News about Europe

Large Hadron Collider starts up again after two-year upgrade The world's largest particle smasher restarted after a two-year upgrade that will allow physicists to explore uncharted corners of what makes up the universe.
06 April 2015 12:49
Six Ukraine soldiers killed as war marks year Six Ukrainian troops were killed by landmines in the restive separatist-held east, breaking a lull of several days in a conflict that began a year ago this week.
06 April 2015 11:55
Pope leads prayers for persecuted Christians on Good Friday The Pope led Catholics in prayer for persecuted Christians around the world at a Good Friday service in Rome.
04 April 2015 14:48
Sales of books on Islam rocket after France attacks Books on Islam are selling out in France after deadly extremist attacks in the capital raised uncomfortable questions about Europe's fastest-growing religion.
04 April 2015 14:19
Greece 'confident' of paying IMF on time: govt source Greece will meet its financial obligations to the IMF, easing speculation that Athens could default on its debts with unknowable consequences for global markets.
04 April 2015 14:04
Russia says ready to process Iranian nuclear fuel Rosatom was ready to provide Tehran with new reactor fuel and process spent rods.
03 April 2015 16:08
Hungary to simplify visa regime for Kazakhstan Hungary plans to simplify the visa regime for Kazakhstani citizens.
03 April 2015 12:43
Cameron and austerity take fire in UK election debate British Prime Minister David Cameron and his austerity policies came under attack on Thursday from six other party leaders in the only full debate before next month's general election.
03 April 2015 12:31
Kazakhstan has a reliable friend in the EU: Hungary's PM Viktor Orban Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a meeting with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban.
03 April 2015 12:16
Merkel says world has 'never been closer' to deal preventing Iran nuclear bomb German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the international community had never "been so close to an agreement preventing Iran from having nuclear weapons".
03 April 2015 10:24
At least 54 dead in trawler sinking off Russia'a Far East Rescuers were searching freezing waters off Russia's Far East after a fishing boat sank in the Sea of Okhotsk with the loss of at least 54 lives.
02 April 2015 15:44
Fire underground causes chaos in London An underground blaze in central London caused mass evacuations and forced several West End shows to cancel performances.
02 April 2015 14:12
Grief shrouds German town as air crash victims mourned The small German town of Haltern am See held an emotional memorial service for the 16 pupils and two teachers from a local school.
02 April 2015 12:45
Russia launches fraud probe against Poroshenko's candy factory Russia launched a probe into tax fraud against a candy factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and conducted a search of its premises.
02 April 2015 10:06
Italy's Egyptian museum reopens after 'pharaonic' revamp Huge black and gold sarcophaguses with kohl-rimmed eyes dwarf visitors at Turin's palatial Egyptian museum, which is reopening to the public.
01 April 2015 15:45
Agreement in principle on outlines of Iran deal: Russian FM Russian Foreign Minister said early that global powers had reached an agreement in principle on "all key aspects" of the outlines of an Iranian nuclear deal.
01 April 2015 14:34
Lufthansa says Germanwings co-pilot admitted 'severe depression' The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings plane had informed his employer that he had undergone a "previous episode of severe depression".
01 April 2015 12:14
Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan and Germany discuss cooperation Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had a phone conversation on March 29.
01 April 2015 02:05
New Zayn Malik demo prompts One Direction row A demo of a new song by former One Direction star Zayn Malik has been posted online, sparking a row between its producer and one of Malik's former bandmates.
31 March 2015 16:04
Russia sacks theatre chief in 'blasphemous' opera scandal Russia's culture ministry said Monday it fired a theatre director for offending Orthodox believers with a radical staging of a Wagner opera.
31 March 2015 11:10
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