- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsTwo thirds of parents think children spend too much time using smartphones and tablets while on holiday
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandWarning signals are “flashing” that the commercial property sector is nearing a “bubble stage” situation that could lead to a fresh crisis for the country in just two years.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from International Business TimesFrench citizens who operate websites promoting anorexia or excessive weight loss could soon be punished by lengthy jail terms and massive fines under a new law. The measure is one component of a larger effort to criminalize the so-called...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - EuropeData from the second Germanwings "black box" flight recorder confirms the co-pilot acted deliberately - and suggests he accelerated the plane's descent into the Alps.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - UKA girl with a rare genetic condition which made her body age eight times faster than normal has dies at the age of 17.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from CNN.com - EuropeAs his military career winds down, Britain's Prince Harry is going to be spending some time down under.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieThe Garda Ombudsman is investigating after a man in his early 40s was found dead in Co Kerry.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandHospitals have been told the number of delayed discharges — patients whose acute part of their care has ended — must be reduced on a continuous basis so that the figure does not exceed 500.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieA pensioner taking part in a massive clean up of Limerick was rescued after falling into a freezing canal today.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsAnnual Good Friday event in Dublin commemorates people who died in Northern Ireland Troubles
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from International Business TimesGermanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz repeatedly accelerated the plane’s descent using the autopilot function when Flight 9525 was heading down toward the Alps, the French air accident investigation agency BEA said in a statement on Friday...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandLimerick rolls up its sleeve today as a 10,000-strong volunteer army sets out to tackle tons of rubbish strewn along streets and by-ways in the city and county.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandLatest figures from the Department of Justice show that 15 prisoners who have absconded from prisons since 2010 remain unlawfully at large.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandVirgin Atlantic has warned the proposed takeover of Aer Lingus could jeopardise long haul connections through Britain and reduce flight options for Irish passengers.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsResearch finds that eggs reduce blood sugar levels in what could be a boost for the 2.5 million people in England suffering from type 2 diabetes
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe two issues that are of most concern to trade unions and employee rights organisations are low pay and so-called ‘zero-hour contracts’.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsUK Independence Party leader discussed deploying statistics on foreigners who have HIV using the NHS with aides before live TV broadcast, The Telegraph learns
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieMet Éireann is predicting mostly dry weather over the Bank Holiday weekend.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from CNN.com - EuropeSix survivors of a Paris kosher supermarket siege in January are suing a French media outlet for what they call dangerous live broadcasting during the hostage-taking.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from CNN.com - Europe
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsBroadcaster clashed with PJ Mara, Bertie Ahern, Jerry Beades and Klaus Masuch
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - UKIBF world welterweight champion Kell Brook criticises British rival Amir Khan for showing him "a lack of respect".
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA teenager who was killed on Christmas Day when he crashed an off-road motorbike was seen doing wheelies seconds before, an inquest has heard.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe death of John P (Jack) Phelan, solicitor, on Saturday, March 21, has removed one of the most memorable and admirable members of the legal profession in Munster.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandBeing a Christian can often bring “ridicule, condemnation, or even persecution” according to the primate of all Ireland.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsThe legacy of a former RAF pilot who left millions in his will to create a floral paradise in Devon has been realised after the stunning array of flowers won an award
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsDetectives have raided the home of a councillor in Rochdale after his son and relations were caught trying to head into Syria
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandSuspected Al-Qaeda fighters have stormed a military base in Yemen's port town of Mukalla, killing at least five soldiers and ransacking its ammunition store, residents and local officials said.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandEach hour spent watching TV increases the chance of developing diabetes by 3.4% in high-risk individuals, research has suggested.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsYoung Muslims being 'seduced' by lure of martyrdom while politicians 'fight shy' of recognising importance of Christianity, says Archbishop of York
