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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA selection of the most striking images from around the world
Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World NewsThe Civilization creator talks about galactic exploration, childhood inspirations, why he’s happy to avoid freemium – and dinosaurs “Oh, it was a sad and dark time! We had to make our own fun,” says Sid Meier before his mock-sorrow disso...-
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsNICOSIA (Reuters) - Police in Cyprus are questioning three Syrian men on suspicion of exporting cars illegally from the island to Syria, authorities said on Friday.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandPublic transport services is the most important issue for those living in the country today, a survey of over 1,200 people has revealed.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsMohammed Emwazi, identified as 'Jihadi John', was just a regular schoolboy growing up in west London. Nobody imagined he would turn into the most barbaric terrorist on the planet
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsPrince aiming to spend 'significant period abroad' on field projects in Africa after leaving Armed Forces, it is reported
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA Waterford school teacher is set to walk from Belfast to Waterford with a five stone washing machine strapped to his back.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World NewsDragana Haines says Isis militant known as ‘Jihadi John’ who killed her husband David should not be given ‘honourable death’ The widow of a British aid worker beheaded by Islamic State has said she wants the Londoner believed to have bee...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandGraham Dwyer’s semen and Elaine O’Hara’s blood were found on her damaged mattress.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA prison officer was jailed yesterday for threatening to kill his wife, saying: “If I can’t have you, nobody can.”
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World NewsThe Bundestag has voted to extend Greece’s aid programme by four months by a big majority, after hearing that Greece must meets its commitments Latest: Bailout extension approved But 29 CDU/CSU MPs rebel against Merkel Debate coverage st...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsGENEVA (Reuters) - An independent advisory body will decide in August at the earliest on whether to recommend widespread introduction of an Ebola vaccine, depending on results of clinical trials and the epidemic's course, the World Healt...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World NewsBoth banks were bailed out at enormous cost to the taxpayer. Now one has turned things around while the other is still suffering. Jill Treanor explains why The contrast between bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland w...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World NewsFor decades the leading nature writer has been collecting unusual words for landscapes and natural phenomena – from aquabob to zawn. It’s a lexicon we need to cherish in an age when a junior dictionary finds room for ‘broadband’ but has ...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World NewsFormer glam rock star, real name Paul Gadd, sentenced for six sex offences against three girls, aged between eight and 13, in 1970s and 80s The former glam rock singer Gary Glitter faces the prospect of dying in jail after being sentence...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThere are fears for the Cork Vision Centre amid a bitter row over its funding and future use.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA 37-year-old Co Antrim man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Antrim last Monday.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandSome 500 fewer children were born between July and October last year comparedwith the same period in 2013, while the number of deaths rose slightly.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comA new office block in Sweden is offering workers the chance to have a microchip implanted under their skin to allow them to access to various services within the building. The tiny chip, the size of a grain of rice, is implanted in emplo...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldUkraine's president says a "military threat from the east" will remain even if a truce with rebels holds, a warning seen as a reference to Russia.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe cost of students dropping out of college could be reduced significantly if they had proper access to career advice at school, says a guidance counsellors’ leader.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldUgandan police harass and physically abuse gay people in custody, including subjecting them to intrusive examinations, a rights report says.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsKIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Friday reported the first deaths in three days in east Ukraine, denting hopes a ceasefire will hold, and President Petro Poroshenko said Russia would pose a "military threat" even if the truce is solid.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA councillor has described the near €900,000 purchase of a small parcel of land as “an absolute scandal”, as it is now being used to graze farm animals instead of housing a badly needed fire station.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comLatest trial takes five years to complete, with reason for acquittal not immediately clear Continue reading...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldDanish police arrest a third man suspected of aiding a gunman who killed two people in attacks in Copenhagen earlier this month.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsPostal group says it has thought 'carefully' about impact on customers before deciding to raise letter prices as it announces hike to 63p and 54p from March 30
