- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - UKA teenager who groomed his friend to kill soldiers is found guilty of preparing to commit acts of terrorism.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from mirror - World newsThe video, which shows an unexpected - and pretty cool - result - has been viewed almost 250,000 times on YouTube
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsFinancial news and information giant Thomson Reuters saw a rise in profit in the first quarter after a long restructuring effort, as revenues took a hit from the strong dollar. The New York-based company said net profit rose eight percen...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comDenis Sassou Nguesso sets pile of elephant tusks ablaze as conservationists urge Africans to ‘get angrier’ about impact of poaching The president of Congo-Brazzaville has set fire to nearly five tonnes of seized elephant ivory at a summi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsAn abandoned London station believed to have been used by Winston Churchill as a wartime bunker is up for rent, under plans to raise funds by leasing disused corners of the world's first underground railway. Down Street station in the ch...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldCampaigners behind the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement in Nigeria have urged the military to ensure that all women and girls abducted by Boko Haram islamists in northeastern Nigeria are rescued.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsLiverpool's 1-0 loss at Hull City left them seven points below the top four in the Premier League table, probably ending their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Here are five issues that manager Brendan Rodgers must address d...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comItaly’s fashion capital is just days away from the launch of its world fair, but if Expo is a symbol for the country today, it is one that is full of contradictions The launch on Friday of Expo 2015 – a world fair that is expected to dra...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comRelief workers try to find out what has happened to 10,000 or more people in remote area of Gorkha district near border with Tibet Officials and relief workers in Nepal are desperately seeking information on aabout 10,000 people living i...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from mirror - World newsGerman couple wade through leach-infested water to reach cave - as big as the London eye - and take these amazing images
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comKing appoints nephew Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince and heir to the kingdom Saudi Arabia’s real-life game of thrones has taken a dramatic turn with the surprise designation of Mohammed bin Nayef, its formidable interior minister and ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comCargo vessel ferrying supplies to the International Space Station is said to be falling to Earth after contact was lost Follow our live coverage as the Progress M-27M vessel descends to Earth Continue reading...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesA Baltimore mother became somewhat of a national hero Monday night when footage of her disciplining her teenage son during the Baltimore riots went viral. Now, Toya Graham, a single mother with six children, has spoken out against the vi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe US Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether states can use midazolam as a lethal injection drug.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comHead of Catholic church makes strongest comments yet about ‘scandal’ of international pay gap between men and women Women are still prohibited from most jobs in the Catholic church but Pope Francis said on Wednesday that the wage gap bet...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - UKUFC fighter Jon Jones suspended and stripped of his light heavyweight belt after hit-and-run incident with a pregnant woman.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsPolice in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip beat and arrested protesters on Wednesday at a youth rally in the north of the besieged Palestinian territory, an AFP correspondent said. More than 400 demonstrators gathered in Shejaiya, a neighbourhoo...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAfter Baltimore's peaceful protests turned violent on Monday night, the local community came together to ward off more riots on Tuesday. Bands and dancers paraded for peace and city pride in front of a torched CVS, while others helped to...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldFormer Premier League footballer Delroy Facey is jailed for two-and-a-half years after being convicted of match fixing allegations.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsThe woman seen on video slapping her son during the Baltimore protests says she was "angry" but mostly wanted to protect him.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - UKEd Miliband has challenged Russell Brand over his view that voting is "pointless" in a video interview conducted by the campaigning comedian.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldHundreds of Taliban fighters have besieged the northern Afghan city of Kunduz and are attacking Afghan army bases and checkpoints. DW correspondent Mohammad Saber Yosofi describes the situation on the ground.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from - World RSS FeedIsraeli police have arrested a woman caught on camera allegedly setting a petrol pump on fire while at a gas station in Jerusalem.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldMessaging services including Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter are cut off in Burundi amid protests over the president seeking a third term.