- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comNumber of girls being treated for FGM rose to 578 in March, as campaigners warn month-on-month increase looks set to continue Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKJon Kay visits a family of bakers in Manchester to see what they think about the election campaign
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldFilm studio Warner Bros will review its promotional campaign for disaster movie San Andreas following the recent Nepal earthquake.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKInternet search engines such as Google should be allowed in public examinations, an exam board chief says.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAllen Bullock’s mother and stepfather insisted he turn himself in, but like others they now find an impossible sum is being demanded for him to come home Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAlyssa Royse posted a sign banning ‘assholes’ from her Crossfit gym to counter the bigotry she has seen across the US, but the question remains: can society’s ‘comfortable’ ever understand what it feels like to live in fear of discrimina...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKUKIP objects to police over comments about leader Nigel Farage on an episode of BBC One's topical quiz Have I Got News For You.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKFrom Pearson to Kinnear, Ferguson to Benitez and Keegan's "I would love it" - the best managerial rants.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFrench president responds to allegations that peacekeeping troops sexually abused children at displacement camp in Central African Republic The French president, François Hollande, has vowed to show no mercy over allegations that ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKTens of thousands of electricity customers are affected by a power cut in Northern Ireland.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldNigeria's military says it has freed another 160 more people during its offensive against Boko Haram militants in the vast Sambisa forest.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from European VoiceEU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager launches a probe of state aid to utilities, her third high-profile investigation in as many weeks.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKA plane carrying 120 Britons caught up in the Nepal earthquake arrives back in the UK, as the Foreign Office investigates reports a second Briton has died.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe eurozone scraped out of deflation in April after four months, official data shows, boosting hopes of economic recovery in Europe.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKThe mother of two children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning on holiday in Greece walks out of the inquest into their deaths.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - EuropeEurope's largest aerospace group, Airbus, sees a big rise in first-quarter profits, thanks to the sale of its stake in Dassault Aviation, but jet orders fall slightly.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA 14-year-old Indian girl dies and her mother is seriously injured when they are thrown off a bus by men who tried to sexually assault them.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comRescue comes as Nepal’s officials say chances of finding more survivors are slim and death toll nears 5,500 amid deteriorating weather There was a rare moment of joy for rescue teams picking through the debris of Nepal’s huge earthquake ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKWill men ever live as long as women?
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldGeorge Osborne rejects claims by Lib Dem Danny Alexander that the Tories proposed to cut child benefit while they were in government together.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Typically SpanishThe complaint regards the lack of information being supplied to the Committee regarding possible cases of torture in the country.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA 15-year-old boy rescued from the rubble of Nepal's earthquake, says he survived because he found two containers of butter nearby.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKA chemical factory in Flintshire is to close with the loss of about 62 jobs, it is announced.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA 15-year-old boy is rescued in Nepal's capital after surviving five days in quake rubble, as bad weather hampers delivery of aid to remote villages.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFor those weary of the rhetoric of politicians or the propagandizing of think tanks, former Mossad agent’s new book is like a ‘torrent of fresh air’ based on over three decades of information and experience Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldSatellite pictures taken earlier this year suggest that North Korea may have restarted one of its nuclear reactors, a US think-tank says.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKCocaine seized from a tug in the North Sea could have been worth more than £500m - believed to be the biggest single class A seizure in the UK.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comChair of Refugee Affairs Commission says Kenya is committed to process of returning refugees but will not force them over the country’s borders Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comNorth Korean leader will not travel to Moscow for 70th anniversary of end of second world war, Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson confirms Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com15-year-old Pemba Lama rescued in Kathmandu Death toll nears 6,000 UN’s Valerie Amos starts three day visit Graphic guide to the extent of the damage and the humanitarian crisis Nepal earthquake: how to donate Read the latest summary Con...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldFrench President Francois Hollande says there will be "no mercy" for any soldiers found to have abused children in the Central African Republic.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comCCTV footage shows the moment the Nepal earthquake hits the Tripureshowr district of south-west Kathmandu on Saturday. The power of the quake brings down a brick structure onto a busy roundabout. According to local media in Nepal, the de...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAhead of Saturday's super-fight, BBC News looks at how Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio stack up inside and outside the ring.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
Who knew? - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comA girls’ orphanage is the only organisation providing food in Bhaktapur, a city outside Kathmandu. The director hopes that international aid will arrive soon Nepal earthquake: learn lessons or more will die in future disasters, warns exp...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKA man who murdered his five-week-old granddaughter is jailed for life and will serve a minimum of 25 years.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
The Grade-I listed building went up in flames after a fire broke out just after 4pm yesterday. - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldInterpol issues a red notice for the arrest of former Colombian footballer Freddy Rincon on charges of money laundering in neighbouring Panama.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comWe asked, you answered. As part of our Students Speak series, students share their thoughts on the merits and pitfalls of ‘voluntourism’ Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsThe Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington is at the centre of the world's attention
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKThe Sun newspaper comes out in support of the Conservatives, while its sister paper, the Scottish Sun, endorses the SNP in the general election on 7 May.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKEd Miliband launches a final week of election campaigning, telling voters they have "the chance to run Britain for working people once again".