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandCork’s hills are alive with the sound of music thanks to an innovative graduate who has developed a way for people with cerebral palsy to express themselves through music.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - EuropeAuthorities in Spain arrest eight people accused of travelling to eastern Ukraine to fight alongside pro-Russian rebels.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldFrench aviation firm Airbus reports a big jump in full-year profits despite setting aside €551m (£401m) for delays on its A400M military aircraft.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA coroner plans to write to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) after an inquest exposed information gaps in the way a 999 call was handled.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsJudges reject former loyalist prisoner’s claims material should not be handed over
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World News• Tour de France winner is put in limbo • Case referred to licence commission • The UCI statement in full In a move that is unprecedented in cycling, the world’s governing body the UCI has requested that its licence commission revoke the...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldInternational Airlines Group (IAG) reports a big jump in annual profits and raises its forecast for 2015 after a "remarkable" turnaround at Spanish airline Iberia.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsTOKYO (Reuters) - Two Japanese ministers denied wrongdoing on Friday after media said they appeared to have received improper funding, the latest embarrassment for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, three of whose ministers have quit over scanda...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldGerman MPs vote overwhelmingly to extend financial aid to Greece by another four months, despite public scepticism.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe Dáil’s spending watchdog will attempt to haul in the chief executive of HSBC over concerns the bank’s Swiss branch holds a large number of accounts owned by Irish tax dodgers.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Guardian World NewsAs gay viewers know only too well, most of the world would prefer us not to exist. Men’s sexual insecurity means we’re always at risk “To live as a gay man in the world, even here in the west, means skirting round violence every day.” So...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's parliament approved an extension of Greece's bailout on Friday after Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who has voiced doubts about whether Athens can be trusted, promised he would not let Greece "blackmail...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe trial of architect Graham Dwyer for the murder of Elaine O'Hara has resumed at the Central Criminal Court.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsBEIJING (Reuters) - China will start blacklisting and punishing officials who interfere in judicial investigations and trials, state media said on Friday, as the country hastens efforts to boost the rule of law.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsMASERU (Reuters) - Feuding parties in Lesotho's ruling coalition will face off on Saturday in early national elections staged in a bid to restore stability six months after an attempted coup.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandAcademic staff have welcomed decisions of two institutes of technology not to speed up a planned merger but will still vote on possible industrial action over the move.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA woman has made an official complaint over the failure of a Cork hospital to provide a bed for her suicidal daughter.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandTwo-thirds of the Government’s €19m flood support funding pot specifically set aside to boost defenses in the wake of the worst storms in a century have yet to be drawn down by local authorities.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from BBC News - WorldEd Miliband says £9,000 tuition fees in England have been a "disaster" and sets out how Labour would fund a reduction.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe young Irish filmmaker behind Hozier’s controversial Take Me to Church video – which has been viewed over 150m times on YouTube – will open one of the country’s top youth film festivals in Cork tomorrow.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandConferences could be worth up to €10m to the Cork economy this year, according to an organisation which is promoting the region as an ideal location for such events.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday Britain would do everything it could to track down those who committed appalling crimes against British citizens, but declined to comment on the naming of "Jihadi John" kille...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandTwo new ‘super’ Garda units are being set up — one to target organised gangs and another to tackle child abuse, domestic and sexual violence, and human exploitation.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Turin, February 26 - Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo will be out of action for 20 days recovering from injury, almost certainly missing the return Champions League game at Dortmund, club sources said Thursday. Medical tests sho...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsPolice raided a house on Kryptonweg in Amersfoort and arrested twenty people suspected of taking part in an illegal poker tournament on Tuesday night. The police received a tip that there were hard drugs at the location, and visited the ...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Milan, February 26 - UniCredit bank on Thursday denied it is in talks to end its shareholders' pact with Mediobanca. "As far as UniCredit is concerned there has been no consideration of any breaking of the pact nor any discussio...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rotterdam, February 26 - Dutch police held 83 AS Roma fans for questioning Thursday ahead of a tense match with Feyenoord, one week after fans from Holland ran berserk in Rome. Dutch media reports said the fans were being held a...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from News26/2/15 - Belgium and Congo. It seems like a love-hate relationship. Once again key Belgian ministers appear to have ruffled feathers after Belgian International Development Minister Alexander De Croo said that Congo's leaders should ens...