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from - World RSS FeedIncredible images have emerged of the moment a four-month old baby was rescued from the rubble of a building devastated by the Nepal earthquake , 22 hours after the disaster struck.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - UKJudd Trump completes a crushing 13-4 win over Chinese third seed Ding Junhui to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from - World RSS FeedA glitch with iPads used by pilots forced American Airlines to ground about two dozen flights on the evening of 28 April.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsProsecutors are expected to continue to call survivors in the coming days to testify about the mass shooting in Aurora.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from - World RSS FeedWhole Foods found itself at the forefront of a fierce debate about police brutality when one of its stores donated food to law enforcement officials as a thank you for their presence in crisis-hit Baltimore.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesAs reports of deadly "superbugs" and drug-resistant infections pepper the news with increasing frequency, few countries have mapped out plans to combat antibiotic resistance, the phenomenon at the heart of these threats to human health a...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - EuropeMEPs debate last week's EU response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldFrench President Francois Hollande has announced a multi-billion euro boost to the nation's military. In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, it's a reversal of previous plans to curb defense spending.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsGeneric drug company Mylan raised its bid for a second time for Perrigo on Wednesday, offering $35.6 billion for the over-the-counter giant. Mylan, which itself is fending off a takeover bid from generics giant Teva, offered $75 in cash ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comProtests and scuffles over relief supplies British national killed and 500 Americans unaccounted for UN launches $415m flash appeal ‘No one has come’: villagers wait for aid to flow Man pulled alive from rubble 80 hours after earthquake ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsA magnet for foreign jihadists during its 1990s war, Bosnia is now grappling with the threat from home-grown extremists wooed by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. While most Bosnian Muslims are moderates, a few thousand have adopted the u...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comCompanies reject consensus of governments and scientists that urgent action is needed to cut emissions and world can’t burn its energy reserves if it was to avoid catastrophic climate change Continue reading...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comOn day Federal Reserve is meeting to discuss borrowing costs, figures show growth has slowed to annual rate of just 0.2% in first quarter Continue reading...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - UKThe Conservatives promise a law guaranteeing no rise in income tax rates, National Insurance or VAT before 2020 - dismissed as a "ridiculous gimmick" by Labour.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsGoogle announced a €150 million partnership with European media Tuesday that aims to “promote high-quality journalism through technology and innovation”, a move that comes after years of disputes with European media and anti-trust regula...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - UKThe general election campaign in Scotland focuses on defence as the latest poll suggests the SNP could win all 59 Scottish seats.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA Briton living overseas died in the Nepal earthquake, the Foreign Office confirms, as it "urgently" investigates reports another British national is among the victims.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA court in Turkey acquits 26 people charged with organising protests against the country's leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in 2013.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe US economy "all but stagnated" in the first three months of the year growing at an annual rate of just 0.2%, official figures show.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - UKA man's body is found by workers at a Birmingham recycling plant, who originally thought it was a tailor's dummy.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from mirror - World newsOnly 54,000 copies of the first issue of Playboy were printed because Hugh Hefner didn't know if it would be successful
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAid begins to reach areas near the epicentre of the earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday, killing more than 5,000 people.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA man pulled from the rubble of a Kathmandu building talks about his ordeal. Yogita Limaye reports from Kathmandu.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comWestfjords district commissioner invites Basques to ceremony to revoke 1615 law that sparked massacre known as Slaying of the Spaniards Continue reading...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from - World RSS FeedThe cousin of one of the two Australian men executed in Indonesia has told how he distributed chocolate to his fellow convicts and tried to comfort his mother before they faced the firing squad.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comHow can mobile money services reach more people? Our expert panel had these ideas for how other countries can replicate M-Pesa’s success in Kenya Continue reading...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA report has revealed that payments of more than €100,000 were made over a five-year period to eight students attending a Youthreach second chance education programme in Co Cork, even though these students were ineligible for the programme.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NewsFigures released by the Federal Economy Department show that inflation in Belgium rose by 0.29% over the past month. This means that April was the first month since October of last year in which inflation was above 0%.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandRound-up of Irish and international news
