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Poet Joseph Brodsky's flat opens as museum in Russia Russia opened the doors of a new museum dedicated to Nobel Prize-winning dissident poet Joseph Brodsky in the communal flat where he spent his youth.
23 May 2015
Polls open for Irish referendum on gay marriage Polls opened in Ireland for a historic referendum on allowing same-sex marriage that is backed by all the main political parties but opposed by the Catholic Church.
23 May 2015
Merkel sets tough line at EU summit with eastern partners German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the EU's eastern partners not to expect too much of the bloc and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraineю
22 May 2015
Hollande says world must respond to threat to Palmyra French President Francois Hollande said the world must respond to Islamic State jihadists' seizure of Palmyra.
22 May 2015
Air France to continue transporting lab monkeys Air France will continue to transport live monkeys for laboratory testing, the airline's CEO Alexandre de Juniac said at an Air-France-KLM shareholders' meeting held.
22 May 2015
Spain confident of Greek debt deal 'within coming days' Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said he expects Greece will reach an agreement with its bailout creditors in the "coming days".
22 May 2015
Eurovision, a stage for geopolitical conflicts? Behind the kitsch, glitz and smoke machines of the Eurovision Song Contest -- hosted by Vienna -- hide more serious international geopolitical tensions.
21 May 2015
Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Luz publishes 'Catharsis' album Luz, one of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists to survive January's Islamist attack on the French satirical magazine, published an album recounting his life after the massacre.
21 May 2015
Time short for global climate deal in Paris, warns Hollande French President Francois Hollande warned that time was short for a year-end deal on climate change and called on world leaders to unlock the complex process in the months ahead.
21 May 2015
Poroshenko says Ukraine waging 'real war' with Russia Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview broadcast that his crisis-torn country was fighting a "real war" with Russia that could escalate at any time.
20 May 2015
Greece's last film poster painter soldiers on Far from the limelight of Cannes, Greece's last painter of film posters toils away in a little garden studio to deliver his latest commission.
20 May 2015
x-Soviet Georgia urges EU progress, despite Russian pressure Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has warned European Union leaders against letting Russian aggression in Ukraine undermine the bloc's project of building closer links with ex-Soviet nations.
20 May 2015
Britain's Prince Charles meets Irish republican leader Prince Charles became the first British royal to meet Irish republican leader Gerry Adams, on a visit that will take him to the scene of his great-uncle's murder by the IRA.
20 May 2015
Hungary's Orban angers EU over death penalty, migrants Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban angered EU lawmakers and officials by insisting that Budapest had the right to debate closing the door to migrants.
20 May 2015
Kiev shows off captured 'Russian soldiers' to media Kiev showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine's pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin's direct involvement in the war.
20 May 2015
Hollande rejects EU migrant quotas but backs better 'distribution' French President Francois Hollande said that quotas for migrants in Europe were "out of the question" but said he supported a better distribution of refugees between EU countries.
20 May 2015
Kerry plays Russian roulette gambling on easing ties US Secretary of State John Kerry took a risky gamble facing derision and much skepticism when he flew to Russia last week for the first time in two years.
19 May 2015
Top cartoonist Luz to leave Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Luz, who drew Charlie Hebdo's front cover picture of Mohammed following the massacre, said he was leaving the paper.
19 May 2015
US wants progress on Ukraine peace deal after Russia diplomatic flurry US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland called for concrete progress on a frayed Ukraine peace plan after a flurry of diplomacy with Russia.
19 May 2015
Russia indicts extradited tycoon for theft Russian authorities on Monday issued an indictment for fraud against tycoon Sergei Polonsky, less than a day after flying him in from Cambodia.
19 May 2015

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