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from mbl.is - News in EnglishThe recent report issued by the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police indicating an increased terror threat in Iceland was discussed in parliament (‘Alþingi’) today.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Latest NewsLawyer Geir lippestad did not agree with the terms Anders Behring Breivik wanted to argue for in court regarding the conditions of his imprisonment. As a result, Breivik has hired a new attorney.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no » » NewsOfficial claims of “zero tolerance” for corruption at Oslo-based Yara International were called into question this week, when the company’s former top leaders were grilled in court over their failure to respond to bribe...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from In English Section | EL PAÍSSpain’s foreign affairs chief criticizes José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero over “inopportune” meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from EUobserver.com - Headline NewsPoland is spearheading a group of countries seeking to put off a rescue of the emission's trading scheme until 2021, rather than 2019 as suggested by MEPs.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |Most of the country can expect cloudy skies, daytime temperatures above freezing and a chance of some light precipitation over the weekend.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from mbl.is - News in EnglishThe no.1 road over Hellisheiði, leading between Reykjavik and Hveragerði has been closed. It is now impassable due to heavy snowfall and wind. Weather is also getting worse on Mosfellsheiði. Tomorrow there will be wind and snowfall in No...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Typically SpanishIf the judge determines the existence of indications of fiscal crime, he can only charge the ex-Treasurer for events in 2008.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from NewsBelgium is dispatching 35 members of the armed forces to Iraq this week as the country steps up its efforts against the group calling itself IS, but the Belgians will not be involved in combat operations.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldPolice in Denmark have arrested a third man with helping the gunman who killed two people in separate attacks in Copenhagen earlier this month. Two other suspected accomplices remain in police custody.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - SANTIAGO DEL CILE, 26 FEB - Una ragazza cilena di appena 14 anni ha pubblicato un video su Facebook nel quale chiede alla presidente Michelle Bachelet che autorizzi la sua eutanasia, perché soffre di fibrosi cistica e si dice "s...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, February 26 - Former cabinet minister Claudio Scajola and ex-police chief Gianni De Gennaro have been included in an investigation into circumstances around the death of civil servant Marco Biagi, killed by the Red Brigade...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Flanders TodayAn alternative approach to introducing solid foods to your baby is gradually gaining ground among parents in Flanders Robyn Boyle on Flemish food and drink Most of us Westerners become a mother without having a clue how we’re going to go...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Bari, February 26 - National anti-mafia prosecutor Franco Roberti on Thursday called for more instruments to combat terrorism including use of judicial police services to acquire information that might then translate into crimin...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe University of Amsterdam (UvA) will allow one student representative to join the university's Executive board and will delay a programme to make drastic cuts to the humanities faculty, the Executive Board announced on Thursday. Protes...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Venice, February 26 - Police on Thursday arrested a 37-year-old man for possession and distribution of child pornography, including images of his seven-year-old daughter. Police also seized a computer, four tablets and three mob...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsA 42-year old man suspected of involvement in the shooting in Médoclaan in October, was arrested in his house in Eindhoven on Wednesday morning. A 34-year old man from Helmond and a 29-year old man without a permanent residence were prev...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |Tallink Grupp has placed an order with Meyer Turku for the construction of a liquid natural gas (LNG) car-passenger ferry for its Tallinn-Helsinki route. The vessel will cost around 230 million euros and will be built at Turku shipyard f...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Typically SpanishA petition for his dismissal was rejected
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, February 26 - The Senate on Thursday approved a government request for a confidence vote on its so-called 'milleproroghe' decree, making it into law. The motion passed in the 315-member Senate with 156 in favor, 78 against...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Naples, February 26 - Giacomo Rondinella, a popular singer of Neapolitan ballads in the 1940s who made the first recording in 1951 of Malafemmena, the moody hit written by Totò, has died in Rome at age 91, his family said Thursd...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |The Finnish women’s relay team took the bronze medal at the cross-country skiing world championships in Falun on Thursday. It was the first Finnish medal of the championship.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldIndia's emerging economy is set to reach the highest growth rate of the world's bigger economies next year, a government report says, as it has shaken off high inflation, growing deficits and low domestic demand.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Sweden
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from euronewsMerve Buyuksarac, a model crowned Miss Turkey in 2006, faces up to two years in prison for sharing a satirical poem deemed critical of President…
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from euronewsRussia gas giant Gazprom said that Ukraine will not have to pay for gas supplied to areas of Ukraine's eastern Donbass region under rebel control:…