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandFianna Fáil TD Eamon Ó Cuív has said it “breaks his heart” that his party is not making more progress.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandHospitals who ignore targets to reduce emergency department waiting times will face no sanction despite a promised crackdown by the health minister.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - UKNotts County Ladies score a well worked free-kick in their 1-1 draw at home to Arsenal Ladies.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandHe delighted with Disco Pigs, bamboozled with Ballyturk, and took a Tony award for Once — now Irish playwright Enda Walsh is collaborating with no less than David Bowie.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from CNN.com - Europe
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Telegraph UK NewsPupils need access to both vocational and academic courses, but there is too much emphasis on the latter
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandTemple Street Hospital said it will look at additional security measures for staff after a nurse was allegedly threatened and had her car stolen.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandGun owners should have to complete a theory test and practical assessment before getting a licence to hold a firearm, a cross-party committee has said.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - UKTwo Metropolitan Police officers are interviewed under caution over suggestions they failed to properly respond to an incident in which a man was killed.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe children of one of Ireland’s most successful businessmen have escalated their ongoing court dispute over his €300m fortune.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandA commercial real estate expert has claimed the RTÉ show which predicted the crash was “scaremongering” and the much maligned “soft landing” could have happened if the global economic crisis did not occur.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsNew approach involves mapping DNA of individual patients’ tumours
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from CNN.com - EuropeSerena Williams' semifinal clash with Simona Halep at the Miami Open was billed as a blockbuster.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - UKTwo shots are fired at a house in west Belfast.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandChildren from around the country have sent cards and gifts to the teenager with autism who was attacked by a gang of youths in Carrigaline, Co Cork, who then posted footage of the ordeal on social media.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Daily Record - News - Scottish NewsHUGHES said he was checking the caller ID because his wife had taken their baby to the doctor’s with a high temperature.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandHalf of us will drink alcohol and eat red meat today – Good Friday.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - UKA doctor on Alderney, in the Channel Islands, has been suspended following concerns over the deaths of four patients registered at his surgery.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from IrishExaminer.com - IrelandThe father of a boy with autism has said his “heart is breaking” after an attack on the 14-year-old by a group of teenagers who then allegedly posted footage of the ordeal online .
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA man, woman and a child are in a critical condition in hospital following a fire at a house in north Belfast.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from DutchNews.nlAfter some rain on Saturday, Easter Sunday and Monday will be dry with some sunshine and temperatures reaching up to...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NewsNew legislation to allow parents to give their child a double family name is not a success. Only 1 in 20 families has made use of the system, it turns out one year after the new regulations were introduced.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudMantua, April 2 - One of the most delightfully decorated rooms in the history of Renaissance art has reopened at Mantua's Palazzo Ducale three years after quake damage. "This is a special day for Mantua and the rest of Italy," said Cultu...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |A study from the University of Eastern Finland has shown that men who regularly ate eggs clearly lowered their chances of being afflicted by Type 2 diabetes than those who did not.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - April 2 - Pope Francis on Thursday washed and kissed the feet of 12 inmates at Rome's Rebibbia prison, including six men and six women, as part of an Easter week tradition. The group included six Italians and six foreign inmates...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudAncona, April 2 - Police on Thursday found the bodies of an elderly couple who died at their home in the seaside town of Falconara Marittima approximately 10 days ago. It appears that the 88-year-old husband died of a heart attack and th...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe Ajax management has decided to spread out the season ticket price increase over two seasons, the football club announced on their website yesterday. The season ticket holders involved will also get priority to find a place elsewhere ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - EuropeStudents in the German city of Mainz want a local company's logo featuring an African man removed. It's part of a larger discussion about race and tradition in Europe.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from France24 - EuropeGermanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz researched suicide and cockpit door security online in the days before deliberately crashing the Airbus 320 into the Alps, German prosecutors said Thursday, as investigators found a second black box vo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from mbl.is - News in EnglishIcelandic football champion Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen and his partner Ragnhildur Sverrisdóttir had a baby girl on April 1st. The couple have three sons and the little girl is a joyous addition the clan. "Life is wonderful, we've jus...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe police found nearly 2 million euros in cash in a hotel room in Amsterdam on Tuesday. The post Two million in cash found in Amsterdam hotel appeared first on NL Times .
