Новости по теме Europe

Alstom suspends work on Slovenia coal plant over financing French energy giant Alstom has begun suspending work on a 1.3-billion-euro ($1.67-billion) coal-fired electricity plant in Slovenia after failing to receive financing guarantees from the government.

04 November 2012

Foreign firms owe British taxman £5.5bn Foreign companies in Britain owe around £5.5 billion in taxes, figures unearthed by The Times newspaper showed Saturday.

04 November 2012

Rothschild mulls counter-bid in Bumi battle: report British financier Nathaniel Rothschild is mulling a bid for Bumi Plc coal assets to counter an offer by Indonesia's powerful Bakrie family, and has approached one of their rivals.

04 November 2012

Boozy birds pay the price for flying high A bizarre spate of young blackbird deaths at a school in England was likely caused by the feathered teens getting drunk on fermented berries, crashing mid-air and falling from the sky, vets said Saturday.

03 November 2012

Comedian grilled again in UK sex abuse probe British comedian Freddie Starr was bailed Friday after a second round of questioning by police investigating sexual abuse allegations surrounding the late television personality Jimmy Savile.

03 November 2012

Judge Teare refused to recuse himself from Ablyazov's case Addleshaw Goddard law firm representing former head of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov applied for London High Court’s judge Nigel Teare to recuse himself but failed.

02 November 2012

British ministry rattled by £10,000 bill to stuff snake Britain's foreign ministry has come under fire after it emerged that it paid £10,000 to re-stuff a giant anaconda named Albert.

02 November 2012

Mali stability important to Europe: German minister German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Thursday that the stability of Mali was "important for Europe's security" during a visit to the divided west African country under Islamist control in the north.

02 November 2012

British judges order Apple to re-write Samsung statement US tech giant Apple has until Saturday to re-write an "inaccurate" statement relating to its patent dispute with South Korean rival Samsung, British judges have ruled.

02 November 2012

Hollande warns Iran after meeting Israeli PM French President Francois Hollande said he wanted "concrete acts" from Iran to prove it was not pursuing a nuclear arms drive after his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

02 November 2012

Cancer drug helps MS patients, trials show A drug initially developed to treat some types of cancer now appears to help people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a study said Thursday.

01 November 2012

Europe still favours Obama despite disappointments US President Barack Obama no longer inspires the enthusiasm he once did but Europe still favours him.

31 October 2012

Europe's oldest prehistoric town, salt site found in Bulgaria Archaeologists in eastern Bulgaria say they have unearthed the oldest prehistoric town ever found in Europe, along with an ancient salt production site.

31 October 2012

'Digital eternity' beckons as death goes high-tech Death is no longer the fusty business it once was: from swipeable bar codes on headstones to designer urns, webcam-based ceremonies and virtual memorials, funerals have shot into the 21st century.

31 October 2012

France makes billion euro tax claim against Google: report French tax authorities have made a billion-euro ($1.3 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute over compensation to media websites.

31 October 2012

Clinton to push Bosnia for reforms at start of Balkans tour US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a five-nation Balkans tour on Tuesday, seeking to push regional leaders to stick to existing agreements and enact the reforms needed to join the EU and NATO.

31 October 2012

Sovereign Prince of Monaco to render official visit to Kazakhstan Sovereign Prince of Monaco Albert II will render his first official visit to Kazakhstan in the history of the bilateral relations.

30 October 2012

BBC inquiry begins as sex abuse scandal grows An inquiry into the BBC's culture and practices got under way on Monday with the broadcaster reeling from allegations of child sex abuse perpetrated by the late Jimmy Savile, one of its biggest stars.

30 October 2012

Breast cancer screening saves lives, says study The benefits of preemptive breast cancer screening outweigh the risks, a study said Tuesday, insisting the practice saves thousands of lives.

30 October 2012

Akhmetov discussed major breakthrough projects with German manufacturers Kazakhstan Prime-Minister rendered a work visit to Germany.

29 October 2012

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