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMark Savage seeks court orders against Data Protection Commissioner and Google Ireland
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsAn international team of researchers, led by the University Medical Center Utrecht, has designed a material to restore cartilage in joints by using 3D printing techniques, UMC Utrecht announced on their website today. The post Utrecht re...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsFM104 broadcast also included comparison between language lobbyists and Taliban
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsJohn Branagan (50) found dead in Wheatfield jail in 2013
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsTadhg Butler denies fatally stabbing Michael O’Dwyer last year
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Flanders TodayThe Flemish parliament has voted unanimously to cut two weeks from its holiday schedule to get more done during the summer months In session this July The six parties in the Flemish parliament have voted in favour of new parliamentary ru...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsThomas Nicholson also handed over bank statement when renting machine
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieThree Mayo men are suing for damages over alleged garda brutality at a Shell to Sea protest eight years ago.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieMore than 50 firefighters are tackling a blaze in Dublin this lunchtime.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - WorldThe Irish ambassador to India and Nepal has said that authorities have been able to account for all but four of the 150 Irish people who were believed to be in Nepal at the time of the earthquake.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieA 28-year-old American man has been fined €1,000 after a plane was forced to divert to Shannon Airport.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThree men have been questioned in England as part of an on-going investigation into the seizure of almost €300 million worth of cocaine off the Cork coast last September.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from mbl.is - News in EnglishOver the course of 2013 and 2014, police took a total of 5,111 blood samples from individuals suspected of driving under the influence of drink or drugs. Police suspicions were confirmed by the tests in over 85% of cases.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandTwo men, aged 24 and 19, have been arrested following an assault in Gurranabraher, Co Cork, yesterday evening.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsIrish are the second-highest consumers of alcohol per capita in EU
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Flanders TodayOana Sipos is the co-founder of the Brussels chapter of Rails Girls, a Finland-born initiative that aims to introduce women to the ABCs of technology by way of a one-day crash course From zero to something Next week, three dozen women an...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NewsAfter years of delays, the Brussels Transport Minister Pascal Smet (Flemish socialist) and the Mayor of Jette Hervé Doyen (Francophone Christian democrat) announced that work is to start on the new line at a press conference on Wednesday...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World: BreakingNews.ieEd Miliband has told Russell Brand that it is a “combination of politics and people” that bring about change.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from DutchNews.nlOnline taxi platform Uber said on Wednesday it is to ensure all the drivers for its Uberpop budget service in...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandPeople have been warned to avoid the area near a fire at a storage facility in Ballymount in Dublin and not to get distracted on the adjacent M50.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe Garda Representative Association has accused some TDs of trying to damage the reputation of An Garda Síochána by making unsubstantiated allegations under Dáil privilege.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World: BreakingNews.ieFrom the surface of Mars to the depths of interstellar space – probes, rovers and telescopes have been bringing the banter all over social media.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsTaoiseach tells Dáil too many families still struggling to make ends meet
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Flanders TodayAs it marks 20 years of challenging performance, Brussels’ Kunstenfestivaldesarts bridges the language divide and invites performers and audiences to meditate on the passage of time A fresh perspective As the hybrid name suggests, Kunste...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TNP - News from NorwayNorway Foreign Ministry reacts against the execution of 8 smuggler in Indonesia on Tuesday evening.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsWilliam McClean sued Sunday World over informant claims
