Новости по теме Europe

Pilots' strike grounds Lufthansa Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said Monday it will be forced to cancel most of its flights later this week, grounding as many as 425,000 passengers, due to a pilots' strike.

01 April 2014 14:28

William and Kate star in Kiwi April Fools' gags The impending royal visit by Prince William, his wife Kate and their baby son George provided ample fodder for April Fool's Day pranksters in New Zealand and Australia on Tuesday.

01 April 2014 11:47

G-Global: XXI Century World by Nazarbayev presented in Athens Nursultan Nazarbayev's new book G-Global: XXI Century World has been presented in Athens, Greece.

31 March 2014 17:25

Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck flies south to Australia Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck restaurant will close its doors in Britain and relocate to Australia for six months in 2015.

31 March 2014 16:42

Kazakhstan in fight against Internet terrorism To combat internet terrorism Kazakhstan requires intercalibration of the legislation.

31 March 2014 12:24

Socialist Anne Hidalgo to be first female mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, a Spanish-born Socialist, will be the first female mayor of Paris after an unexpectedly comfortable win in municipal elections.

31 March 2014 10:41

Elton John to marry longtime partner Pop icon Elton John says he will tie the knot with partner David Furnish now that his native Britain has legalized gay marriage.

31 March 2014 10:04

Italian firm wins $1.2 bn Lima metro contract Italian industrial giant Finmeccanica on Friday said it had won a $1.2 billion (873 million euro) contract for building and operating unmanned metro lines in Lima.

30 March 2014 17:26

Angelina Jolie pays respect to Srebrenica victims Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Friday paid respect to victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre after urging the international community to stop the use of sexual violence as a war weapon.

30 March 2014 12:04

Slovak PM duels philanthropist in final battle for presidency Slovaks began voting Saturday to choose their president in a fractious and tight run-off between Prime Minister Robert Fico and political newcomer and philanthropist, Andrej Kiska.

29 March 2014 14:47

French minister apologises for calling state dinner 'revolting' An embarrassed French minister has apologised to the head chef at the Elysee Palace after she was caught on camera describing the food at a China-France state dinner as "revolting".

29 March 2014 14:17

Two ex-Vatican bank chiefs face money laundering trial Italian prosecutors on Friday said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering, while the bank's ex-chairman was declared innocent.

29 March 2014 11:45

Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deaths A male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.

29 March 2014 11:14

Nigeria arrests two Britons over 'oil theft plot' Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.

29 March 2014 10:45

First gay marriages take place in England and Wales Gay couples across England and Wales said "I do" on Friday night as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality.

29 March 2014 10:19

Jeweller Graff unveils $55-mn diamond-encrusted watch British jeweller Graff unveiled Thursday what it described as the "most valuable watch ever created" -- a timepiece replete with more than 110 carats of diamonds costing $55 million (40 million euros).

28 March 2014 14:05

Boxing: Golovkin yields Best Eastern European Fighter title to Klitschko Kazakhstan's Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin has yielded the first place in the 10 Best Eastern European Fighters ranking to Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko.

28 March 2014 14:01

IMF bails out Ukraine as UN rejects Russia's Crimea annexation The IMF announced a $14-$18 billion bailout for Ukraine on Thursday as the UN General Assembly refused to recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula.

28 March 2014 12:33

Smoking ban reduces pre-term births, childhood asthma Bans on smoking in public and the workplace led to a 10 percent drop in premature births and in emergency asthma treatment for children.

28 March 2014 11:00

Mimosa, French perfume-makers' secret ingredient Like miniature pompoms bursting with colour and fragrance, mimosa flowers turn the hills around France's perfume capital, Grasse, a golden yellow for a couple of fleeting weeks each year.

28 March 2014 10:04

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