- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comMore than 1,100 authors sign a petition to the European parliament, calling on EU countries to create common, humane laws of asylum Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - WorldAn official who led China’s biggest petroleum company and was later assigned to oversee state-owned companies has admitted in court he was guilty of corruption and abuse of power.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldUS retail sales rose 0.9% in March - the first increase for four months - helped by spending on cars, furniture, clothing and building materials.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - UKParents appeal for information in connection with missing student Karen Buckley.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsDAKAR/LONDON - Boko Haram Islamic militants have kidnapped at least 2,000 girls and women since the start of last year, turning them into cooks, sex slaves and fighters, and sometimes killing those who refused to comply, Amnesty Internat...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked a government building housing two ministries in the Somali capital on Tuesday, setting off two big blasts before gunmen stormed inside, killing at least 10 people, police and t...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAl-Shabab militants storm a government complex in Somalia's capital, blowing a hole in the building with a car bomb and killing 10 people.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comBridget Anderson says Anthony Hill, who was shot dead by police in Atlanta in March, did not receive proper medical care for bipolar disorder Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldReigning London marathon champion Wilson Kipsang hits out at the sports authorities in Kenya for suspending his foreign agent without informing him.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - UKQueen's University Belfast cuts 236 jobs and 290 student places after DEL funding reduction
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldTwo Kazakhs go on trial amid great security in one of Austria's most unusual murder cases, two months after the death of the main suspect in jail.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA round-up of other stories from around Ireland and the world
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA jury has been sworn in to hear the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldJPMorgan Chase reports a 12% rise in profit to $5.91bn for the three months to the end of March, as revenue from bond trading improves.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsMADRID (Reuters) - Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers will resume on April 21 at the deputy level, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday, in what will be the first meeting since a major breakthrough two w...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsPeople can apply for the 3850 permits online from 7pm
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandTwo Irish runners have set records at this year’s North Pole marathon — one of the most challenging runs on the planet.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandCannabis with a street value estimated at more than €500,000 has been seized by gardaí in Co Cork.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsNAIROBI (Reuters) - Rights groups criticized Kenya's government on Tuesday for including two prominent Muslim groups on a list of possible supporters of al Shabaab, the Somali Islamists behind this month's Garissa university attack that ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAssociates of Rakhat Aliyev, the son-in-law of the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev found dead in his prison cell, are also accused of kidnap Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsCAIRO/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's official government, holed up in the east after being forced to flee the capital, is struggling to sell crude oil under a new system it has devised in an attempt to bypass a rival administration in Trip...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsUS and UK troops join forces to simulate an airfield evacuation
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - UKThe Conservatives insist their policy on minimum funding for the Welsh government has not changed, as their manifesto suggests it requires an income tax referendum.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsRetired NUIG lecturer Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington asked to destroy personal data or have her email access removed
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - UKPolice have released footage of a high-speed car chase through Birmingham with officers pursuing a man believed to be in a stolen car.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comThe former secretary of state has been the target of Republican ire long before she announced her second run for the presidency. Do their barbs portend a gathering storm, or is it all just so much old news? Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - WorldCharges likely will be brought against the person who took a gun to the house where a three-year-old boy shot his brother, one, in the head and killed him, the Cleveland police chief said.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - UKA man arrested in connection with the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence is released from bail without charge.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
Campaigners said the promotional images 'sexualised children'. - Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comHillary meets voters in Monticello, Iowa, while Jeb Bush addresses the Ohio chamber of commerce, a day after Marco Rubio formally announced a 2016 run Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieSinn Féin president Gerry Adams has today appealed to voters not to try to punish the Government in the same-sex marriage referendum.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA therapy service that claims huge success with troubled teens is in danger of closure because it is almost entirely reliant on charity despite getting most of its referrals from State agencies.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA new tourism initiative, Ireland's Ancient East, could increase visitor revenue to €950m by 2020, according to Fáilte Ireland.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe Child and Family Agency has announced a major programme of early intervention measures for children after it received over €8m in one-off Atlantic Philanthropies funding.