Europublications, the book publishing arm of Europublic, continue to work and develop their new eBookshop and a launch date is now scheduled for March. An email announcement will be sent to inform you of the exact date when the project will go-live.

The new website will allow easy downloading of files that can be used on Kindle and other tablet-type readers.

Initial titles will include books written by Richard Hill, John Alexander, Carol Allan, David Howorth, and Eric Liggett.

Richard Hill needs no introduction, his work being widely read and referred to by those who are interested in diverse aspects of European Affairs and Intercultural concerns.

John Alexander, who lives and works in Stockholm, is an expert on Nordic and Baltic issues and a familiar face on Swedish television.

Eric Liggett spent many years teaching at one of the major Scottish universities and has authored books on British Political History and Political Issues.

Europublications would be interested to have full details about any unpublished manuscripts or ongoing projects, related to all aspect of European affairs, with a view to appraisal and publication as an eBook.

This a joke taken from an anthology of European jokes, collected and commented by Richard Hill, “Have You Heard this One? which was published in four languages, English, French, German and Dutch.

The situations described in these traditional European jokes are noticeably and appropriately low-tech. But with progress, ships, caves and the like are progressively giving way to space probes, aircraft and such.

Here is an example:

The European Union invites applications from astronauts for the first European manned mission to Mars. The first to apply is an Englishman who says he will go for 2 million ECUs, one million for himself and one million for his wife. Next comes a Frenchman, who asks for 3 million ECUs, one million for himself, one million for his wife and one million for his mistress. The final applicant is an Italian who asks for 4 million ECUs. "Why so much?", the project manager asks him. "One million for you, one million for me and two million for that silly Englishman..."