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Bari, February 26 - National anti-mafia prosecutor Franco Roberti on Thursday called for more instruments to combat terrorism including use of judicial police services to acquire information that might then translate into crimin...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, February 26 - Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and the prime minister and finance minister of Liechtenstein, Adrian Hasler, signed a tax information exchange agreement Thurday that essentially abolishes banking secrecy i...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, February 26 - Rome's outlying suburbs are among some of the neighbourhoods chosen to feature in a new street art project aimed at creating an 'alternative' tourism itinerary in the capital, local culture authorities announ...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Florence, February 26 - Northern League leader Matteo Salvini ruled out Thursday an electoral accord with former premier Silvio Berlusconi because of differences on staying in the euro and on European allies. "In Brusssels, we s...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, February 26 ? A further 33 government cars will be sold on e-Bay to the public in an ongoing effort to dispose of bloated ministerial automobile pools, the premier's office said Thursday. In previous sales of so-called "bl...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Sweden
Increased sales in China mean that automobile manufacturer Volvo is reaping record profits, and the company says it may seek new hires in the future. -
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Uatoday.tvNew 17.5 billion dollar IMF loan has failed to stabilise the country
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalIt appears that Washington was unaware about US law enforcers’ presence on Ukrainian territory. Or pretended to be unaware…
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from News | ERRThe Estonian Government that on Thursday had its last cabinet meeting before elections, received a report on implementation of coalition's Action Programme 2014–2015.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Uatoday.tvAusterity measures introduced at Chornobyl site to allow work to continue on safety initiatives
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Russia Beyond The HeadlinesRBTH publishes new Russian grammar test
- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the Ukrainian troops are ready to return heavy weapons to their previous locations in Donbas if the enemy violates the Minsk agreements.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Baltic TimesLatvian residents believe that the main challenges the country will face in the years to come are the ageing population, inequality and a decrea......
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineBoard Chairman of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy Yaroslav Klymovych and Director of Baker Hughes for Eastern Europe Lukasz Ostrowski on February 24 discussed cooperation in oil and gas extraction, the press service of the ...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from ZIK.ua - PoliticsAccording to Arpad Janosh Potapi, Hungary’s state secretary for national policy, so far 94,000 Zakarpatya residents have been given Hungarian citizenship in a simplified procedure, Mukacheve.net reports.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the Ukrainian troops are ready to return heavy weapons to their previous locations in Donbas if the enemy violates the Minsk agreements.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from TASS: WorldKIEV, February 27. /TASS/. Ukraine’s military is ready to return heavy weaponry to its previous deployment positions near the contact line at any time as the Minsk accords on the Ukrainian settlement are still being violated, President P...
- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Feb. 27, exactly a year since Russian troops and pro-Moscow forces began seizing territory in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from News | ERREstonia will go to the polls on Sunday to elect the next Parliament. Stay tuned to this live blog for links to the latest stories and updates.
- President Petro Poroshenko said on Feb. 27 a "military threat from the east" would remain even if a peace deal holds between government forces and pro- Russia n separatists in eastern Ukraine .
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from TASS: RussiaNEW DELHI, February 27. /TASS/. Russia will do its best for India to become a full-fledged member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, Sergey Naryshkin ...
- Ukraine's state-owned energy firm Naftogaz hopes to buy more gas from Europe in March, the company's head said on Feb. 27, part of Kyiv's efforts to cut its dependence on energy supplies from Russia .
- Ukraine has sent $15 million to pay for Russian gas, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Feb. 27, just days after Moscow had threatened to cut off supplies to its neighbor due to non-payment.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from News RSS : Today
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from TASS: WorldMOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. There is progress in the process of heavy weaponry withdrawal in the east of Ukraine, and it is important to consolidate that progress, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday at Russia’s Diplom...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Baltic TimesFor Vladimir Putin, Belarus is “the key to the Baltic countries” as a military-strategic outpost and thus quite possibly Minsk will ......
- KRASNOYARSK - Russia and the EU are worried about gas transit if shipments to Ukraine stop, Energy Minister Alexander Novak told Interfax.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from News | ERRA prisoner won the right to vote at the March 1 elections after a decision by Tallinn District Court, despite Estonian legislation removing voting rights from prisoners.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalKiev forces are moving back from the line of contact in Donbas, but they are ready to return if the ceasefire is violated.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia » BalticsProsecutor General Eriks Kalnmeiers says he does not feel political pressure of any kind. However, there have been specific «hints», and he expects there will be more of them until his term is up, as reported by lsm.lv.
