>I noticed that the Last 10 news list (in the left-side toolbar) shows the date in euro format (dd/mm/yyyy). All other dates are shown in US format (mm/dd/yyyy). Is this by design?

Thanks for noticing it. I never realized this one could be a factor as per the other ones. This is because the first one is pre-generated by the robot, as it is more intensive, and the robot has to generate something for the general audience. So, this is the default. I will have to see about this one later on if I can have something at runtime that won't have any impact.