Europe and the War on Liberty - Maria Farrell on the proposals for European anti-terror legislation after Madrid

Juliana, former Queen of the Netherlands, has died aged 94

Procycling reports on the death of Marco Pantani - reaction here and here, a report on how and where he died is here

A scientist describes Saturn’s moon Titan as potentially looking ‘a bit like Sweden’. No comment is available from the Swedes at this time, but Norwegian comedians are reportedly working overtime

The first jackpot - ?15million - in the EuroMillions lottery was won by someone who bought their ticket in France, the BBC reports

Der Spiegel only seems to have some of the facts about the pretender to the British throne. I have some more information on it here from when the news came out in Britain in January.

If Der Spiegel has its facts right, Elizabeth II is a pretender and the true King a beer-drinking Australian farmer. If so, this would clear things up for the Scots, who wonder how they can have an Elizabeth ‘the second’ when they never had a first one: Good Queen Bess would’ve had as little claim [...]

Here’s the official website for the Athens Olympics. A three day security drill, dealing with potential terrorist threats to the Games has just been completed

Get your hands on a real fistful of Euros - Europe’s first transnational lottery starts selling tickets today in Britain, France and Spain

New suspicions of avian influenza in Germany, this time in Dresden. (Link in German.) A Vietnamese man living in that city has fallen ill after returning from a visit home, where he worked on his brother’s chicken farm.