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKOn the campaign trail with Nicola Sturgeon
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comNew Pentagon cybersecurity policy singles out China, among others, as threat Country also dismisses concerns over parade to mark end of second world war Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAllen Bullock smashed police car windows during the Baltimore riots and his image appeared on the front page of the Baltimore Sun. He was persuaded by his parents, Maurice Hawkins and Bobbi Smallwood, to do the right thing and turn himse...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKThousands of rail passengers are evacuated from trains after a power cut in south London left people stranded during rush hour for up to five hours.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKAn 18th Century stately home is left a "shell" after a fire caused smoke and fire damage.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - UKA safety expert has told a Stormont committee he was put under "undue pressure" to approve plans for the new Casement Park GAA ground.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Channel 4 News - UK News feedLib Dem Danny Alexander says Conservative proposals in 2012 to cut child benefit and child tax credits, show where future cuts may come. The Conservatives say those plans were not backed by the PM.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - WorldArsenal ban player's mother, Paris St-Germain to pay £45m for Angel Di Maria, Marseille consider Patrick Vieira plus more.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NewsA mummy's head has been stolen from the stores of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. The curator of the museums noticed that the head had gone missing only last week, but there is good news. Police are reportedly hot on th...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Flanders TodayThe secretary-general of Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs will be in Ottawa this weekend for the unveiling of a statue of John McCrae, the Canadian soldier and doctor who penned the famous poem “In Flanders Fields” McCrae honoured ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieThe Taoiseach and Tánaiste have borth criticised Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank for failing to pass on low interest rates to their mortgage customers.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMedical Council survey: Significant minority of trainees struggling with quality of life
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieThe Environment Minister said he is pleased with the drop in the number of homeless people sleeping on Dublin's streets, and is refocusing his attention on the issue.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsNUI Galway lecturers lodge challenges over lack of promotions on two occasions
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsA visitor to the Rotterdam zoo was attacked by a vulture this week. The bird flew at Henk Koelwijn's neck and left a big scratch on his ear and back of his head, AD reports. The post Hooded vulture attacks Rotterdam zoo visitor appeared ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by AFPAustralian mum faces death penalty as Malaysia confirms drug Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe An Australian woman faces a possible death sentence for drug trafficking in Malaysia after a p...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandTaoiseach Enda Kenny has said that it is not acceptable that banks do not pass on low interest rates.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NewsThe Belgian Asylum Secretary Theo Francken has called on municipalities to take in extra refugees from Syria. Belgium has plans to welcome an additional 500 refugees currently stuck in refugee camps.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe LRC has summoned SIPTU, the National Bus and Rail Union, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to exploratory talks this afternoon, in a potential breakthrough in the bus dispute.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsGovernment accused of cover-up and misleading Dáil in Siteserv controversy
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from DutchNews.nlCompanies and organisations are increasingly going to court to try to stop the publication of details about the way they...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NewsThe Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize has agreed to remove special panels fitted to one of its stores in Brussels that prevented people from sleeping in the store's doorways. The panels have been dubbed "anti-homeless panels", but the c...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieBus lanes will not be open to cars during the upcoming two-day bus strike, Transport Minster Paschal Donohoe has said.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Flanders TodayThe University of Leuven is the only Belgian institution to make the new top 100 list of universities by QS World University Rankings Leuven, Ghent also top in courses Eleven courses from Flemish universities have been included in the To...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe Dutch Urban Search and Rescue team in Nepal once again searched a number of areas on Wednesday and only found deceased victims. The team also handed the overall coordination to the United Nations. The post Dutch hand over Nepal searc...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Flanders TodayThe largest brewer in the world, AB InBev of Leuven, says it will reach the quota for women on its board before the law takes effect in 2019 One-third women Leuven-based AB InBev, the largest brewer in the world, has announced a target o...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NYT > EuropeRoshen, the confectionary company owned by President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, says that assets of the company worth $39 million in Lipetsk, Russia, have been seized this week by the Russian authorities
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by AFPDaily life at Kathmandu's makeshift tents Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Thousands of people in Kathmandu are sleeping in makeshift accommodation six days after a massive earthquake....
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from FinlandHouse prices went up considerably in Greater Helsinki in March. Data released by Statistics Finland on Wednesday indicate that the prices of old dwellings in housing companies jumped by 3.8 per cent in the capital region but went down by...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsThe police in Rotterdam have arrested a 24 year old man who pushed a woman onto the subway tracks at the Gerdesiaweg station on Tuesday afternoon. The post Woman pushed onto Rotterdam subway tracks; suspect in custody appeared first on N...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsVehicle that killed father-of-four Paud O’Leary near Killarney has never been found
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieAn online lobbying register is being announced today.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by AFPK-pop's 'auntie' fans stand proud Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe They don't fit the normal fan profile, but South Korea's 40-something K-pop "aunties" are e...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain has informed a United Nations sanctions panel of an active Iranian nuclear procurement network linked to two blacklisted firms, according to a confidential report by the panel seen by Reuters.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsLONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported a lower than expected 56 percent drop in first quarter net income at $3.2 billion (2 billion pounds), as refining and trading profits offset a decline in earnings from oil and gas...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsCount reveals 105 adults sleeping on streets on night of April 14th
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from CNN.com - Europe
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMistakes found in work of locum radiologists employed by HSE
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsIt seems that Air France and KLM splitting is no longer an unimaginable notion. The post Air France – KLM split not impossible: report appeared first on NL Times .
