News about Europe

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 10:53
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 15:57
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 14:35
'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 12:02
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 11:52
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 11:33
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 17:44
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 17:23
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 13:05
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 10:50
EU to help 'frontline' Hungary cope with migrant wave: official The European Commission has pledged to send financial aid and experts to Hungary to help it cope with a surge in illegal immigration this year.
01 July 2015 10:37
Merkel says won't discuss new Greek request before referendum Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany won't enter into new aid negotiations with Athens before Greece's weekend referendum.
01 July 2015 10:02
Greek default poses new challenge to IMF credibility Nobody in the halls of the International Monetary Fund in Washington has any illusion: Greece is going to default, delivering a new blow to the global crisis bank's credibility.
30 June 2015 14:47
Ireland says door remains open for Greece debt talks Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said that Greece can still return to negotiations with its international creditors to avert a default and possible exit from the euro.
30 June 2015 14:16
Ex-French interior minister Charles Pasqua dies aged 88 Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua, a hardline politician who was a close ally of former president Jacques Chirac, died Monday aged 88.
30 June 2015 13:54
Moscow hopes Brussels will avoid 'negative scenarios' over Greece: Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed the hope that Brussels would avoid "negative scenarios" over Greece amid fears that the country is heading for a eurozone exit.
30 June 2015 11:31
'Black Monday' in Greece as panic simmers It has already been dubbed "Black Monday" -- jittery housewives, shoppers and business owners queued in vain at cash machines in Athens, where the country awoke to capital controls and shuttered banks.
29 June 2015 17:04
EU to make latest proposals on Greek crisis on Monday: Moscovici The president of the European Commission will make his latest proposals later to try to avoid a Greek default, adding that Athens was 'centimetres' away from a deal when discussions broke down.
29 June 2015 15:30
Italy does not fear Greek contagion: finance minister Italy's finance minister played down the threat of Italy being hit by the fallout from market instability linked to the Greek crisis.
29 June 2015 15:21
All sides showing 'political will' for Iran deal: EU EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said all sides had shown the political will needed to strike a nuclear deal with Iran, praising the "good results" despite a day of tough talks.
29 June 2015 13:28
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