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NewsThe death of Minister of State and the former socialist figurehead Steve Stevaert dominated the newspapers' headlines. It also started a debate about the role of social media, as many members of the public crossed the line with disrespec...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NewsThe Brussels municipality of Sint-Gillis has filed an application to protect part of its historic prison building. The local administration is thinking ahead, aiming to avoid the building would be demolished if it would receive a differe...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Flanders TodayPain Quotidien opens in Brazil, pork concerns announce merger and an overview of the rest of the week's news Bio-tech – Galapagos The Mechelen-based biotech company is seeking $100 million on the Nasdaq in New York as soon as the re...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Flanders TodayResearchers at the University of Leuven and VIB have shown that preventing the breakdown of fatty acids can be a more efficient way of treating cancer Possible therapeutic pathway The growth of cancer tumours could be battled by impeding...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudTerni, April 2 - A teacher in the Umbrian city of Terni was suspended from work without pay for one month after he removed the crucifix from classrooms in the high school where he works. Union organization Cobas said it supported teacher...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from News03/04/15 - British American Tobacco (BAT) has been convicted by a Brussels court for flouting tobacco publicity legislation. It's a first in Belgium. A book shop in Ghent that mainly sold comic strip albums had been furnished in the colo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EUobserver.com - Headline NewsMany of the online services most popular among Europeans were created in the United States. The EU wants that to be different in the future.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from wort.luA car being chased by police for causing an accident in Belgium, caused a second collision in Luxembourg, where officers opened fire.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudRome, April 2 - Italy has some 30,000 "rich" taxpayers with a declared income of 300,000 euros a year or more, the economy ministry said Thursday. They account for 0.1% of taxpayers, it said. Almost half Italians, 49%, declare income bet...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsTele2 customers with smartphones that can handle 4G connections, will be transferred onto the faster network within 3 months, spokesperson Jan-Willem Gussinklo confirmed to NU. The post Tele2 switching on 4G, customers moved to fast netw...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 2 - Cabinet Secretary Graziano Delrio, considered to be Premier Matteo Renzi's right-hand man, became Italy's latest transport and infrastructure minister Thursday. His appointment was announced by Renzi and Delrio w...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from DutchNews.nlAn increasing number of rent-controlled properties are being moved into the liberalised sector when they become vacant, according to research...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Flanders TodayFlemish chamber of commerce Voka has announced that former journalist Hans Maertens will succeed Jo Libeer as managing director of the organisation in July Strengthening mission Former journalist Hans Maertens (pictured) has been selecte...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from DutchNews.nlHealth minister Edith Schippers has scrapped a series of television and radio adverts about changes in the healthcare system after...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Spain's Latest NewsThe second black box from tragic Germanwings flight has been found
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from FinlandThe Christian Democratic Party will not give up the fight and will continue to seek a way to overturn the decision to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples in the next Parliament, chairperson Päivi Räsänen assures. “The right to cri...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudRome, April 2 - Despite an improved outlook for the eurozone economy, the European Central Bank warned governments against complacency and urged continued structural reforms, according to minutes of an ECB meeting released Thursday. Part...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from News03/04/15 - Flemish farmers have staged a symbolic protest action outside the offices of the Flemish government. A funeral service symbolised their feelings. Flanders is imposing stricter nitrogen guidelines following the European Habitat...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Yle Uutiset | News |True to Eurovision Song Contest tradition, Finland’s contenders punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (PKN) filmed their "postcard" for the upcoming contest. What they didn't expect was a surprise visit from a member of Finnish punk royalt...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Flanders TodayCriticism of Vilvoorde station, Google signs privacy agreement, Brussels Airport flight paths scrapped, and the rest of the week's headlines An overview of the week's news Vilvoorde train station is an “architectural ruin,” acc...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NewsA search is under way to find the former leader of the Flemish socialist party and form Governor of Limburg province Steve Stevaert. Mr Stevaert’s bicycle and coat have been found near the Albert Canal in the Limburg city of Hasselt.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from DutchNews.nlA policeman has been found guilty of causing a fatal accident in which an18-year-old girl died when she was hit...