Новости по теме Europe

Crunch week for Italy as Berlusconi battles sanction Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has warned against instability as a parliamentary committee prepares for a debate starting Monday on Silvio Berlusconi's expulsion from the Senate following his criminal conviction.

09 September 2013

Britain, Japan, US films tipped to win Venice festival Movies from Britain, Japan and the United States are tipped by critics as favourites to win Venice's Golden Lion prize this year.

09 September 2013

Pope leads fasting and prayer day for Syria The Catholic Church has called for a global day of fasting and prayer on Saturday for peace in Syria and against any armed intervention, with Pope Francis scheduled to host a mass vigil on St Peter's Square.

07 September 2013

Critics savage Diana film after premiere Critics have savaged "Diana", a biopic of the late princess of Wales who died in a Paris car crash 16 years ago, just hours after its world premiere.

07 September 2013

Star revels banish gloom in Italy's floating city Karaoke parties, fancy dress and spaghetti at dawn: Hollywood's prima-donna stars have brought light relief to a Venice film festival plagued by dark tales of incest, necrophilia, cannibalism and suicide.

06 September 2013

Snowden leak shows spy agencies break Web encryption US and British intelligence agencies have cracked the encryption that secures a wide range of online communications -- including emails, banking transactions and phone conversations.

06 September 2013

British PM to challenge Brussels over welfare powers Prime Minister David Cameron will push the EU to curb migrants' access to British welfare payments during talks ahead of the country's membership referendum.

06 September 2013

Lennon reveals 'torture' of Beatles' final album Recording their 12th and last studio album was nothing short of "torture" for The Beatles, said John Lennon in a tape-recorded interview coming up for auction this month.

06 September 2013

Smoking warning works just on front of cigarette pack Big anti-smoking messages on the front of cigarette packets may help deter youngsters tempted by tobacco but have little effect when they are on the back of the pack.

06 September 2013

Kazakhstan and Turkey to build night vision equipment factory in Astana Kazakhstan and Turkey and mulling a factory to produce electronic optical devices in Astana.

06 September 2013

Poland overhauls pension system to keep public debt down Poland on Wednesday said it will transfer government bonds held by private pension funds to the state pension sector in a move aimed at curbing public debt amid an economic slowdown.

05 September 2013

Rakhat Aliyev's media center may dent Vienna's reputation Vienna’s Court of Auditors is in discussion of the request to check the owners of Medienquarter St. Marx media center.

05 September 2013

Syria at heart of EU talks in Vilnius EU foreign ministers gather Friday in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius seeking a joint position on Syria as France stands alone in the 28-nation bloc in favour of military intervention.

05 September 2013

Football: Messi pays back millions to taxman - reports Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father paid off five million euros ($6.6 million) they owed to the taxman ahead of their court appearance on tax evasion charges.

05 September 2013

French, German leaders in historic visit to WWII massacre site French President Francois Hollande and German counterpart Joachim Gauck pay a landmark visit to the ghost village of Oradour-sur-Glane where 642 people were massacred by Nazi troops during World War II.

04 September 2013

Microsoft buys Nokia phones to fight Apple, Google Microsoft agreed Tuesday to buy the handset business of former market leader Nokia in an effort to catch up to rivals Apple and Google in the fierce smartphone market.

04 September 2013

Glare from London 'fryscraper' blamed for melting cars A British property developer said Tuesday it was investigating after sun rays reflected from its half-finished London skyscraper melted parts of several cars, including a luxury Jaguar.

04 September 2013

French ambassador leaves Kazakhstan The Ambassador of France Jean-Charles Berthonnet has completed his diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan.

03 September 2013

Angela Merkel's flag necklace gets own Twitter account A necklace worn by Chancellor Angela Merkel sporting the colours of the German flag has acquired a dedicated Twitter account delivering satirical jibes following its much-commented upon appearance at a TV debate.

03 September 2013

Pope to investigate Poland's ritual slaughter ban Pope Francis has ordered an investigation into a Polish ban on the ritual kosher slaughter of animals.

03 September 2013

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