Новости по теме Europe

Greece repays 3.4 bn euros to European Central Bank: source Greece has repaid 3.4 billion euros ($3.79 billion) due to the European Central Bank, a source close to the Greek government said after the launch of a massive new reforms-for-bailout deal.

20 August 2015

France and Britain to sign deal on Calais migrant crisis France and Britain are to sign a deal Thursday aimed at alleviating the migrant crisis in Calais, where thousands of people desperate to cross the Channel have gathered in slum-like conditions.

20 August 2015

Greek PM wants European parliament to join creditors quartet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked that the European Parliament (EP) join the group of creditors overseeing the recently-approved bailout deal.

20 August 2015

Putin says 'glad' to give US boxing star Russian passport Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would be glad to grant a request for Russian citizenship from US boxer Roy Jones Jr as the multiple world champion visited Russian-annexed Crimea.

20 August 2015

Germany expects record 'up to 800,000' asylum-seekers this year Germany expects to receive up to 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015, a new record, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

20 August 2015

US calls on Russia to release jailed Estonian officer The United States called on Russia to release an Estonian intelligence officer who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying and weapons possession, calling the charges "baseless."

20 August 2015

Doctors should prescribe e-cigarettes to smokers: UK E-cigarettes should be prescribed to smokers to help them quit the habit, British public health experts recommended in a study.

19 August 2015

Record 107,500 migrants at EU borders in July: Frontex EU border agency Frontex reported a record 107,500 migrants at the European Union's borders last month, as the 28-member bloc struggles to cope with a refugee crisis

19 August 2015

Spanish parliament approves new Greece bailout Spanish lawmakers overwhelming approved Greece's third bailout package following a debate in parliament which the ruling party used to defend its economic record.

19 August 2015

Putin dives in mini-sub to shipwreck off Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.

19 August 2015

Russian police smash illegal $30 million cheesemaking ring Russian police said they had detained an "international criminal gang" that produced contraband cheese worth some $30 million using banned Western ingredients.

19 August 2015

France calls off search for MH370 wreckage off Reunion France said it was calling off the hunt for wreckage from missing flight MH370 after 10 days of air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion yielded no results.

18 August 2015

UN chief 'alarmed' by upsurge in Ukraine fighting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed serious alarm over the upsurge in fighting in Ukraine and called for urgent steps to de-escalate the violence.

18 August 2015

Putin slams 'external control' over Ukraine on Crimea visit Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed alleged "external control" over Ukraine's government as he made his third visit to the Crimean peninsula.

18 August 2015

Europe's top open-air festival draws record crowds Hungary's Sziget music festival, one of Europe's largest outdoor music bonanzas, finished on a high note with record crowds this year.

18 August 2015

Germany's Steinmeier urges EU-Swiss talks on planned immigration limits German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the European Union to negotiate with Switzerland on Bern's plans for new quotas on immigration from the bloc.

18 August 2015

Germany touts Greek change of heart ahead of key bailout vote German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her hardline Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Sunday hailed a dramatic change in Greece's approach to its debt crisis.

17 August 2015

Kerry complains to Moscow about Iran general's visit US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to express concern about a visit to Moscow by the commander of Iran's covert forces.

14 August 2015

Pope urged to condemn gay unions as unnatural Nearly half a million Catholics have signed a petition urging Pope Francis to condemn same sex unions as unnatural and rule out allowing divorced believers who remarry to receive communion.

14 August 2015

Greece's Tsipras says German plan 'would lead to crisis without end' Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".

14 August 2015

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