Новости по теме Europe

Bomb thrown at police in Northern Ireland Police officers in Northern Ireland came under attack on Friday night when an explosive device was thrown at their vehicle in Belfast, a police spokesman said.

15 March 2014

EU ready to plug in to 'universal' mobile phone charger The European Union took another step towards the mandatory introduction of a common mobile phone charger, which could power-up all makes of handsets.

14 March 2014

Paris makes public transport free to tackle severe pollution Paris authorities said Thursday they would make public transport free for three days to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles behind due to severe pollution caused by unusually warm weather.

14 March 2014

Diana leaked royal directory to UK tabloid, court hears The late Princess Diana leaked a royal phone directory to the now defunct News of the World tabloid, its former royal editor told Britain's phone-hacking trial.

14 March 2014

NATO should intervene in Crimea 'before massacre': Tatar leader Tatar community leader Mustafa Dzhemilev on Thursday urged NATO to intervene in Crimea to avert a "massacre" and called on the Crimean Tatars to boycott the upcoming referendum to join Russia.

14 March 2014

Astronomers reveal 'largest yellow star ever' Astronomers have spotted the largest yellow star ever observed in our galaxy and 1,300 times larger than the sun.

13 March 2014

Pope marks first year far from Rome's madding crowd Pope Francis will spend the first anniversary of his election in a spiritual retreat, far from the adoring crowds in Rome and the tensions within the Church hierarchy that have defined the last year.

13 March 2014

Bollore to quadruple electric-car points in Britain French tycoon Vincent Bollore said Wednesday he aims to introduce a car version of the "Boris Bikes" hire scheme in London, and quadruple the number of electric car-charging points in Britain.

13 March 2014

Ukraine PM says EU accord may be signed next week Ukraine's new leaders will likely sign a long-awaited political accord with the European Union next week, interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Wednesday after talks at the White House.

13 March 2014

Move over '123456': passwords go high-tech too Internet users may before long have a secure solution to the modern plague of passwords, in which they can use visual patterns or even their own body parts to identify themselves.

13 March 2014

Now the hard work starts for superstar pope Pope Francis celebrates one year in office on Thursday swaddled in a blanket of approval world leaders would die for and most of his predecessors could only dream of.

13 March 2014

Cinefondation-Atelier selects Kazakh film project Aliyushka feature project by Kazakh film director Adilkhan Yerzhanov has entered the list of 15 projects selected by Cinefondation-Atelier.

12 March 2014

How Olympians train: Ilya Ilyin's hardcore 220 kg squats Two times Olympic Champion, three times World Champion and an avid social network user Ilya Iliyn has posted a vine or a short video of squatting with 220 kg on his Instagram page.

12 March 2014

Kazakhstan film Nagima by Zhanna Issabayeva wins Grand-Prix at Film Festival in France Kazakhstan film Nagima directed by Zhanna Issabayeva has won the Grand-Prix at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in France.

12 March 2014

Paris, still the world's no.1 tourist destination Some 32.3 million tourists say France's city of light and romance can't be beat.

11 March 2014

European IT firms seize opportunity from spy scandal European IT security firms have flocked to the world's biggest high-tech fair with hopes of benefiting from the fallout from shock revelations of mass US and British spying.

11 March 2014

Warning bells as Portugal urged to exit bailout without buffer With Portugal's 78-billion-euro IMF-EU aid programme about to come to an end, its creditors are not only expecting the country to exit its massive bailout on May 17, but urging it to do so without a safety net.

11 March 2014

Italy challenges US gun ad using Michelangelo's David Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini Saturday called for a US guns dealer to withdraw an advertisement using an image of Michelangelo's David -- but with the famed statue holding a bolt-action rifle.

11 March 2014

Clashes in Ukraine as Putin stays defiant Pro-Russian activists with clubs and whips clashed with pro-Kiev supporters Sunday as tens of thousands rallied across Ukraine in rival protests, and Russian President Vladimir Putin dug in his heels in the standoff with the West.

10 March 2014

Scorcher summers predicted for Europe: study Europe is headed for scorching summers with temperatures well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 deg Fahrenheit) and droughts in the south within the next 40 years, climate scientists said Friday.

07 March 2014

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