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |Drivers in the east should brace for slippery, windy conditions overnight – and May Day picnics may need a backup plan.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandTaoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Dáil that the Government would accelerate the phased abolition of the Universal Social Charge.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Flanders TodayNo-one quite does a giant’s parade like the Flemish, and the Ypres’ three-yearly Cats’ Parade is a prime example Weird, weirder, weirdest Just when you thought you had experienced all the wackiness that Flanders could throw at you, along...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by AFPArmenians in Argentina commemorate genocide Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Armenians march to the residence of the Turkish ambassador to demand justice 100 years after what has come... F...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe head of AIB during the banking crisis has told the banking inquiry that he cannot remember comments attributed to him on the night of the bank guarantee where he reportedly said AIB was facing a bankruptcy problem and disaster.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by AFPSydney reacts to Australian executions in Indonesia Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe People in Sydney react to Indonesia's execution of two Australian drug convicts Myuran Sukumaran an...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Scotsman - World FeedA BRITISH man is on board a cargo ship seized by Iranian authorities.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandRyanair has confirmed that around €4.5m was fraudulently removed from one of its bank accounts through a Chinese bank last week.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World: BreakingNews.ieThe aquatic Lake Oku clawed frog has a high risk of extinction due to its dangerous home and unique evolutionary history.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NewsMapping the world has become almost efortless: satellites send us pictures of it every day. But in medieval times, people had to explore the lands in order to chart them. That's why old maps and atlases often tell us epic stories. You ca...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Flanders TodayGT&CO has taken over one of Flanders’ most beloved brands – the Jules Destrooper biscuit company – while Rodania watches return to Flemish ownership Rodania back in local hands The West Flanders bakery company Jules Destrooper, famou...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by AFP'Hackathon' helps Ivorians access online information Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe In a 48-hour "hackathon" event, participants compete to develop innovative applicati...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsNew points scale for CAO to be published in September under college entry revamp
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieA fisherman has been airlifted to hospital after suffering an injury on board an Irish registered trawler in the Atlantic.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |The Parliamentary Ombudsman has called on Finland’s customs authority to alter a restriction which allows boat travellers to import as much alcohol as a normal “healthy person” can carry without assistance. Maija Sakslin says her office ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio Sweden
This fall a common painkiller will no longer be available in grocery stores and convenience stores, the Medical Products Agency announced today. - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsPJ Stone calls on TDs to stop abusing Dáil privilege to malign gardaí
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World: BreakingNews.ieResearchers wanted to examine whether bullying during childhood had the same effects as maltreatment.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe Anti Defamation League, an influential Jewish civil rights movement in America, is not happy with the fact that PVV leader Geert Wilders will be a guest speaker in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. The post US Jewish org.: “Anti-Mu...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMaintenance work on stacks including steel caps to keep out water to begin this week
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMichael Noonan criticises presenter over line of questioning about Siteserv controversy
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSEven though this photograph is very symbolic of the modern Ukrainian realities, this isn’t an anti-war art project or a memorial alley, at least not yet. The picture has been taken at the firing field of Ukraine’s 97th artill...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldWARSAW, April 29. /TASS/. The matter of denying entry to Poland to Russian Night Wolves bikers is now closed, Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Wednesday. "I think that we should consider this matter closed and look for c...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSAntarctica's Blood Falls could be home to microorganisms similar to alien life on Mars. New data shows that beneath McMurdo Dry Valleys, earth’s coldest and driest place, lies salty water that may support previously unknown ecosystems. R...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldMOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. Ukraine’s Right Sector radical organization has called Wednesday on the country’s military to disregard orders from their commanders and protest against the state authorities. The organization said in a statemen...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldKIEV, April 29. /TASS/. Supporters of the ultra-right Ukrainian organization Right Sector have left the square in front of the presidential office but promised to be back on the weekend to set fire to the building. Wednesday’s protest ac...