Новости по теме Europe

EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months: official EU foreign ministers formally agreed to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords.

22 June 2015

Hungarian supergranny closes in on world chess record An 87-year-old Hungarian woman aims this weekend to set a world record by beating 1920s Cuban chess grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca at his own game: simultaneous play.

22 June 2015

Pentagon chief to seek greater NATO support on Europe trip US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will visit his European counterparts this week to take stock of cooperation with NATO.

22 June 2015

Athens says Europe 'doesn't need IMF' on eve of crunch summit Greece does not want any more help from the IMF, minister of state Nikos Pappas said on the eve of a summit.

22 June 2015

Hollande already in campaign mode two years ahead of election His ratings are still in the doldrums and the economy is still stagnant, yet French President Francois Hollande looks ever more determined to run for re-election two years from now.

22 June 2015

Football: Russia won World Cup 2018 'honestly' - Putin Russia fought honestly for the right to host the 2018 World Cup and the decision should not be called into question.

20 June 2015

Amid deadlock on Greece, IMF releases funds to Cyprus The International Monetary Fund, deadlocked with Greece over further financial aid, approved a new loan installment for Cyprus.

20 June 2015

Prince Harry serves last day in army career Prince Harry ended his career with the British army after 10 years' service that saw him fight on the front line twice in Afghanistan.

20 June 2015

Russia 'open to world', will continue cooperation with West: Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country was open to the world and would cooperate with the West despite persistent tensions over the Ukraine crisis.

20 June 2015

Russia warns of retaliation for Yukos overseas asset freeze Moscow warned that state-linked foreign firms in Russia could be targeted for retaliation to the freezing of Russian official assets in Western Europe over legal claims from former Yukos shareholders.

20 June 2015

Juncker says 'I don't understand Tsipras': report European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker voiced frustration with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a media report amid the deepening debt crisis.

20 June 2015

Grexit 'beginning of the end of the eurozone': Greek PM A Greek exit from the eurozone would be the beginning of the end of the single currency, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was quoted.

19 June 2015

EU to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016 EU member states agreed to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016.

19 June 2015

NATO flexes muscles in Poland war games NATO flexed its muscles in Poland during the first full drill of its new spearhead force, a structure designed to boost security on its eastern flank.

19 June 2015

IMF's Lagarde says Greece talks need 'adults in the room' IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned that a resolution to five months of tortuous debt talks with Greece required "adults in the room" in an apparent sideswipe at Greek officials.

19 June 2015

Ukraine parliament fires powerful security chief Ukraine's parliament fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and became embroiled in a conflict with the nation's chief prosecutor.

19 June 2015

'Brexit could be your Waterloo!' Le Monde warns Britain -- in English France's Le Monde newspaper used 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat to issue a warning to Britain -- in English -- saying: "Beware, Brexit could be your Waterloo!"

19 June 2015

Russia tries to shrug off crisis as West snubs investment forum Russian officials tried to play down fears about the country's economic crisis as tensions with the West over Ukraine cast a pall over its showcase investment forum.

19 June 2015

Russia to prolong embargo if EU extends sanctions: minister Moscow will extend its embargo on European Union agricultural products but is unlikely to go further if the EU extends sanctions as expected.

18 June 2015

The Spirit of Tengri becomes highly discussed on social media The Spirit of Tengri, two-day open-air festival of contemporary ethnic music has become highly discussed event on social media

18 June 2015

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