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldManchester United are capable of winning the Premier League next season says their former striker Eric Cantona.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - WorldENGLAND: Britain’s prime minister has been serenaded by a man with a ukulele who sang that he should “fuck off back to Eton”.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAuthor and mathematician Alex Bellos demonstrates how to solve the logic problem given to Singaporean TV students that went viral.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comTheir vehicle was crushed when chunk fell to roadway below as construction crews were installing a sidewalk on an overpass Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe former security boss of a US lottery is charged with fraud after allegedly hacking the computer that picks the winning numbers.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandFour family doctor practices each received €600,000 in payments from the HSE in 2013, including one practice that received over €800,000.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comThe Australian actor reiterates her distaste for fashion-focused interviews with female stars on red carpets before awards Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe status of marriage in the Constitution will remain unaltered if equal rights are extended to same-sex couples next month, the Referendum Commission has declared.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe crucial tourism industry is already moving up a gear in Kerry but maintenance funding for the county’s roads is not up to speed.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA 26-year-old man has been remanded in custody in Northern Ireland after appearing in court charged with murdering a man whose body was found in the boot of a car.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including more new year celebrations, wood stork chicks in Florida and a dragon in Sydney Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsMOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin confirmed on Tuesday that an oil-for-goods barter deal between Russia and Iran was being implemented and officials said the road was clear for Moscow to supply an advanced S-300 anti-missile system to Tehran.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comBullet kills animal but rebounds, hits fence, travels through back door of mother-in-law’s mobile home and her recliner before striking her in back Authorities say a man shot an armadillo, but ended up accidentally wounding his mother-in...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - WorldA man who was 12 when he had sex with his teacher, impregnated her, and later wedded the woman after she served a prison term for statutory rape, has opened up about their marriage in an interview.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - WorldTeen love story The Fault In Our Stars was the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards during a show filled with motivational messages.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - WorldJury selection in the Colorado theatre shooting case has entered its final stage with attorneys questioning prospective jurors as a large group.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsIndia's future purchase of Rafale fighter jets will only come through direct talks with the French government, the defence minister has said, effectively killing talks on a massive deal. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsForeign ministers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine called for an end to the renewed heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine following tough talks in Berlin on Monday.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsCubans can still barely believe what they saw: A president named Castro sat down for talks with a "yankee" US leader. But the islanders know the diplomatic thaw will take time. The ice-breaking meeting between Cuban leader Raul Castro an...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Verona, April 14 - A Verona man seriously hurt when his wife was killed by their son in an axe-wielding rage Monday was declared out of danger Tuesday. Doctors at the neurosurgical ward of the Borgo Trento hospital in Verona sai...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsOn Monday the Public Prosecutor in Arnhem put in an appeal and demanded a 3 month prison sentence an one year probation against a now 74 year old man from Bennekom who helped his 99 year old mother commit suicide. The court had found the...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 14 - Premier Matteo Renzi on Tuesday said the number of weapons in Italy must be reduced and protection of judges increased in the wake of the gun murders of three people in a Milan court last Friday. "What happened ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from DutchNews.nlThe European Union is a group of untrustworthy members more interested in making money than in helping people, according to...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsAsian markets mostly retreated on Tuesday, with Hong Kong hit by profit-taking after a near 15 percent rise in eight days, while Tokyo was hurt by a stronger yen. The broad sell-off comes after a recent rally and follows losses on Wall S...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Flanders TodayA study of thousands of third year secondary school students has shown that 12% engage in financially risky behaviour, while one in 10 actually owe people money Games and snacks Twelve percent of 16- to 18-year-olds in Flanders display f...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsIraq's prime minister will plead for more US military support in the war against insurgent Islamic State jihadists during a first White House meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday. Embarking on his inaugural prime ministerial tr...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldThe UN Security Council is to vote on an arms embargo on Houthi rebels waging an insurgency in Yemen. But the measure could be blocked by Russia.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uploads by AFPSongkran festival brings watery chaos to Bangkok Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe The annual Songkran festival turns the streets of Thailand into a watery battleground, as people throng th...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsNeighbors of the houseboat on the Veerdijk in Wormer on which there was an explosion on Monday morning, are stunned by what happened. The post Fatal houseboat explosions stun neighbors, mayor appeared first on NL Times .
