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The image that shocked the world: New York's Twin Towers collapsing (Photo: wstera2)

Post-9/11 Europe: 'safer' but less free

Ten years after the fall of New York's twin towers and four months after the death of Osama Bin Laden, Europe is said to be 'safer' - but in return, private data is scrutinised by a multitude of counter-terrorism programmes, few of which have been properly assessed.

The still-vivid spectacle of the collapsing towers caught everybody by surprise. Many people still remember what they were doing on 11 September 2001 when the news broke: Belgian Liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt, head of the rota...

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The image that shocked the world: New York's Twin Towers collapsing (Photo: wstera2)

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