Новости по теме Europe

Holed-up Assange tells Obama to end WikiLeaks 'witchhunt' WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged President Barack Obama to end the US "witchhunt" against his whistleblowing website, speaking from Ecuador's London embassy.

20 August 2012

Italy's Monti warns against euro being EU 'break-up factor' The euro must not become a "break-up factor" that pits northern Europe against crisis-choked nations in the south of the continent.

20 August 2012

Limbless Frenchman swims between US, Russian islands Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swam between islands in the icy Bering Strait Friday to cross from America to Asia in the final part of a quest to link all continents.

19 August 2012

Arrests, breasts, chainsaws: Punk world backs Pussy Riot A topless Ukrainian feminist felled a cross with a chainsaw, balaclava-clad New Yorkers braved arrest to picket an Orthodox church and Bulgarian punks re-decorated a war memorial.

18 August 2012

Tobacco use entrenched in developing countries: study Tobacco use is massively entrenched in developing countries, where one of the biggest worries is the rise of smoking among women.

18 August 2012

Spain complains to Britain in Gibraltar fishing row Spain made a formal complaint to Britain Friday in a simmering dispute over fishing off the territory of Gibraltar.

18 August 2012

'Hunger Games' dethrone Potter at Amazon.com Amazon.com on Friday announced that "The Hunger Games" trilogy has replaced the "Harry Potter" saga as the online retail giant's best-selling series of books.

18 August 2012

Manchester United shares fall below IPO price Shares in legendary football club Manchester United closed below their IPO price for the first time Thursday, as apparent price support efforts gave out after five days of trade.

18 August 2012

Deaths from landslides up to 10 times worse than thought The death toll from landslides is 10 times higher than generally estimated, with most fatalities occurring in South Asia, China and Latin America.

18 August 2012

British media did not apologize to Vinokourov British media still has not apologized to Aleksandre Vinokourov for calling him a “Nowhere Man” after his victory in the race at the London Olympics.

17 August 2012

Kazakhstan bank closed its office in London Kazkommertsbank closed down its representative offices in Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 1, 2012.

17 August 2012

Ecuador grants Assange asylum in confrontation with Britain Ecuador granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, setting up a diplomatic confrontation with Britain, which angrily insisted it would extradite him to Sweden.

17 August 2012

Eurozone fears shadow Merkel's arrival in Canada German leader Angela Merkel held talks Wednesday with her Canadian counterpart on a first-ever bilateral visit shadowed by eurozone fears and Ottawa's refusal to wade into relief efforts.

16 August 2012

Asia eyes Brazil's growing consumer market With Europe and the US in the economic doldrums, Asian manufacturers are setting their sights on Brazil's lucrative consumer market ahead of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

16 August 2012

Accused Nazi war criminal free to stay in Australia A 90-year-old man accused of being a Nazi war criminal on Wednesday won his fight to stay in Australia, after the High Court blocked his extradition to Hungary.

16 August 2012

No decision yet on Assange asylum, Ecuador says Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on Tuesday denied a British media report that his country had granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

16 August 2012

Judo: Kazakhstan mulling purchase of Kyrgyz judoka Kazakhstan Judo Federation is eying two Kyrgyz judoka, but is too shocked with its own Olympic results to propose.

15 August 2012

Quadruple amputee prepares for Bering Strait swim Two silhouettes cut through the water a few hundred yards (metres) from a rainy, windswept beach bordering the flat grasslands near the small Inuit community of Wales, in the far west of Alaska.

15 August 2012

Olympic flag arrives in Rio, host of 2016 Games The Olympic flag arrived Monday in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Games -- a challenge which authorities in Brazil say the city is prepared to conquer.

14 August 2012

Russian Patriarch visits Poland as Pussy Riot verdict looms The first-ever visit by a Russian Orthodox Church head to deeply Catholic Poland begins Thursday, but the landmark trip risks being overshadowed by a verdict expected in Moscow in the Pussy Riot trial.

14 August 2012

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