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Flanders TodayThe Asian tiger mosquito, responsible for the spread of dengue and yellow fever, is becoming more numerous in cargo arriving by ship and plan, according to the Institute of Tropical Medicine Global warming Experts are worried that the As...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Flanders TodayPaula Sémer, a veteran of the Flemish TV industry who pushed open doors for women, turned 90 last week Addressed controversial topics The word “icon” is too often bandied about in relation to TV personalities, but Paula Sémer has actuall...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsFinland's Nokia announced on Tuesday it was in advanced talks to purchase all of its Franco-American rival Alcatel-Lucent. "Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent confirm that they are in advanced discussions with respect to a potential full merger, w...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Flanders TodayThe number of homeowners in Flanders applying for government subsidies to improve their home’s energy efficiency dropped drastically last year Major downturn The number of people applying for government subsidies to improve the energy ef...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Flanders TodayA new government campaign called Thirty Days in Search of Silence encourages citizens to step back, shut up and chill out Derek Blyth on finding some peace and quiet It’s not that easy to find somewhere quiet in Flanders these days, but ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 14 - Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti took advantage of an informal meeting with his European counterparts in the Latvian capital of Riga on Tuesday to invite them to admire Italy's natural beauty at a special...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 14 - Sergio Cragnotti, former owner of the Cirio food giant, was facing new legal woes Tuesday as a magistrate ordered a September trial into allegations of fraudulent bankruptcy. It is allegedly that about 31 millio...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsBoko Haram has kidnapped at least 2,000 women and girls since the beginning of last year, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, a year on from the mass abduction of 219 Nigerian schoolgirls. The kidnapping of the teenagers from Chibok, ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NewsThe upcoming show by infamous French comedian Dieudonné has been cancelled. Dieudonné is a controversial figure, mostly because of his ruthless satire on Zionism and the Jewish lobby, which is perceived as racist and anti-Semitic.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 14 - Leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) Beppe Grillo on Tuesday urged Germany to "prepare" for a Greek default "soon". "In Der Spiegel (Financial Times columnist) Wolfgang Munchau foresees a de...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldOn April 16, 2014, the ferry MV Sewol sank off South Korea's coast plunging the country into shock. But a year after the tragedy, many questions over the accident remain unanswered. DW examines.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Flanders TodayThree experienced dockworkers died after inhaling toxic gasses from a cargo ship containing coal in Beveren at the weekend Investigation underway Three dockworkers who died while cleaning out the hold of a ship in the Waasland harbour in...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NewsThe Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation is granting its scientific health prize to Professor Bruce Spiegelman. The jury will be rewarding the American professor for his fundamental contribution to the research of metabolic diseases.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Inter Press Service
In this column Joaquín Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, argues that U.S. President Barack Obama earned a place in history at the recent Summit of the... - Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsAnother exploding Takata airbag has left a US driver hurt, after a crash in a Honda car last month, the Japanese auto company said Tuesday, the latest in a series of problems that have sparked huge recalls. About 20 million vehicles prod...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 14 - Pope Francis has no personal fear of Islamic State (ISIS) militants but is fearful for the brutal mass murder they are inflicting on Christians, the Prefect of the Pontifical Household, Georg Gaenswein, said in ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsA chronic shortage of security guards at Schiphol is likely to lead to long lines at the airport during the coming holiday peak season. According to De Telegraaf, the work load is so high that there are also gaps in the security controls...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uploads by AFPLos Angeles hosts premiere of new 'Avengers' film Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo were some of the stars at ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 14 - A US plane was forced to turn back to its departure point Monday after a baggage handler got trapped in the hold. The Alaska Airlines plane declared an emergency and made a priority landing in Seattle after taki...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uploads by AFPSchool reopening small comfort for Sierra Leone's Ebola orphans Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Schools are reopening across Sierra Leone after months of closure forced by the Ebola o...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |The south-eastern Finnish harbour town of Kotka is home to a rare white duck. The mallard, who is decidedly not shy, has become a minor internet celebrity.