museum as a religious procession filled the streets outside, yet the thieves left two of the removed panels propped behind a wall as they fled. Art crime experts say works this recognisable may be almost impossible to sell. Thieves broke into the Museo Regionale Interdisciplinare di Messina in Sicily just before…

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]]> https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/17/e80m-renaissance-masterpieces-stolen-from-sicily-museum-despite-working-alarms-and-guards-on-duty/feed/ 1 The world’s first ‘space-age’ bone that saved a Madrid patient’s leg from amputation https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/15/the-worlds-first-space-age-bone-that-saved-a-madrid-patients-leg-from-amputation/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:34:03 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=576539 Surgeons in Madrid seemed to be left with only one option: amputate. But instead, they built the patient a new bone from scratch, using a lattice structure borrowed from spacecraft engineering that the human body now can’t tell apart from its own. Pierre, a 38-year-old patient at Hospital Gregorio Marañón in Madrid, developed a high-grade sarcoma in his tibia, the shin bone.

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]]> ‘We’ve found gold’: Belgian builders strike €9m treasure hidden behind cellar wall https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/14/weve-found-gold-belgian-builders-strike-e9m-treasure-hidden-behind-cellar-wall/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:24:16 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=576484 An 18-year-old thought he had spotted a scatter of €1 coins while laying a drainage pipe, until a gold nugget rolled out beside them. What his crew had actually found, sealed inside a vault built into a cellar wall in Belgium, turned out to be a hoard worth an estimated €9 million. Workers from a local construction firm were carrying out groundworks on Tuesday August 11, laying a pipe for the…

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]]> Jellyfish strike France’s biggest nuclear plant again and shut down three reactors https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/12/jellyfish-strike-frances-biggest-nuclear-plant-again-and-shut-down-three-reactors/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:11:11 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=576338 A swarm of jellyfish has knocked out three reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear plant, and the strangest part is not that it happened but that it happened almost exactly a year to the day after the last time it did. On Monday August 10, operator EDF said swarms of jellyfish had clogged the seawater filters that cool Gravelines, the plant near Dunkirk that draws its water from a canal linked to…

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]]> Britain abandoned a possible £5.5bn treasure near Gibraltar. Now an explorer says he would go back https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/10/britain-abandoned-a-possible-5-5bn-treasure-near-gibraltar-now-an-explorer-says-he-would-go-back/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:38:55 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=576126 Ten tonnes of gold may have been laying untouched 821 metres below the sea for more than three centuries off the coast of Gibraltar. Britain once backed a search for it, but a furious dispute involving Spain, the Rock and a different shipwreck brought the project to a halt. HMS Sussex, an 80-gun Royal Navy flagship, sank in a violent storm near Gibraltar on 1 March 1694. Around 500 men died…

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]]> Guinness lost at sea 162 years ago could finally be brewed again https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/07/guinness-lost-at-sea-162-years-ago-could-finally-be-brewed-again/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:57:17 +0000 https://euroweeklynews.com/?p=575943 It is far too murky for a celebratory pint, but Guinness recovered after more than 160 years beneath the sea may still surrender its secrets. Scientists now hope its yeast can reveal how Ireland’s famous stout tasted in Victorian times. Up to 20 bottles of stout were discovered among the cargo of a wreck around five kilometres off the coast of Dover during dives in the summer of 2025.

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