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudApril 2 - Pope Francis on Thursday washed and kissed the feet of 12 inmates at Rome's Rebibbia prison, including six men and six women, as part of an Easter week tradition. The group included six Italians and six foreign inmates includin...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NewsTeam Sky’s Bradley Wiggins has won the final time trial stage of the Three Days of De Panne. Thee. Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) was the race’s overall winner.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsIt is former Prime Minster Piet de Jong's 100th birthday today. According to NOS, De Jong is known as the most underrated prime minister in the Netherlands as appreciation for him came only long after he had left the Binnenhof. The post ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudRome, April 2 - The Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill will be open free on Easter Sunday, officials said Thursday. Italy's State-run museums and tourist sites are opening free of charge at Easter.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudMilan, April 2 - With the Salone del Mobile - Milan's annual design extravaganza - just around the corner (April 14-19), many of Italy's iconic design brand owners gathered in Milan Wednesday/April 1 for a seminar on the prospects for th...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Typically SpanishThe General Direction of National Security (GDNS) in Morocco in collaboration with the Spanish Police has made two detentions.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Typically SpanishThe study, realised by the Basque Country University has been presented in court.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsPostNL package carriers feel exploited for having to invest significant amounts of their own money in their work and getting paid too little for being only part-time independent contractors, Volkskrant writes. One of the carriers is suin...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it - News in English(ANSA) - Rome, April 2 - Pope Francis on Thursday washed and kissed the feet of 12 inmates at Rome's Rebibbia prison, including six men and six women, as part of an Easter week tradition signifying service and sacrifice. Francis, who als...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSud(ANSA) Rome, April 2 - The Italian Treasury wrote to regional and local authorities Thursday asking them to scour their territory for property that can be sold off to raise cash, officials said. The letter signed by Treasury Director-Gen...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudSondrio, April 2 - A German hiker was killed in an avalanche Thursday in northern Italy near the alpine town of Sondrio, close to the Swiss border. The hiker had been rescued and taken to hospital after being swept up in the snowslide sh...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudAnkara - April 2 - Turkish police headquarters on Thursday sent warnings to commanders in 81 provinces of possible terrorist attacks, following several incidents at official buildings in recent days, according to local media. On Tuesday,...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudRome, April 2 - Italian households' disposable income and spending increased in 2014 even though purchasing power was flat, Istat said on Thursday. But the national statistics agency also reported some negative news for the economy - whi...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NewsThe Brussels public transport company MIVB is to switch to digital tickets only by the end of next year. Frequent passengers will have to make sure that they all have a digital badge by then, as multiple-ride paper tickets will no longer...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - EuropeChildren in Germany's schools are having a tough time with their handwriting, a new study reveals. But how important is writing as a skill for students, who will have to find jobs in a digital world?
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Radio Sweden
Ice-cold winds and a sea temperature of just above freezing was no deterrent for a hardy band of Swedes taking the plunge in the traditional Varberg 'Easter dip'. - Friday, April 3, 2015 from NewsTaha Ghauri is this week's Special Guest in Fans of Flanders. The British artist and dancer was born and raised in London, but travelled to Brussels four years ago to join Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's famous dance school.
- Three people have been arrested in the Ukrainian city of Odessa under suspicion of organising eight bombings in the city since September, Ukraine's Ministry of the Interior reported on April 2.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. The second Russian aircraft has delivered to the Russian Federation a regular group of nationals of Russia and other countries evacuated from Yemen. The plane landed at the Chkalovsky airfield in the Moscow Regio...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalAt 02:25 a.m. Moscow Time on Friday, the first plane, carrying Russian citizens evacuated from Yemen, landed at the Chkalovsky Airport in the Moscow Region. Few hours later, the second plane landed at the military airport base as well.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News Agency UNIANThis was reported by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 1800 Kyiv time on April 1, 2015.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Russia Beyond The HeadlinesChina is the leader in Russian tourism, but how can growth be sustained?
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSOver the last 15 years Sweden has cut its defense budget by 40%, going from 15 combat brigades to none, and the combat readiness of its troops dropped from 1 day to weeks. In short, Sweden fully enjoyed the peace dividend. But Sweden isn...
- La te last month, two videos appeared on YouTube that seemed to enact, in real time, the struggle between the old and new orders in Ukraine. The star of both videos was the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, whose fortune comes from banking, avia...