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSThe European Parliament has adopted new rules aimed at reducing the pollution stemming from irrepressible use of plastic bags. Shoppers will be obliged to use re-usable bags, less hazardous for the environment, or pay extra at the counte...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldVILNIUS, April 29. /TASS/. Lithuania has denied permission to four bikers from Russia and Belarus to cross into the Lithuanian territory despite Schengen visas issued to the bikers. The press service of the Lithuanian border guards circu...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldKIEV, April 29. /TASS/. Ukraine expects the price of Russian natural gas to be less than $220 per 1,000 cubic meters in July-September 2015, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Minister Vladimir Demchishin said on Wednesday. "I believe it will be ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldASTANA, April 29. /TASS/. The government of Kazakhstan has resigned, the press service of the country’s Prime Minister Karim Masimov reported on Wednesday. "The government members have signed a written resignation notice addressed to the...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Russia Beyond The HeadlinesThe Mikhail Pletnev-led orchestra will hold two concerts in the city
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSIn a move that is likely to solidify ties with the US for decades to come, King Salman of Saudi Arabia has undertaken a major reshuffle, appointing Mohammed bin Nayef as his new successor and his son Mohammed bin Salman as second in line...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldMINSK, April 29. /TASS/. Belarus has always been and remains Russia’s closest ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday. Belarus has never tried to get closer to the West, Lukashenko stressed. "There are talks amo...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldUN, April 29. /TASS/. The United Nations have allocated $15 million in emergency funding to help Nepal cope with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. United Nations aid chief Valerie Amos on Tuesd...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSThe Department of Defense has asked Congress to allow Russian rocket engines to be used until 2022, in order to keep the country’s space program going. The US is partly dependent on the Russian technology for launching its satellites int...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSIf you think typing in a four-digit pin number to unlock your smartphone is simply too burdensome, you may soon have other options. Yahoo has developed a way to use your ear, palm, fingers, or knuckles to access your device. Read Full Ar...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSAn owner of a patisserie in Vienna has shown his dissatisfaction with the Austrian governing coalition by creating a sugary sculpture representing the 9/11 terror attacks, infuriating Austrians. Read Full Article at RT.com
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSA video has emerged showing Israeli forces assaulting photojournalists near the West Bank town of Nabi Saleh. Despite being clearly marked as members of the press, the soldiers push the photographers to the ground and proceed to hit them...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSA damning UN report about how French soldiers raped and sodomized starving and homeless boys in the Central African Republic, some as young as nine, has been leaked to the Guardian, and the UN official who blew the whistle is facing dism...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSTiny robots the size of an A4 sheet of paper could soon be disposing of suspicious vehicles and moving cars stuck in a tight spot. The machines, called Avert, can silently and gracefully lift and transport cars weighing up to two tons. R...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSSmoke from burning forests in the Chernobyl exclusion zone is capable of spreading contaminants across great distances, even after the fire has been stopped, ecology experts told RT. Read Full Article at RT.com
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSThe Princess Tower in Dubai is over 400 meters (1,358 feet) tall, and currently the world’s tallest residential building. It’s also the second tallest building in Dubai. No wonder these 558 daredevils chose it as their base jumping locat...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from InformNapalm.org (English)By Stephen Ennis Russian TV’s coverage of the fighting in and around the village of Shyrokyne in east Ukraine provides a useful case study of some of the tactics it uses to mislead viewers about the conflict there. Shyrokyne is a k...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldMINSK, April 29. /TASS/. Belarus took the role of "a peacemaking capital" not only because it improves the country’s reputation, but also because Minsk was in fact "dragged into war" in Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldKIEV, April 29. /TASS/. A crowd of 200 supporters of Ukraine’s ultra-right organization Right Sector, outlawed in Russia as extremist, has gathered in front of the Ukrainian presidential administration building, a TASS correspondent repo...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: WorldMOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. Military and technical cooperation between Russia and China is not directed against any third counties, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui said on Wednesday. The ambassador noted that military and technical coo...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Prague region had the lowest unemployment rate in the entire European Union last year with 2.5 percent, according to freshly published data from Eurostat. It shared top spot on the list with Germany’s Upper Bavaria. But why is the Pr...