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Greece would need new currency if votes 'No': Schulz
Greece will have to introduce another currency if it votes 'No' in Sunday's referendum on its potential bailout terms, European Parliament president Martin Schulz said.
06 July 2015
Tusk urges EU to avoid 'dramatic messages' on Greece vote
EU president Donald Tusk urged the bloc to avoid sending any "dramatic messages" even if the Greeks were to vote against bailout conditions in their weekend referendum.
04 July 2015
France refuses Assange's 'request' for asylum
The French government, reacting to a letter from Julian Assange, said it would not give the WikiLeaks founder asylum, only for his lawyers to claim he had never sought it in the first place.
04 July 2015
Greek banks say have sufficient liquidity until Tuesday
Greek banks have enough liquidity up to their reopening as expected early next week after the country's bailout referendum at the weekend.
04 July 2015
Russian MPs pass 'right to be forgotten' Internet law
Russian lawmakers passed a bill allowing people to force Internet search engines to remove links to data about them.
04 July 2015
Germany's Spiegel weekly says it was spied on by US intelligence
German news weekly Der Spiegel charged that it was spied on by US secret services and said it had filed a criminal complaint with the country's chief prosecutor.
04 July 2015
Impact of Greek crisis on Kazakhstan
Kazakh experts have shared their opinions about the effect of the Greek debt crisis on Kazakhstan’s economy.
03 July 2015
Greece won't leave eurozone, says Italian PM
Greece will not exit the eurozone regardless of the outcome of the country's referendum this weekend, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said.
03 July 2015
French court cancels elder Le Pen's suspension from FN
A French court cancelled the suspension of Jean-Marie Le Pen from the far-right National Front after he was booted out of the party he founded in a bitter spat with his daughter.
03 July 2015
IMF: Greece needs 36 bn euros more from EU
Greece needs 50 billion euros over the next three years, including 36 billion euros more from EU lenders, to stabilize its finances even under existing creditor plans.
03 July 2015
Defiant Greek PM vows referendum will go ahead
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed to press ahead with a controversial bailout referendum as European leaders ruled out any fresh debt offer before Sunday's vote.
02 July 2015
Ukraine leader lays out vision of new war-time constitution
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed constitutional changes giving sweeping powers to the regions but critically failing to address demands of pro-Russian militants in the separatist east.
02 July 2015
'English Schindler' Nicholas Winton dies aged 106
Nicholas Winton, a Briton who saved hundreds of Jewish children in Prague from the Nazis in the run-up to World War II, has died at the age of 106.
02 July 2015
NATO keeps mum on 'Baltic brigade' request: Lithuania
NATO has vowed to hold "continuous" military exercises in eastern Europe to deter Russia but has yet to respond to a request by Baltic states for a permanent brigade.
02 July 2015
Russian scoops prestigious Tchaikovsky piano award
Russian Dmitry Masleyev won first prize for the piano at the prestigious Tchaikovsky international music competition in Moscow.
02 July 2015
All countries need to join efforts to ensure food security: Nazarbayev
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has stressed the importance of all countries joining their efforts to ensure global food security.
01 July 2015
Nazarbayev and Renzi stuck in elevator at Business Forum in Milan
President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi got stuck in an elevator during the Kazakh-Italian Business Forum in Milan.
01 July 2015
Ukraine suspends Russian gas purchases in new price row
Ukraine announced the immediate suspension of all Russian gas purchases after EU-mediated negotiations aimed at keeping supplies running for at least three more months broke down.
01 July 2015
Russia 'reviewing' legality of Baltic states independence
Russia's Prosecutor General is reviewing the legality of the independence of the three Baltic countries from the Soviet Union.
01 July 2015