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uploads by AFPRepublican Marco Rubio announces US presidential run Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe US Republican Senator Marco Rubio launched his presidential campaign Monday at a rally in Miami, calli...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsA Singaporean man and an Australian woman behind an online forum that often attacks immigrants and foreign workers in Singapore were charged Tuesday with sedition, an offence punishable by jail. Singaporean Yang Kaiheng, 26, and Japanese...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldIt is exactly a year since Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from the Nigerian town of Chibok. There has been no trace of them up until now. DW’s Jan-Philipp Scholz fears that is not going to change.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsA maths problem that first appeared in a test for Singapore's elite high school students has baffled Internet users around the world after it went viral, prompting a rush of attempts to solve it. The question, involving a girl asking two...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsCalling for new American leadership that is not "stuck in the 20th century," Republican Senator Marco Rubio officially launched his presidential bid Monday, a day after top Democrat Hillary Clinton announced her campaign. Rubio, a 43-yea...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from DutchNews.nlThe Netherlands is the number one country in Europe and fourth in the world for cyber criminals, according to figures...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe body of a man was discovered in the IJ at around 08:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The post Body found in IJ, Amsterdam Noord appeared first on NL Times .
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe majority of Dutch people think that the Dutch Central Bank employee who was caught living a double life as a BDSM mistress should be able to do what she wants after office hours. The post Most think firing BDSM escort / Dutch Central...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsTrowels in hand, on their haunches, masons in Timbuktu use traditional techniques to reconstruct precious mausoleums destroyed in an Islamist takeover of northern Mali in 2012. Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents wrecked 16 of the fabled desert c...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NewsGraffiti artist Cazn has just finished a truly monumental graffiti drawing inside the Deurganck dock lock, a brand new sluice at an Antwerp harbour dock. Now's the time to stop by the harbour and see the giant work of art, because at the...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NewsIt may surprise you to learn that international research has revealed that gas and electricity prices in Brussels are cheaper than in many other European capitals.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsIraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and President Barack Obama will discuss the fight against Islamic State on Tuesday at a White House meeting likely to be dominated by Iraqi requests for U.S. arms and tension over Iran’s role on the b...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldNo other German author since World War Two was revered in Poland as much as Günter Grass. That was because of his efforts to reconcile the two nations - efforts not even marred by revelations of his SS membership.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Flanders TodayThree Flemish companies specialising in frozen and fresh produce, have signed an intent to merge, which would make the new Greenyard Foods a world leaders in fruit and veg “Good for growers” The creation of a Flanders-based world leader ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsA 56 year old man was stabbed in a house on Koggelplein in Tilburg at around 19:45 on Monday night. His underage son has been arrested. The post Young teen held in father’s stabbing appeared first on NL Times .
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe Amsterdam Ooertoomse Sluis police department enabled a strange, but special reunion between a homeless man and his mother's ashes on Monday, the police department announced on Facebook. The post Police reunite homeless man and mother...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineThe price of sunflower seeds has been going up for several weeks in a row against the backdrop of limited supplies, Derzhzovnishinform state enterprise has said in a press release.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Russia Beyond The HeadlinesProcession will visit 7 cities in week-long journey from Florida to Washington, D.C.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from News Agency UNIANThe foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed after long talks in Berlin on Monday to boost the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line in the Donbas, where continuous breaches of ceasefire have put the tr...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uatoday.tvReuters Opinion by Lucian Kim on how Russian President manipulates history
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) now expects Russian GDP to fall 3.8% in 2015, compared with the 3% drop it was expecting in January, the IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook Update.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uatoday.tvUkrainian military spokesman says Russian-backed militants continue to snub Minsk peace agreements
- A sharp uptick in fighting in east Ukraine has left six government troops dead and 12 wounded in the past 24 hours, a military spokesman in Kyiv said on April 14.