- Russia encourages its allies in the EU to participate in the Turkish Stream project which is aimed at delivering Russian gas to Central Europe. This initiative may be a threat to Ukraine's position as well as a threat to the Southern Gas...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesIt has been revealed that eight people managed to escape from the back door of the pub in Uherský Brod where another eight were shot dead by a gunman on Tuesday. Among those who managed to flee was the operator of the Družba pub, Pavel K...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, February 26 (MTI) – Although the outcome of free trade talks between the European Union and the United States is still uncertain, the Hungarian government will only support the planned agreement if it serves Hungarian int...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Politics.huHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made it clear many times that he is not a fan of the European Union or the Western countries in general. Once he compared Brussels to the Moscow of communism’s darkest period. He often describes ...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from World News - PRAGUE POST | The Voice of PraguePrime minister announces new strategic partnership
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesAround a hundred rabbis from across Europe have come to Prague to attend a self-defence course designed to provide Jews with a means of fighting back in the event of anti-Semitic attacks. The move comes amidst increasing security fears w...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, February 26 (MTI) – The Hungarian state has bought Christ Before Pilate, a large-scale painting forming part of Mihaly Munkacsy’s famous Christ Trilogy, from the Canadian owner, the human resources minister said on ...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from The Slovak Spectator“We don’t see any reason why people in the city of Banská Bystrica and in the region should suffer because of the fact that somebody has been elected experimentally as governor.”
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe National Museum in Prague has just launched its very first volunteer program, giving members of the public the opportunity to serve in a variety of positions, depending on their personal interests and qualifications. I spoke to the h...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorSOME traditions, seemingly on decline, are now returning back in Slovakia – albeit in a modified way.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesWe have Her Excellency the British Ambassador Jan Thompson back on the show and today we talk about what the Embassy can do for Citizens of Britain here in Bohemia, about the Digital Economy and the RAF memorial on Klárov. And remember i...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Czech men’s tennis number one Tomáš Berdych has reached the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free tennis championships after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-3 4-6 6-2 on Thursday. A day earlier Berdych achieved his 500th match wi...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorHigh unemployment rates, even as they fall slightly, remain a persistent problem.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorKOVO trade union announced a strike alert of employees of bus companies over what they called a stand-off following bargain talks on pay increases.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorHISTORICAL towns in central Slovakia, Banská Štiavnica and Kremnica, do not use the chance to collect taxes from motor vehicles for entering the historical centre and staying there.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE GENERAL Prosecutor’s Office will deal with a memorial to Vasil Biľak which was revealed on February 21 in his native village of Krajná Bystrá and then spray painted red the next night in protest.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHIS term I got a new beginner – senior group, composed of ladies who are mostly retired and therefore have a lot of spare time for learning something new. We have just completed our fifth week together.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - Czech economy grew by 1.5 percent year on year in the fourth quarter of last year, faster than the preliminary estimate of a 1.3 percent growth released two weeks ago, the Czech Statistical...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from NationalDrinking alcohol on the boulevards by the Wisła river in Warsaw is not against the law, according to the Warsaw municipality.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Politics.huThe government will only support the planned EU-US free trade accord if it serves Hungary’s interests, the foreign minister said. At a parliamentary debate called by the opposition, Péter Szijjártó said that the government was monitoring...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorChristian Democrats never found a way to wed pragmatism with inspiration.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - Czechs could support Ukraine by providing military expertise or training in the future, Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky said at a press conference and added that the expectations connected...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, February 25 (MTI) – The European Union is seen favourably by an increasing number of Hungarians and its institutions are trusted above the European average, according to Eurobarometer’s fresh Hungary report. The sur...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe family of the gunman who shot eight people dead in an apparent random attack on a pub in Uherský Brod on Tuesday tried to prevent him getting a new gun license, Czech Television reported on Thursday. The killer, who took his own life...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Daily News Hungary
At the end of last month, 9-10th century Hungarian bow added to the list of Hungaricums. “Hungaricum” (also spelled “hungarikum”) is a term most often used for food products that are typically Hungarian, some of the best-known examples b... -
Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorCritics say plan lacks pecific policies, benchmarks