- The war in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 6,000 lives and left more than one million people without homes since it began in early 2014.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News Agency UNIANThe U.S. White House says U.S. and EU nuclear-related sanctions will be suspended after the IAEA has verified that Iran has taken all of its key nuclear-related steps.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. The first Russian aircraft with nationals of Russia and other countries evacuated from Yemen has landed at the Chkalovsky airfield in the Moscow Region. The plane landed at 02:25 a.m. Friday Moscow Time [23:25 Th...
- The biggest exchange-traded fund tracking Russian stocks posted its best weekly gain since since February amid signs the country's economic crisis is easing as oil prices stabilized and a cease-fire in Ukraine continued to hold.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Censor.NET - NewsDeputy head of the special monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE SMM) Alexander Hug said a large-scale movement of heavy weapons confirmed by organization's monitors is underway in the Donbas.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSChristina Laroque and Rock Choir™ gave a charity concert in the City of London to raise money for the Ukraine Aid project. They helped to raise £2,000 towards purchasing of the Dyonics EP-1 Shaver System for the Lviv Military Hospital. ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News Agency UNIANHowever, there is no unanimity in Ukrainian society in the assessment of the current results of the Minsk agreements.
- Many journalists of Crimea’s independent television station ATR broke into tears on air during their last live show at midnight on March 31.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Interfax-UkraineAs a result of the negotiations in Lausanne, the EU administration has decided to lift the sanctions against Iran, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday.
- Retired U.S. General Wesley Clark, who has taken an active interest in Ukraine since Russia’s military invasion last year, held court for two hours on March 30 about his most recent trip to the nation -- his seventh in the last year. The...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSOn the 9th of May, Russia will plunge into ritualised mass celebrations to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism in the “Great Patriotic War”. At the same time, on the 22nd of March, a few weeks before the celebrat...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSUnlike Sweden, Poland has kept defense spending at 1.95% for the last decade, which is the bare minimum for a nation under threat. However, with a government debt of 49.9% of GDP and a budget deficit of 2.9%, Poland has little room to in...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. Advanced radioelectronic warfare complexes of the Krasukha family will help Russian Army units to cover the Arctic areas, the press service of the KRET corporation for radioelectronic technologies said on Thursda...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSThe Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are the most endangered. Freed from the Russian yoke but 25 years ago and for centuries oppressed and enslaved by Russia, the Baltic people are most aware of the threat posed by Russia’s...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThirteen crew members of the Dalniy Vostok fishing trawler, which sank in the Sea of Okhotsk on Wednesday night, are still missing and their fate is unknown.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. Lawmaker of the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) representing the Communist Party, Valery Rashkin, plans to file a petition with the Russian Foreign Ministry to ban entry to Russia for the d...
- Only a year after the Maidan protests swept a pro-Western government into power, Kyiv's new regime is in danger of collapsing among endemic corruption, a leading security analyst said.
- Ukraine , Russia and Moscow-backed separatists are discussing possibly extending a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, a Kiev official said on April 2.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesSome 60 percent of Czechs would like to turn Good Friday into a state holiday, according to a poll conducted by the Median agency. Thirty-three percent of respondents are against the idea. According to sociologist Daniel Prokop, most peo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Daily News Hungary
This year’s winter did not bring the opportunity for the lovers of mulled wine to discover new places. However, this is highly unlikely to be sad because wine is so good the way it is: in itself. Magyarkonyhaonline.hu collected where you... - Friday, April 3, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, April 2 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists will file a complaint against the foreign ministry over its handling of funds in connection with the bankrupted Quaestor brokerage, the party’s deputy parliamentary leader B...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesPrague is considering making improvements to a newly completed metro station serving airport passengers which was revealed to be missing an escalator. City Hall’s head of transport policy said that a new escalator or equipment for carryi...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Politics.huThe employee side of the permanent consultation forum between the private sector and the government (VKF) has proposed an amendment to the strike law, which would restore the rights of employees to go on strike, the daily Magyar Nemzet r...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NationalPresident Bronisław Komorowski and other government officials have taken part in events commemorating the Katyn massacre, which saw around 20,000 Polish officers killed under Stalin’s orders in 1940.