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Draconian controls as Cyprus banks set to reopen Cypriots will finally get access to their bank accounts later on Thursday after a nearly two-week lockdown, but under tight restrictions unprecedented in the eurozone.

28 March 2013 14:53

Judge in Sarkozy probe receives bullet in post The judge who charged former president Nicolas Sarkozy with taking financial advantage of France's richest woman has received a bullet and a death threat in the post, say lawyers.

28 March 2013 13:10

Stones to headline Glastonbury The Rolling Stones will play Britain's Glastonbury Festival, the world's largest greenfield music and performing arts spectacle.

28 March 2013 12:27

From bedroom to boardroom: UK teen turns tech millionaire Like many British teenagers, Nick D'Aloisio has a hole in the knee of his jeans and gets in trouble when his bedroom is untidy. Unlike most, the 17-year-old has just sold an app to Yahoo! for tens of millions of pounds.

28 March 2013 10:01

Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov appointed Kazakhstan Ambassador to Lithuania Prior to this appointment Mukhamedzhanov used to work as Akim of Mangistau oblast from December 2011 to January 2013.

27 March 2013 18:43

Brother of British Labour leader to step down as MP: report British lawmaker David Miliband, who lost the 2010 battle for the leadership of the opposition Labour party to his younger brother Ed, is to stand down as an MP.

27 March 2013 17:42

Health gap in Europe wider than ever Life expectancy in Russia has marked time since the collapse of the Soviet Union but risen in its former eastern-bloc allies.

27 March 2013 13:34

'Superhuman' efforts made to open Cyprus banks: governor "Superhuman" efforts are being made to reopen banks in Cyprus on Thursday, as protests and uncertainty over the island's top lender showed a huge bailout has not ended its troubles.

27 March 2013 12:43

French woman drowned babies found in freezer A 32-year-old Frenchwoman has admitting drowning two of her own new-born children, a prosecutor said Tuesday after infant corpses were found in a freezer at her home.

27 March 2013 12:21

Five jailed in Britain over movie tax scam Five people were jailed for more than 20 years in Britain on Monday for pretending to make a Hollywood blockbuster to secure millions of pounds in tax breaks from the government.

27 March 2013 11:37

Children born outside marriage in Europe rise to 40 percent of total The number of children born outside marriage in Europe has doubled over two decades to 40 percent, with Estonia, Slovenia and France registering almost three out of every five births out of wedlock.

27 March 2013 10:48

London court orders Ablyazov's accomplices to pay over $1.5 billion to BTA London's High Court has made more rulings in favor of BTA Bank in the process against Ablyazov and his accomplices.

26 March 2013 20:49

Kazakhstan to open embassy in Stockholm Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov rendered the official visit to Sweden.

26 March 2013 20:02

Muslim-born convert quits Church after pope change A Muslim-born journalist whose 2008 baptism by Pope Benedict XVI made him Italy's most famous convert announced Monday he was leaving the Catholic Church over the new pontiff's overtures to Islam.

26 March 2013 18:04

Cyprus banks to stay shut as world markets take fright Cyprus reversed course and decided to keep its banks shut as world markets took fright at the implications for the eurozone of the island's 10-billion-euro bailout deal with international creditors.

26 March 2013 15:20

French experts train Kazakhstan filmmakers to make documentaries All documentaries that will be made under the Eurasiadoc program will be broadcasted by French and perhaps other European TV channels.

26 March 2013 14:28

Gay marriage foes stage last-ditch protest in Paris Hundreds of thousands opposed to French legislation allowing gay marriage staged a massive protest march in Paris Sunday, with police using force to evict hundreds from the Champs-Elysees.

26 March 2013 11:43

Oil prices up in Asia on Cyprus bailout deal Oil prices rose in Asian trade Monday after Cyprus and its international creditors struck a 10 billion euro bailout deal, averting collapse of the country's banking system.

26 March 2013 10:18

TNT Express to shed 4,000 jobs after UPS takeover fails Dutch post and courier company TNT Express said Monday it would shed around 4,000 jobs over the next three years as it restructures after US rival UPS' takeover bid failed in January.

25 March 2013 16:52

Last-minute deal resurrects Cyprus bailout EU and IMF officials struck a last-minute deal with Cyprus early Monday to resurrect a bailout for the island -- but one banking chain goes to the wall and major clients, who include many Russians, will take a giant hit.

25 March 2013 13:29

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