- The frequency of gunfire exchanges has decreased in the Luhansk Oblast over the past 24 hours, the press service of the head of the Luhansk regional military-civilian administration, Hennadiy Moskal, has reported.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Russia Beyond The HeadlinesThe Russian President's Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, while choosing not to comment on an article in the Time magazine, which named Vladimir Putin as the most influential person on the planet, said he was certain that the head of state...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Russia Beyond The HeadlinesRussia is prepared to offer access to technologies that would permit the production of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets in Brazil, Sergei Ladygin, deputy general director of Russia's state-run arms trader Rosoboronexport, told reporters on the ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uatoday.tvA free trade zone between Ukraine and the EU set to take effect from 2016
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineThe European Commission (EC) has confirmed that a technical meeting on gas issues between the EU, Russia and Ukraine will be held in Brussels on April 16 at the expert level, the EC's press service told Interfax on Tuesday.
- TALLINN - Germany's defense minister said on April 14 that nobody should underestimate NATO's rapid response capacity, which has been ratcheted up in response to worries about Russia's military ambitions after its actions in Ukraine.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineUN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic will visit Ukraine at the end of May, the UN News Centre website has reported.
- RIGA - The Baltic states' goal of integrating with Europe's power grid risks cutting off an exclave of Russian territory, tightening nerves already stretched by the Ukraine crisis.
- LONDON - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed on April 14 for an additional $34.8 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in eastern Ukraine, divided and tense after a year's fighting that has killed 6,000.
- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has had a phone conversation with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and urged Serbia to increase criminal liability for Serbian citizens who join illegal armed groups in Donbas.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineThe Ukrainian government has set the reduced terms for the provision of services in the state registration of ownership rights to immovable property to three days, and for the state registration of property with the issue of an ownership...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Censor.NET - NewsSix Ukrainian soldiers were killed on April 13 in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine, and 12 servicemen were injured.
- Russian capital outflows will slow further as bonds and the ruble stage a comeback following a sell-off last year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from News Agency UNIANAn international mission to find the remains and personal belongings of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which crashed near Donetsk last summer, has returned to Ukraine, Russian news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, with ref...
- Britain's Ministry of Defense says it is monitoring the activities of a Russian destroyer and two other ships in the English Channel.
- Kyiv officials say six soldiers have been killed in fighting in separatist-held eastern Ukraine. They are the heaviest losses for government forces in the last ten days.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Uatoday.tvOver 15,450 people injured since fighting began in Ukraine last year
- Recent investigations of "smart guys" contracts have helped reduce corruption within the Romanian energy sector, and have accelerated the country's market liberalisation, at a time when the Ukraine crisis has forced Bucharest to assume a...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, April 14 (MTI) – Parliament on Tuesday approved a law on setting up a fund to compensate people who suffered damages because of the bankruptcy of brokerage firm Quaestor. In line with the law approved with 185 votes for a...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Politics.huRadical nationalist Jobbik has become the key opposition force in Hungary, party leader Gábor Vona said. Jobbik candidate Lajos Rig’s victory in Sunday’s by-election in the Western Hungarian Tapolca constituency has been “of historic imp...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE FIRST season of a flight connection between the Slovak city of Poprad, lying under the foot of the Tatra mountains, and the Latvian capital of Riga has positively impacted the number of visitors to both the High and Low Tatras.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, April 14 (MTI) – Parliament on Tuesday passed a decree under which Hungary will contribute a contingent of up to 150 soldiers to the international mission against the Islamic State terrorist organisation. Foreign Minister...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThis Thursday, cyclists in Prague will have a unique opportunity to take a ride through the Blanka tunnel, before it gets filled with cars. The organizers of the annual Velká Jarní Cyklojízda or Critical Mass Bike Ride, the NGO Automat, ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Politics - BBJ on the web - BBJ.huThe government could change accounting regulations to allow nearly all Hungarian companies to file simplified annual reports, draft legislation posted on the government website yesterday reveals.