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, April 2 (MTI) – The foreign ministry on Thursday expressed Hungary’s sympathy with families of victims in the recent disaster of a Russian trawler. The ministry learnt with “deep regret” reports of the s...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesPolice are searching for a former manager of the Valtice castle in South Moravia on suspicions that he damaged 58 painting left in the castle’s care. The paintings were the works of 39 artists from six countries with their combined value...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NationalWarsaw will develop a digital map of traffic in the city and agglomeration by mid-2016 to aid planning.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - The charging of Jana Necasova (Nagyova), wife of former Czech prime minister Petr Necas, with a failure to pay taxes for luxury gifts she received when she was head of Necas´s office, is...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesA report on the Czech Republic’s future demand and sources of coal looks like it could open the way for a deal on the thorny issue of whether current coal mining limits should be relaxed. Abandoning the limits at the Bílina mine is recom...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Czech basketball federation on Thursday announced its plan to host the women’s European Championship in 2017 in Prague and Hradec Králové. According to the general secretary of the federation, they have already filed the application ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesEight-year-old Ema notices that something is very wrong one day after her father forgets to give her a kiss before going to work. In fact, kisses are disappearing all over and previously happy families begin to fight as a result. That is...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesTwo very poisonous black cobra snakes have been adopted by a special anti-corruption police unit. The two reptiles are currently located at the Dvůr Králové zoo and will in no case be joining their new patrons. The so-called Kobra tax un...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesAround twenty homeless people will get a chance to work in the Siemens engineering company. The firm on Thursday announced its plan to employ the homeless within its new programme Restart@Siemens, which has just got underway. The project...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Politics.huThe government has declared Győri Eto FC Kft and ETO PARK Kft, companies currently under bankruptcy protection, of “key strategic importance”, a decree published in the latest issue of the official gazette Magyar Közlöny shows. Companies...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Free Hungary - Breaking news about Hungary .::. TAX, Orbán, Gyurcsány, Matolcsi, Fidesz, CommentsIt is unfair for the rest of the financial sector to pay for the losses racked up by other investment firms, Sándor Csányi, president-CEO of OTP Bank, said. Responding to Csány's remarks, János Lázár, cabinet chief of Hungary's Prime Min...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesRetail sales in the Czech Republic advanced at the brisk rate of 6.3 percent in February compared with the same month a year earlier, the Czech Statistical Office announced on Friday. That was the strongest sales showing since October 20...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, April 3 (MTI) – Budapest’s Deli (Southern) railway station reopened for traffic on Friday, following reconstruction works near the adjoining railway tunnel. Related article: TRAIN STATION IN BUDAPEST IS TEMPORARILY...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesI Know That Melody is back and today we are comparing yet another set of songs, that have the same melodies but different lyrics in different languages. And this time it is Olivia Newton-John with her classic Banks of the Ohio about love...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE WHOLE month of April will be dedicated to Slovak films – screened in the Lumiere film club in downtown Bratislava.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articles
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, April 2 (MTI) – The foreign ministry learnt with “deep shock” about Thursday’s terrorist attack at Kenya’s Garissa University, the ministry said in a statement. Hungary firmly condemns hate-motivat...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics.huIt is unfair for the rest of the financial sector to pay for the losses racked up by other investment firms, Sándor Csányi, president-CEO of OTP Bank, said. Investment service providers who run a clean business have no way of influencing...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, April 3 (MTI) – Storm-force winds in Budapest have damaged roofs and other structures on Friday. In several streets of the Castle District, south-western Buda and on the Pest side of the city rooftiles and plasterwork fel...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio BulgariaParliament adopted at first reading a draft bill for changes and amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, related to the powers of the prosecution office. The Prosecutor General will be able to suspend for a period of 48 hours deals betwe...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Albeu.comPresident of the Republic Bujar Nishani met with his Macedonian counterpart, George Ivanov with whom he discussed the Ohrid Agreement. Nishani said that Skopje must fully implement the Ohrid Agreement and respect all rights of Albanians ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio BulgariaBeautiful, colourful, radiant – that is what the faces in the photo exhibition, devoted to children with Down Syndrome look like. These art photographs are up in one of the best-loved spots in Sofia – Lovers’ Bridge near the National Pal...