News about Europe

IMF's Lagarde: uncertainty over health of European banks International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that questions marks remain over the health of Europe's banks and that coming stress tests are a chance to build confidence in them.
10 January 2014 16:10
Hollande says may sue magazine over affair claim French President Francois Hollande told AFP Friday he was considering legal action against Closer after the magazine said he was having an affair with an actress.
10 January 2014 15:37
French magazine reveals Hollande 'affair' with actress French magazine Closer on Friday said President Francois Hollande was having an affair with actress Julie Gayet, promising to back its claim with photographs after months of swirling rumours.
10 January 2014 12:13
Wanted: Billions of bees for European farms Many countries in Europe face a worrying lack of crop-pollinating honeybees, a problem caused mainly by an EU policy shift in favour of biofuels.
10 January 2014 09:59
Long way home: Tenizbayev acquitted by British jury The Kazakh teenager, arrested on charges of sexual harassment in London on August 2013, was acquitted in a jury trial.
09 January 2014 18:50
France approves extradition of Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov to Russia and Ukraine A French court approved the extradition of exiled Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, an opposition figure wanted on embezzlement charges by Russia and Ukraine.
09 January 2014 17:19
Russia blocks new UN Syria statement Russia on Wednesday blocked a British-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government attacks on the city of Aleppo, diplomats said.
09 January 2014 16:19
Kazakhstan artist wins literary festival in UK Asol Bilyalova from Kazakhstan has won in the Artistic Illustration category at the Literature Festival 2013 in London and Cambridge.
09 January 2014 14:11
Obama invites Merkel to Washington after phone-tap row President Barack Obama invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington on Wednesday, hoping to mend fences after a row provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her cellphone.
09 January 2014 12:32
Hollande backs ban on 'anti-Semitic' comedian President Francois Hollande has backed attempts to ban controversial French comedian Dieudonne as a furore intensified over his sketches that have been widely condemned as anti-Semitic.
08 January 2014 18:30
Western Europe - Western China road gets 600 points of criticism The Western Europe – Western China road has received more than 600 points of criticism from the experts who checked it.
08 January 2014 16:45
Figure skating: Young figure skater from Kazakhstan wins tournament in Slovakia 13-y.o. Elizabet Tursynbayeva from Kazakhstan has won the New Year's Cup 2014 international figure skating tournament in Slovakia.
08 January 2014 16:08
Ukrainian novelist Kurkov backs 'school for revolution' protests The long-running opposition protests on Kiev's central Independence Square are becoming a "school for revolution" as the country's leaders lose touch with society, top Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov told AFP.
08 January 2014 15:54
Almaty beats all Asia in Top 10 cities to visit in 2014 Almaty is the most 'alluring city' in Kazakhstan and number 7 of the Top 10 cities to visit in 2014 according to The Rough Guide.
08 January 2014 15:28
'Downton Abbey' producer sees drama thriving on TV The global success of "Downton Abbey" is vivid proof that romance and drama are alive and well and thriving on the small screen, its executive producer said Tuesday.
08 January 2014 13:23
Sarajevo's legendary shoe-shiner dies Sarajevans paid tribute Tuesday to a legendary shoe-cleaner known as "uncle" Miso, who died at the age of 83 after more than 60 years working on the streets, even during the 1992-1995 war.
08 January 2014 11:49
Magma clue to Earth's super-volcanoes Geologists on Sunday reported insights into super-volcanoes, the brooding, enigmatic giants of Earth's crust whose eruptions are as catastrophic as they are rare.
06 January 2014 18:04
Skiing: Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin wins 15-kilometers mass start of Tour de Ski in Switzerland Kazakhstan skier Alexey Poltoranin has won the classic 15-kilometer mass start at the fourth stage of Tour de Ski in Switzerland.
06 January 2014 17:07
2014 year of 'hard truths' for British economy: Osborne British finance minister George Osborne will warn that 2014 is to be the year of "hard truths" and public spending cuts when he sets out his plans for the year ahead.
06 January 2014 10:29
Nazi hunters call for protests against French comic A Nazi-hunting family has called for protests against controversial French comedian Dieudonne over his vitriolic brand of humour targeting Jews, as a government minister said he must pay fines accrued for racist abuse.
05 January 2014 11:53
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