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesDozens of events, including commemorative ceremonies and concerts attended by top politicians, will be held in the Czech Republic at the end of April and early May to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Czech News A...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesA large exhibition marking 50 years of the existence of the Czech animated series Večerníček will be held in Prague this summer. The show at the city’s Wallenstein Riding School and Kampa Museum will feature sets, illustrations, photogra...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe guerrilla art group Ztohoven, known for their controversial projects and often operating in anonymity, have made a somewhat surprising move. At the end of last year, they opened an official institution, a so-called institute of crypt...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE YEAR-ON-YEAR inflation in Slovakia fell in March 2015 overall by 0.3 percent. The core inflation declined 0.1 percent and the net inflation increased 0.3 percent, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) informed the TASR newswire,
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from InternationalPoles are the most religious in the European Union, with 86 percent declaring they believe in God, according to a new study by Gallup.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - Financial assets of Czech households grew by 6 percent annually on average in the previous five years and reached $194bn (Kc5,000bn) last year, according to the Global Wealth Report of The...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NationalNearly 2,000 people around Poland experienced electricity outages due to the strong winds which battered the country on Monday.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorSTILL in the first centuries of the Middle Ages, Europe was covered by dense forests. The first more compact settlements were established by laborious logging, and it could have lasted for decades before a town came to exist.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Politics.huThe government’s Modern Cities program will ensure a total of 1,200 billion forints (EUR 4 billion) for Hungary’s largest cities, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Northern Hungary’s Eger, adding that the sum would be distributed on ba...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe deputy chairman of the Czech Football Association, Roman Berbr, has officially requested that player Milan Baroš be sanctioned for comments he made on Twitter. The official called for the striker to be suspended after he described Cz...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesA criminal complaint of corruption has been filed against Czech national ice hockey coach Vladimír Růžička, TV Nova’s website reported. The complaint was made by businessman Jiří Jehlička. He says the trainer may be guilty of bribe-takin...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Politics.huFar-right Jobbik’s winning Sunday’s by-election in the Tapolca constituency indicates that voters want a different government, however, their victory is a “warning sign”, Ágnes Vadai, deputy head of the Democratic Coalition, said. Viktor...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE FORMER rector of the Police Corps Academy in Bratislava, Václav Krajník, accused of accepting bribes, officially concluded a plea bargain with the prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and left with a sentence of suspension a...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Politics.huThere are 14 Hungarians left in Yemen that need Hungary’s help to leave that country. As the situation worsens in the war-stricken country, more and more people turn up for assistance, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. On Sunday, 26...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Politics - BBJ on the web - BBJ.huThe Hungarian Banking Association today expressed concerns over a bill to establish a top-up fund, which would include a contribution from banks, to compensate investors of failed brokerage Quaestor, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from InternationalA Polish firefighter is among 15 immigrants to the UK photographed for an anti-xenophobia campaign in the run-up to the 7 May general election.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe police are investigating the death of a man who fell onto the track on Prague’s “C” line and was track by an oncoming subway train. The incident occurred shortly before 7 PM on Monday evening; investigators have not yet learned the p...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from NationalPresident Bronisław Komorowski confirmed on Tuesday that he will not take part in a televised debate with remaining candidates ahead of the first round of the presidential ballot on 10 May.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Daily News Hungary
Seoul, April 14 (MTI) – Hungarian President Janos Ader held talks with South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye on Tuesday and proposed setting up a joint Hungarian-South Korean fund to promote the other country’s small and med... - Sunday, April 12, 2015 from Latest NewsEven if it survives the next three months teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Greece may have blown its best chance of a long-term debt deal by alienating its eurozone partners when it most needed their support.
- Sunday, April 12, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has announced that two special forces units of the Interior Ministry will be merged into one unit, while the Gendarmerie will remain a separate formation.
