Новости по теме Europe

Manchester United slashes price for US IPO Britain's world-renowned football club Manchester United slashed the price of its US share launch, cutting the amount it was raising in Friday's IPO to $233 million from a hoped-for $300 million or more.

10 August 2012 13:40

Olympics: Bolt targets double dose of golden glory Usain Bolt can become the first man to claim a second successive 100m-200m Olympic Games double on Thursday with the Jamaican superstar confidently predicting his own 200m world record could fall.

10 August 2012 11:51

Long-haul travel boosts illness risk for athletes -- study The questions arising from a new probe which says elite athletes who have to travel very long distances are nearly three times likelier to fall ill than when they play at home.

09 August 2012 16:59

Jamiroquai to perform in Almaty on City Day British band Jamiroquai is expected to come to Almaty on September 15 to congratulate Almaty on its City Day.

09 August 2012 15:57

Olympics: Adilbek Niyazymbetov reached semifinals of boxing tournament Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov has reached the semifinals of the London Olympics boxing tournament by winning over Iran's Ehsan Rouzbahani.

09 August 2012 15:24

'Preferential shares' scandal ruins Spanish savers The bank called them "preferential stakes", but Inocencio Merino would prefer to have avoided them.

09 August 2012 14:55

Olympics: Closing ceremony 'camp and cheesy': music director The London Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday will be a "beautiful, cheeky, cheesy, camp, silly and thrilling" journey through British pop history.

09 August 2012 14:28

Tongan wreck may be pirate treasure ship: official Divers in Tonga have discovered a shipwreck believed to be a pirate vessel that folklore says sank in the 19th century with a hold full of treasure, officials in the Pacific nation said Thursday.

09 August 2012 13:08

EMI releasing classics that inspired 'Fifty Shades' Recording label EMI Classics said Tuesday it is releasing a compilation of classical music that inspired the author of the erotic "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy.

09 August 2012 11:44

Olympics: Athletes chill out in alternative village On the other side of London from the frenzy and commotion of the Olympic Park, a hundred competitors are training and relaxing in a more chilled-out, alternative Athletes' Village.

09 August 2012 10:26

Olympics: Bolt looks to seal legend status Barring catastrophe in the semi-finals Usain Bolt will face fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake in Thursday's 200 metres final where victory would see him attain legendary status in his own eyes.

08 August 2012 16:37

Olympics: Serik Sapiyev reached semifinals in boxing Kazakhstan boxer Serik Sapiyev has advanced into the semifinals of the tournament and told about his match against Venezuela's Gabriel Perez.

08 August 2012 14:41

S&P cuts Greek outlook to 'negative' Standard & Poor's cut Greece's debt rating outlook to negative Tuesday, saying the worsening economy and political challenges could soon force another downgrade.

08 August 2012 14:22

Elton John brands Madonna 'fairground stripper' Elton John has reignited his public spat with Madonna, calling her a "fairground stripper" whose career is over.

08 August 2012 14:01

Olympics: Liu, Bolt set to light up track Chinese track idol Liu Xiang returns to Olympic duty on Tuesday, four years after his Beijing dream was shattered, while 100m champion Usain Bolt begins the defence of his 200m title.

08 August 2012 10:01

Greece and the Olympics: wishing for a ray of hope Eight years after hosting the Olympic Games in the country where they were born, Greeks seem more interested in finding out if there will be light at the end of their dismal economic tunnel.

07 August 2012 16:39

Weightlifting: Ilya Ilyin is ready for next weight division Kazakhstan weightlifter two-time Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin shared his plans for the future upon arrival to Kazakhstan.

07 August 2012 15:40

Olympics: Kazakhstan's Volnova advanced to semifinals in 75kg boxing Kazakhstan boxer Marina Volnova has reached the semifinal of the London Olympic boxing tournament by winning over Bratain's Savannah Marshall.

07 August 2012 15:29

Olympics: No retirement for me, says Isinbayeva Russian pole vault legend Yelena Isinbayeva said Monday that she had postponed plans to retire as she finished with Olympic bronze after an injury-hampered preparation for the London Games.

07 August 2012 15:05

Turkish economic miracle woos German businesses As Europe battles its never-ending debt crisis, Turkey, with its flourishing economy, is increasingly attracting the attention of German companies, as well as German-born Turks in search of a job.

07 August 2012 14:36

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