News about Europe

Swimming: Stars battle for world titles in Kazan's pool duel With one eye on Rio de Janeiro, swimming's stars begin the battle for world championship medals in Kazan to prove their form heading into the 2016 Olympic Games
29 July 2015 13:23
Ukraine bans Putin buddy Depardieu for five years Ukraine said it had blacklisted French film star and newly minted Russian national Gerard Depardieu in apparent retribution for reportedly refusing to recognise the independence of the former Soviet state.
29 July 2015 12:41
Over 10,000 Finns rally in support of multiculturalism Over ten thousand people rallied in Helsinki to support multiculturalism and protest recent controversial statements by a populist legislator, police said.
29 July 2015 12:34
Berlin Jewish Olympics open in 'triumph over evil' The Maccabi Games, dubbed the Jewish Olympics, opened at the Berlin site of the 1936 "Nazi Games" in what one community leader called "a triumph of good over evil".
29 July 2015 12:17
France evacuates 10,000 campers as Provence burns French officials evacuated 10,000 people from three different campsites as hot winds fanned fires in drought-hit Provence in the middle of the summer holiday season
28 July 2015 12:38
Russia revises navy doctrine over NATO's 'inadmissible' expansion Russia aims to boost the strategic positions of its navy on the Black Sea and seek to maintain an Atlantic and Mediterranean presence.
27 July 2015 08:48
After 'Goodbye Lenin', a Berlin resurrection Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
23 July 2015 11:23
Greece to vote on second bailout bill in test for Tsipras Greek lawmakers are set to vote on a second batch of reforms that must pass if Athens is to receive its third huge international bailout, in a key test of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' authority.
22 July 2015 12:24
Petro Poroshenko to visit Kazakhstan this fall President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan this fall.
21 July 2015 18:56
Greek gov't has 'no intention' of calling early election Greece's government has "no intention" of calling early elections while in the throes of finalising a deal with its eurozone partners on a new bailout.
21 July 2015 10:38
EU fails to reach migrant settlement target EU ministers failed to agree on how to redistribute a total of 40,000 mostly Syrian and Eritrean migrants from overstretched Italy and Greece.
21 July 2015 10:18
Kazakhstan beats Belgium and France in government efficiency ranking of World Economic Forum World Economic Forum has compiled its Global Competitiveness Ranking; Kazakhstan is ranked 50th out of 144 countries.
20 July 2015 15:24
Merkel rules out Greek haircut, open to debt relief German Chancellor Angela Merkel again ruled out forgiving some of Greece's crippling debt but said Berlin was open to a flexible repayment plan.
20 July 2015 11:45
Controversial Russian politician named deputy in Ukraine The nomination of a Russian politician to a top post in Odessa has caused a flurry of controversy in the tense political atmosphere of the violent Ukraine conflict.
20 July 2015 11:26
Britain's Cameron attacks extreme conspiracy theories Conspiracy theories of a powerful Jewish cabal or a Western plan to destroy Islam must be challenged in efforts to counter radicalisation, British Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Monday.
20 July 2015 11:07
Ukraine wants to buy Kazakh and Turkmen gas Ukraine has once again raised the question of buying gas from Kazakhstan.
17 July 2015 16:28
Spanish museums invite blind to touch masterpieces Staff at the Prado, Spain's top art museum, usually prevent visitors from touching its priceless treasures.
17 July 2015 12:18
Ukrainian PM says Greece can learn austerity lessons Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Wednesday that Greece could learn a few lessons from Britain about how to implement austerity measures.
16 July 2015 12:32
'Terrorist' attack on French military foiled: minister France has foiled a plan to attack the country's military, the interior minister said, as a source close to the investigation said the suspects had been planning a beheading.
16 July 2015 11:48
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