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics.huTwo Hungarian left-wing MEPs have spoken in favour of establishing a European prosecution service. At a plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Benedek Jávor of the Dialogue for Hungary party and Csaba Molnár of the Democratic ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily News HungaryThe head of Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) Ildiko Vida could be dismissed from her position by summer – even in the following weeks, Hungarian daily Népszabadság Online (nol.hu) reported on Monday citing unnamed...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily News HungaryYou can eat ice cream half price off on 8th May, the Hungarian Artisanal Ice Cream Day. Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu shared at which places you can eat half price off. This special event started in Hungary a few years ago. Basically, on 8th ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World News - PRAGUE POST | The Voice of PragueFlight was delayed due to congestion at the airport in Kathmandu
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesA Czech plane carrying a trauma team and ten tonnes of material aid to Nepal, which left Prague for Kathmandu in the early hours of Wednesday, was diverted to Delhi. According to Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek, the overloaded airport ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - Czech authorities have managed to establish contacts with all Czech citizens who were staying in Nepal during the devastating earthquake on Saturday and they are unharmed, Foreign Minister...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics.huThere are no plans to replace leaseholders for land in national parks, Farm Minister Sándor Fazekas said. National parks will be managing state land under a different system of contracts in the future, but this would not have significant...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE INTEGRATION of migrants long been a marginal and neglected area in Slovakia.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationalThe provincial governor in Mazowsze has cancelled the residency permit of Russian journalist Leonid Sviridov on alleged spying charges.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesIf you want to find out about ongoing exhibitions but also the importance of contemporary art in the Czech Republic, this week you can make use of a special helpline. From now until Sunday, well-known curators are picking up the phone to...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE COMENIUS University in Bratislava (UK) again improved its position in the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP). It placed 474th, up by 21 positions.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesA swimming pool worker has died after inhaling chlorine at a pool in Nýřany, West Bohemia. The mayor of the town, Jiří Davídek, told the news website iDnes.cz that the man, who was 50, had done so deliberately in what was an unusual meth...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE FOREIGN and European Affairs Ministry has managed to contact 75 out of 90 Slovaks in Nepal as of April 28. One of them has minor injuries and is staying in a Nepal hospital but is prepared for transport.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationalAn EU-funded plan to invest EUR 2 billion into Eastern Poland is taking shape as the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development finalises details of how the funds will be managed.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesGas giant RWE does not cut the same sort of figure it used to on the Czech market and its latest earnings figures represent a disappointment. But the biggest gas importer and seller is still strategically important for the country.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationalA meeting between representatives of the Polonia diaspora with Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz, Wednesday, sought to reaffirm ties between Warsaw and the millions of Polish émigrés living abroad.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTips for events in Slovakia between May 1 and May 10, including city feasts, Culinary Days, Fashion March, jazz, conference on urbanism, LGBTI month, and more.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorJUST few days before the deadline for submitting bids for acquiring the 66-percent share in the country’s biggest electricity producer Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), now up for sale by the Italian energy group Enel, Prime Minister Robert Fic...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from InternationalForeign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna has spoken of the need to normalise relations with Moscow after Russian biker gang the Night Wolves was blocked from entering Poland on Monday and Tuesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesCzech car-maker Škoda auto raised its operating profit by more than 30 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2015, to 242 million euros (approximately 6.6 billion crowns), according to information released by the owner of Škoda, G...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE COG steam train based in Tisovec began its operating season in the end of April when it took a ride to an event in Košice. Throughout the tourist season, it will run twice a month – more than originally planned.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from InternationalThe Internal Security Agency (ABW) is looking into terrorist cells in Poland which would support the Islamic State (IS).
