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RAJPOJ company, near Grojec  packing apples after Moscow's ban on fruit imports from Poland. ©Reuters Faced with Western sanctions, Moscow resorts to food fight As Western countries launch new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has returned fire with bans on food imports.
06 August 2014
Flavio Sidagni before and after his prison term. Photos courtesy of La Republica and Il Post Italian ex-top manager released on parole from Kazakhstan prison Italian Flavio Sidagni, convicted in Kazakhstan for drug distribution, has been released on parole.
05 August 2014
Illustration ©tengrinews Kazakhstan exports hazardous waste to France Kazakh Ministry and UNDP have shipped 80 tonnes of hazardous sovtol from Kazakhstan to France and disposed of it there.
04 August 2014
Alma Shalabayeva with her daughter. Photo courtesy of uralskweek.kz Ablyazov's wife deportation to Kazakhstan illegal: Italy Court of Cassation The wife of Kazakh tycoon and former head of BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyzov was illegally deported to Kazakhstan, Italy's Court of Cassation rules.
01 August 2014
Sophie Manasyan. Photo from personal archives. 6 y.o. Sophie Manasyan wins Constellation of Vienna in Austria. 6 y.o. Sophie Manasyan won a prize in choreography at the children’s and youth creativity festival Constellation of Vienna in Austria.
01 August 2014
Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. ©Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett Former aide to Britain's Prince Philip charged with sex abuse The former personal assistant of Britain's Prince Philip has been charged with sexually abusing a girl while he was working for the royal family in the 1970s, prosecutors said.
31 July 2014
Alexander Litvinenko. ©Reuters/Vasily Djachkov Ex-spy Litvinenko death inquiry to open in Britain Britain will formally open an inquiry into the radioactive poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko in a case that threatens to increase tensions with Moscow amid the crisis in Ukraine.
31 July 2014
Toasts and tears of joy as Germany started WWI It is past dusk when Wilhelm II uncorks the sparkling wine for his top army brass on August 1, 1914.
31 July 2014
US and Europe hit Russia with toughest sanctions yet The United States and Europe targeted Russia's key financial, arms and energy sectors Tuesday with tough new sanctions in response to Moscow's intervention in the Ukraine crisis.
30 July 2014
Europe launches last resupply ship to space station An Ariane 5 ES heavy rocket lifted off from South America late Tuesday bearing Europe's fifth and final robot supply ship for the International Space Station (ISS), mission control said.
30 July 2014
©Reuters/Bogdan Cristel Bank of Cyprus completes $1 bn private share placement Bank of Cyprus, the island's largest lender, has completed a one billion euro ($1.34 billion) capital increase in a private placement to help it restructure following a haircut on deposits last year.
30 July 2014
©Reuters/Kieran Doherty Airbus cancels order for six A380s from Skymark Airbus has cancelled an order for six A380 superjumbos from Skymark Airlines because the Japanese company is facing financial difficulties, French daily Les Echos reported.
29 July 2014
©RIA Novosti EU to impose new Russia sanctions as fighting blocks MH17 probe The EU is set to approve punishing sanctions against Russia Tuesday over its role in the Ukraine crisis, after Kiev seized control of part of the MH17 crash site in fighting that blocked an international effort to recover victims' remains.
29 July 2014
Andrey Gundarev ©almazoff.yvision.kz Kazakhstani climber to ascend Volcanic Seven Summits Traveler and mountain guide from Almaty Andrey Gundarev intends to be the first Kazakhstani to conquer 7 highest volcanoes on world's 7 continents.
28 July 2014
©Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler Glamourous Salzburg Festival kicks off amid budget worries Budget problems and widely publicised management disputes: the Salzburg Festival, one of the world's top opera events which kicks off this weekend, has seen almost as much drama behind the scenes as on stage in recent years.
26 July 2014
Graham Phillips. Photo courtesy of grahamwphillips.com UK journalist for Russian TV says Ukraine deported him A British reporter for Russia's RT television in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine said on Saturday that Kiev had deported and banned him from the country for three years.
26 July 2014
Slovak president hands over salary to the poor, sick Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska has given his first month's salary to 10 impoverished families, some coping with serious illness, a spokesman said.
26 July 2014
Former president of Catalonia Jordi Pujol. ©Reuters/Gustau Nacarino Veteran Catalan leader reveals family kept money abroad A former premier of Spain's Catalonia region and one of its biggest political powerbrokers said Friday his family kept undeclared money abroad for over 30 years and apologised for the "mistake".
26 July 2014
Air Algerie crash wipes out entire families All passengers and crew on board an Air Algerie jetliner that crashed in Mali died in the tragedy, which completely wiped out several families, France announced.
26 July 2014
Maillot brings sexy 'Shrew' to scandal-hit Bolshoi Shakespeare's 16th-century Padua is a far cry from Jean-Christophe Maillot's scintillating new "Taming of the Shrew" at the Moscow Bolshoi.
26 July 2014
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