Новости по теме Europe

Anti-tobacco conference struggles to stub out lobbyists A major conference aimed at cutting global smoking rates in Moscow found itself grappling with another issue.

18 October 2014

Putin calls on Europe to help Ukraine pay gas debts Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Europe to help Kiev cover its gas debts with Moscow following talks with his Ukrainian counterpart.

18 October 2014

Russia to launch Europe's largest prison Russia will launch Europe's biggest prison in 2015 to replace one of its most notorious jails that once held revolutionary Leon Trotsky and Soviet-era dissidents.

18 October 2014

Stock market plunge an 'over-reaction': IMF's Lagarde International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said the plunge in global stock exchanges this week was due to a market "over-reaction".

18 October 2014

Russia's Rosneft takes EU to court over sanctions Russian oil giant Rosneft and a close associate of President Vladimir Putin are fighting the EU in court over sanctions imposed on some of Russia's biggest companies.

18 October 2014

London pays homage to immortal myth of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes never existed but his fictional address of 221B Baker Street still receives a steady flow of letters addressed to the famously intuitive detective.

17 October 2014

Belgium's new government survives confidence vote Belgium's right-wing coalition government won a vote of confidence just days after taking office.

17 October 2014

Emir Baigazins Wounded Angel receives Hubert Bals Fund Emir Baigazin, the Kazakh director of Harmony Lessons, has been chosen one of the 11 winners of the Hubert Bals Fund.

17 October 2014

Rolls-Royce cuts forecasts on Russian sanctions Rolls-Royce announced that it was slashing its earnings forecasts partly as result of Western trade sanctions against Russia, causing a share price collapse.

17 October 2014

Renzi says 'really positive' after Putin, Poroshenko Ukraine talks Italian Prime Minister said he was "really positive" on the prospects for a solution to the Ukraine conflict after talks between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko.

17 October 2014

Vinyl 'renaissance' boosts British album sales Vinyl records are enjoying a "renaissance" in Britain, the music industry's trade body said.

17 October 2014

'Maximum cooperation' demanded on MH17: Dutch PM Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has met Russian President Vladimir Putin to demand "maximum cooperation" in the probe into doomed Malaysia flight MH17.

17 October 2014

Kazakshtan Majilis ratifies extradition agreement with Italy Kazakhstan Parliament’s lower chamber, the Majilis, has ratified the Agreement on Extradition of Convicts between Kazakhstan and Italy.

16 October 2014

Astana Opera singers to perform in Opera Bastille in November The Astana Opera artists will perform at the Opera Bastille in Paris on November 2.

16 October 2014

Visa free entrance will not be extended: Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not planning to extend the visa free entrance regime for 10 countries.

16 October 2014

Kazakh scientist finds unique Al-Farabi treatises in Europe A scientist from Kazakhstan has found a dozen of unique treatises attributed to the great thinker Abu Nasr al-Farabi.

16 October 2014

Putin accuses Obama of hostility, meddling President Vladimir Putin accused US counterpart Barack Obama of a hostile attitude towards Russia, warning against "attempts to blackmail" Moscow.

16 October 2014

Twenty minutes with French icon, Catherine Deneuve After a glittering half-century career as a French cinema icon, Catherine Deneuve is well used to strangers' attention.

16 October 2014

Italy confirms Putin-Poroshenko meeting in Milan Friday Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan on Friday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said.

16 October 2014

Three new JK Rowling wizard movies due from 2016 Harry Potter author JK Rowling is working on three new wizard-based movies to be released starting in 2016.

16 October 2014

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