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesHealth ministry data suggest about 5 per cent of the population of Montenegro have a problem with the strong stuff - far more than was suggested in a WHO report three years ago.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Tanjug agency....The US backs the policy of the Serbian government and the reforms it is implementing, and wants good relations with Serbia, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, has said after a meeting with US...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Latest NewsIn what's turning that nightmare into reality, Greece’s month-old anti-austerity government led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a rude awakening last Friday when German-led pressure forced it to pedal back on most election pledges i...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Slovenian Press AgencySlovenia's inflation remained in negative territory in February at -0.4% at the annual level due mostly to lower prices of fuel. The annual rate of deflation was down 0.1 percentage point from the month before, as consumer prices rose by...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
IBNA Special Report Skopje, February 27, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Naser Pajaziti Macedonian Academy of Science and Art (MASA) continues to be closed for Albanian scientific personalities. For many decades since its foundat... -
Friday, February 27, 2015 from Slovenian Press AgencySlovenian telecoms incumbent Telekom Slovenije has acquired a 100% stake in mobile service provider Debitel to "strengthen the synergies between the companies", Telekom Slovenije said on Friday.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Tanjug agency....The Crvena Zvezda basketball team lost 85-61 (16-18, 24-11, 20-17, 25-15) to the home team of Real in Madrid in a match of the eighth round of the Euroleague Top 16 on Thursday evening.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Radio BulgariaThe Louvre Museum in Paris is to host from April 15 the Bulgarian exhibition entitled “Epopee of Thracian Kings: Archaeological Finds in Bulgaria”. It is the most significant event in the country's cultural calendar in 2015. The preparat...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishB92 has received confirmation that the War Crimes Prosecution will in the coming days bring charges against five suspects in the Strpci case. Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told Radio B92 that 22 years after the crime, it has been discover...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov is to make his proposals next week, regardless of Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov's assurances that top-level reshuffles are not needed in police and security. Vuchkov said on Friday in Parliament that he wou...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Tirana, February 27, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency For the first time, inmates who suffer prison sentences in Albanian correctional facilities have played a match against the Albanian national football team and which they have won... -
Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesPresident Iohannis asks Romania to join Scengen area, Romanian millionaire found dead, Telekom reports less revenues
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from InSerbia NewsMADRID – The Red Star (Crvena Zvezda) basketball team lost 85-61 (16-18, 24-11, 20-17, 25-15) to the home team of Real in
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Tirana, February 27, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency German government backs the construction of the Adriatic-Ionian Highway, by considering it as a bridge for West Balkan and Central Europe. This highway, which is also known as the... -
Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesParliament adopted new lawa on courts and the prosecution. There are no conditions to declare flu epidemic, the health authorities claim. Montenegro already set to join NATO
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesAlarmed by macroeconomic imbalances in the Croatian economy, the European Commission is to place Croatia under strict economic monitoring.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)US-based nuclear power company Westinghouse estimated that the electricity produced by unit 7 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP will cost between USD 75 and 84, if it constructs its AP1000 plant there. This was announced by Westinghouse Vice Pr...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesA government that conducts spying operations on this scale has not only lost credibility; it has lost the right to govern.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Romania-Insider.com » politicsRomanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday, February 26, in Berlin that Romania counts on Germany’s support to find a solution which would help it move towards achieving the goal of joining the Schengen area. Iohannis met German ...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)The hottest pipers from Schotland with the suggestive name Red Hot Chilli Pipers will open the 20th annual Salon of Arts at the Sofia National Palace of Culture. The event will take place on May 11 in the major Hall 1 of the culture cent...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishNATO "will not accept Russia's veto on Montenegro's membership in the alliance," Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been quoted as saying. "Russia cannot deprive Montenegro of its right to become a member of NATO," he told the Italia...
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Slovenian Press AgencySlovenia's economy expanded by 2.6% in real terms last year, the first full year of growth since 2011, as the annual rate of economic expansion stood at 2.4% in the final quarter, the Statistics Office said on Friday.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Latest NewsGermany's parliament will vote on Friday on the extension of Greece’s bailout by four months and will duly back it though we can expect some grumbling from a clutch of lawmakers.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesThe US mobile-app-based transportation network Uber has launched its first ridesharing service in Romania - but while many potential users are delighted, taxi drivers are less happy.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)The leader of opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Mihail Mikov requested in a letter to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev to impose a veto on the issue of the new BGN 16 B debt. Mikov warned that in case Plevneliev does not vet...
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