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from B92 News in English362 kilograms of drugs worth some EUR 7.5 million were burned at the thermal power plant Nikola Tesla in Obrenovac on Thursday. The disposal of the illegal narcotics was overseen by a government commission set up for this purpose.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgaria condemned the terrorist attack on Garissa University College in Kenya carried out by the Somali terrorist organisation Al-Shabaab on Thursday, which left 147 civilians dead and 79 injured. Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry expressed i...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesPro-Serbian party voices indignation, after Montenegrin town says it will make Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci 'honorary citizens'.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe UN Human Rights Committee has urged Croatia to ensure the right of minorities to use their language and alphabet. This particularly concerns the use of Serbian Cyrillic in the town of Vukovar.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishA draft resolution "on the genocide of Serbs committed against Albanians" during the 1999 war in Kosovo has been submitted to the Kosovo assembly. According to officials in Belgrade, the resolution represents "a message to Serb deputies ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesIoan Niculae, a billionaire businessman, as been sent to jail for paying bribes in order to win influence in government.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesPM Djukanovic blame the administration for slower economic growth. Opposition leader urges EU to engage in resolving the deepening political crisis in the country. The government still has no confirmation that the Royal group has droppe...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Data from the second black box of crashed Germanwings aircraft confirmed that the second pilot Andreas Lubitz most probably caused the accident on purpose, AFP reported. The second black box of the plane was found on Thursday evening. In...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)A specialised police operation is taking place in Bulgaria's Black Sea capital Varna on Friday, announced Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Thus, Borisov, who is on a visit to Varna, confirmed earlier accounts of the ongoing operation, priva...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Sofia, April 3, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Clive Leviev-Sawyer of The Sofia Globe US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric has said that it would continue discussions with Bulgaria on the proposed new nuclear reactor at Kozlodu... - Friday, April 3, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Greece is drawing up plans to nationalise banks and introduce a parallel currency to pay salaries and pensions unless the eurozone softens its demands for austerity measures, according to Britain’s The Telegraph . The governing coalition...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Tanjug agency....An exhibition titled "Freemasonry in Serbia in the period between 1785 and 2015" will open in the Synagogue Gallery in Nis on Saturday.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesKosovo's main parties are backing a proposed parliamentary resolution to launch a genocide law suit against Serbia, but insist it will not damage ongoing talks between Pristina and Belgrade.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesPolice says Social Democrat leader could be jailed for up to 10 years if found guilty of revealing state secrets.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Keep Talking GreeceAfter 26 years of “anarchy” in the landscape of radio- and television-frequencies and loophole in the existing legislation, the new Greek government opens the big chapter of the legal use of frequencies. At first stage the go...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgarian policed detained on Friday fourteen people without identity documents in the village of Trakia in the Stara Zagora district. The driver of the vehicle, in which the illegal immigrants were found, did not stop for a police check...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe responsibility for the crash of a military helicopter in Belgrade last month was primarily with the members of its crew, it has been announced. There are also "doubts that part of the responsibility lies with other military and civil...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Skopje, April 3, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Naser Pajaziti Ministry of Interior declared today that it’s getting ready to file a fresh charge against the leader of Macedonian opposition, Zoran Zaev, for publishing state secre... - Friday, April 3, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishSerbia's Catholic and Protestant Christians are today marking Good Friday, ahead of the most important Christian holiday, Easter. The country's majority Orthodox Christian population will celebrate the holiday one week later, on April 12.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio BulgariaEleven years after Bulgaria’s accession to NATO, the question of the future of the alliance and of Bulgaria as a member is once again on the agenda. The country joined NATO on 2 April, 2004 after efforts stretching over 10 years; in beco...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Radio BulgariaFrom 1 to 5 April Veliko Tarnovo is hosting the biggest fair dedicated to cultural tourism in Bulgaria. The ancient city has emerged as this country's cultural capital and one of the emblems of Bulgarian tourism. With its unique historic...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from English - AGERPRESThe National Integrity Agency (ANI) is checking the personal fortune of the Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Mugur Isarescu, BNR Spokesman Dan Suciu reports.