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The first time he used that word endangers diplomatic relations with Turkey - Sunday, April 12, 2015 from InSerbia NewsBELGRADE – Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian calendar, mark today the most joyous holiday – the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. With
- Sunday, April 12, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Serbia sincerely wants an improvement in the ties with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said in an interview with the holiday issue of Banjaluka-based Nezavisne novine.
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest NewsGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday that the death of German author Guenter Grass meant that Europe had lost a “cultural point of reference” and that Greece had lost a “valuable friend.”
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe requirements and criteria for progress in EU integration are completely clear and defined in advance, an EU spokesperson has said. There are no new requirements, which is something Serbian officials know well, Maja Kocijancic added.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe president of the assembly of a small municipality in northeastern Montenegro has decided against using an official car received as a gift. The reason is that the car is a Dacia - and "Romanian cars are not suitable for a municipal pr...
- Sunday, April 12, 2015 from InSerbia NewsBELGRADE- Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has announced that two special forces units of the Interior Ministry will be merged into one
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishA group calling itself the National Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for Saturday's explosion in front of the Macedonian government HQ in Skopje. This has been reported by the Albanian language, Pristina-based daily Koha Ditore.
- Sunday, April 12, 2015 from InSerbia NewsBELGRADE – Belgrade has fulfilled all the elements of the Brussels Agreement and the only items that remain unfulfilled are Pristina’s obligations
- Sunday, April 12, 2015 from InSerbia NewsThe Battle of Košare was fought during the Kosovo War between the military forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on one
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He stated that she was an excellent adversary in 2008, an even better Obama administration official, and a close friend - Sunday, April 12, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Members of the police force with the status of authorised officers or uniformed authorised officers will be the only Interior Ministry employees eligible for reduced-age retirement in the future, as it will no longer apply to administrat...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest NewsPanathinaikos and Olympiakos are entering the Euroleague play-offs this week as outsiders, as not only do they face the mighty CSKA Moscow and Barcelona respectively but their opponents have the home advantage in the best-of-five series.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishNational Bank of Serbia's foreign currency reserves totaled around EUR 10.51 billion at the end of March, the central bank announced on Tuesday. National Bank of Serbia's foreign currency reserves totaled around EUR 10.51 billion at the ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe Hague Tribunal prosecution has sent an urgent proposal to the Appeals Chamber on the execution of the decision to end Vojislav Seselj's provisional release. The proposal was signed by Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and asks the App...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe latest spate of incidents in Kosovo and Metohija "could turn into serious rioting," analyst Dusan Janjic of the Forum for Ethnic Relations has said. According to him, "social, political, and even inter-ethnic turbulence is ahead this...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishTwo Serb men in their 20s have been injured in a shooting in northern Kosovska Mitrovica early on Monday. They are currently treated for their injuries described as non life-threatening.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishIncidents in Kosovo on both sides of the Ibar River have in common "great nervousness," according to a Serbian government official, Milivoje Mihajlovic. In addition, said the head of the Media Office, "the Albanians are trying to obstruc...
- Sunday, April 12, 2015 from Tanjug agency....By respecting the principles of UN conventions, Serbia is taking measures in the fight against high-technology crime and money laundering, as well as in the cooperation against narcotics trade, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said S...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThere are no new conditions for Serbia on its path towards the EU, the organization's representative in Serbia Michael Davenport has said. The opening of the first chapter in the membership negotiations can be expected later this year, a...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest NewsThe rectorate of Athens University wrote to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and party leaders on Monday asking them to find a way to end the occupation of the institution’s main building by anti-establishment protesters.
- Sunday, April 12, 2015 from Tanjug agency....In its first year in office, the Serbian government has achieved serious results and economic progress and if the control of the fiscal deficit continues, it will lead to the country's economic recovery, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishBelgrade is set to host a summit of mayors of 13 Central and South East Europe capital cities on April 23. Mayor Sinisa Mali sees the event as an opportunity to strengthen cooperation, promote investment and put Belgrade back on the map ...