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Free Hungary - Breaking news about Hungary .::. TAX, Orbán, Gyurcsány, Matolcsi, Fidesz, CommentsThe myth that Fidesz is unbeatable has been refuted as after their initial victory during the parliamentary elections last year, the larger coalition party suffered three consecutive losses during interim elections – said the Chairman of...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics.huPrime Minister Viktor Orbán stands at the disposal of Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament, regarding the canvassing of Hungarian public opinion on restoring the death penalty, the cabinet spokesman told MTI. “Viktor Orbán...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishN.R. (42) has been arrested on Wednesday for using social media to send threats to U.S. Ambassador in Serbia Michael Kirby, writes a daily.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latest NewsTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan became embroiled with a war of words with the newly elected leader of northern Cyprus on Monday, bluntly telling him he
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishVojislav Seselj "did not violate the Hague Trial Chamber's order on his provisional release," it is stated in his response to the tribunal's Appeals Chamber. The written response was provided after Seselj was invited to make a statement ...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Almost 10 million part-time workers in the European Union, of whom two-thirds were women, would have preferred to work more in 2014, according to a labour force survey conducted by Eurostat. Among the 44.1 million persons in the EU worki...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe leader of Macedonia's opposition SDSM party Zoran Zaev has announced protests "that will last until the government resigns." He again accused Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and secret service chief Saso Miyalkov of "unauthorized wire...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishAnother of the three Tigar Tyres workers severely injured in an accident on April 23 has passed away. The Pirot-based Tigar Tyres company made the announcement on Tuesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishSerbia and the United States will sign an agreement on direct flights in the next few weeks, Serbian Minister of Transport Zorana Mihajlovic said Tuesday. These flights should be introduced by the end of the year, she added.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishPresident Tomislav Nikolic has said that "some ministers in the Serbian government influence the media to write negatively or lie" about his activities. In an interview for the daily Vecernje Novosti's upcoming May 1 holiday edition, Nik...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe Higher Court in Kraljevo has confirmed the 40-year prison sentence previously handed down to Aleksandar Krstic, who was charged with double murder. Krstic, a resident of Kraljevo, was serving as a member of the Serbian police Gendarm...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Athens, April 28, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Spiros Sideris Maximum possible participation of Greek companies in the construction of TAP, and fair dealing in the competition launched by the Consortium for the construction of... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Chairman of the Executive Council of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtic said Monday that the provincial and local elections cannot be held before the spring of 2016, when, due to the situation in the country, a snap parliamentary election should als...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latest NewsGreece’s supermarket and cash and carry sector has declined at an annual rate of 3.7 percent over the last four years, hit – albeit to a lesser degree than other domains in the country’s economy – by the financial crisis and a drop in de...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has promised a common phone number for all hotel reception desks. Speaking at a Monday meeting with Hristo Mutafchiev, Chair of the Union of Actors in Bulgaria, and Gergana Passy, former Eur...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishSerbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated in Sarajevo that "close attention should be paid to the phenomenon of terrorism." Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina "must fight this evil together," Dacic, who is visiting the country in his role a...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Official of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDS) Marko Djurisic said that the SDS had discussed results of the Serbian government after one year of its work at meetings with citizens it had organized in Belgrade and over 60 other...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Podgorica, April 27, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Adnan Prekic Six employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration gave statements regarding the handling of classified material and the circumstances under... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from English - AGERPRESPrime Minister Victor Ponta, the head of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) reviewed on Monday the achievements of his governing over the past three years since the USL (Social Liberal Union, PSD's alliance with the National Liberal Party P...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Athens, April 28, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Zacharias Petrou The Greek government is at a difficult point of the negotiations with its lenders but it has nothing to hide and it’s not bluffing, Prime Minister Alexis Ts... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Belgrade, April 27, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Milos Mitrovic The responsibility and work are the key words of Serbian government, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said today; the cabinet session was held in the surface of th... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishOver 30 Serbian citizens are currently in the conflict zones in Syria and Iraq, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Wednesday. According to the available data, ten have been killed, he added.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latest NewsThe conflict between small and big players in commerce has been rekindled by a law provision allowing stores to open this Sunday, May 3, as it is the first Sunday of the spring sales period.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe Serb Republic (RS) is not not sufficiently prepared to defend itself from fundamentalism and terrorism, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said. Nikolic made the comments after his meeting with RS President Milorad Dodik, and add...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Around 10,000 people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries entered Serbia over the first four months of 2015, and the number is expected to exceed 30,000 by year-end, officials of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights told a p...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from protothemanews.com » World
While another product promises to reproduce a deceased loved one's scent, in the form of a perfume, no less - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishRussia was "pretty close to following the Yugoslav scenario" in the late 1990s, President Vladimir Putin has told a meeting of the All-Russia Popular Front. However, the country "preserved its unity and integrity after all," Putin said, ...