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Inter Press Service
* Hanna Leghammar is a Swedish climate activist and member of PUSH Sweden. - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsDublin Fire Brigade report serious damage to building but no casualties
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsTwo accused made no application for bail and have been remanded in custody
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsOrganizations are increasingly turning to the court to try and block Dutch Data Protection Authority's publications. According to the privacy watchdog, they fear that their reputations will be damaged if it is revealed that a CBP investi...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsA suitcase containing letters from World War II was found during the renovation of the French restaurant Walter Benedict on Denneweg in the Hague. The post Jewish letters from WWII unearthed in Hague restaurant appeared first on NL Times .
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieAll parties involved in the planned bus strikes have been invited to exploratory talks at the Labour Relations Commission this afternoon.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandFianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said it is outrageous that some people are saying that the right to have a mother and father is on the ballot paper or that marriage is solely defined by having children.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandRound-up of other Irish and international stories
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandExports by Irish-owned companies increased by 10% last year, reaching a new record high value of €18.6 billion, according to Enterprise Ireland.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from DutchNews.nlThe Dutch army needs an extra €3.3bn to €5.7bn a year in order to fulfill its role in potential regional...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsFormer Northern Ireland ombudsman says move will reduce confidence in gardaí
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMan tells High Court incident happened during protest against Shell refinery in Mayo
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from CNN.com - EuropeAt least 22 pupils and a visitor at a former school for troubled girls in southeast England were sexually abused by the late British TV star Jimmy Savile in the 1970s, a report by Surrey police has concluded.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieA group calling for a No vote in the upcoming Marriage Equality referendum has today claimed that people are afraid to express their views for fear it will cost them their livelihoods.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsCompetition format changed to encourage entries from all farming sectors
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsLONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - British consumer morale held steady at its highest level in more than 12 years in April, mixed news for Prime Minister David Cameron before the May 7 national election, according to researchers GfK.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from CNN.com - Europe
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA former head of Bank of Ireland has told the banking inquiry that on 29 September 2008, the Central Bank asked them to take over Irish Life & Permanent and they also declined an approach from Anglo Irish Bank to take it over.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsSYDNEY (Reuters) - Early adopters of the Apple Watch, Apple Inc's first new product in five years, are complaining that a number of its key functions are disrupted by their tattoos.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalUS President Barack Obama will not change the way he characterized the Baltimore rioters as being “thugs and criminals,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press briefing on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalAs Baltimore picks up the pieces from the last few days of protests and riots, a new day brings new aspects to light, and a city that remained relatively calm on Tuesday night is still bracing itself for the possibility of more violence....
- As the world watched TV screens and Twitter streams showing Baltimore in chaos, Russia's propaganda machine got to work exploiting the unrest with what is known locally as "whataboutism."
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from News RSSNASA's Messenger probe has been making discoveries about Mercury since 2011, sharing that knowledge with the world. But its mission will come to an end on Thursday, with the ship expected to crash into the same planet it has so faithfull...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSOne of the key demands of the Euromaidan revolution was ridding Ukraine of pervasive corruption. Just how big this challenge is for Ukraine’s society becomes apparent a year later. Foreigners without previous links to the system in...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from News RSSNikon has posted the scary and awesome photomicrography works that won the judges’ hearts at the 2014 Small World in Motion competition. If you too have a flair for the arts, hurry up – there’s still time to submit your 2015 entries befo...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from News RSSThousands of Muscovites were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Russia’s latest military hardware rolling across the cobbles of Moscow’s iconic Red Square during the first night-time rehearsal ahead of Victory Day parade. Read Full Artic...
- LONDON - International donors agreed to pay an extra 180 million euros ($201 million) to fund a new cover for the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant at a conference in London on April 29.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Censor.NET - NewsUS Senator John McCain (R) has warned Putin is preparing to strike Ukraine's port city of Mariupol. McCain also said that Putin is preparing to deliver a blow to Moldova and put pressure on the Baltic states as well as Poland.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSThe Russian Progress vessel which entered the ‘wrong’ orbit on Tuesday has remained out of touch throughout the second day of its uncontrolled spinning around the earth. Its docking at the International Space Station (ISS) is deemed ‘imp...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. The Kremlin regrets about an unfriendly stance taken by the Polish authorities on the correspondent of the Russia Today international news agency in Warsaw, the presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov said o...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from News RSSA falling building, shaking ground and people running in all directions can be seen in a new video that has emerged online showing some minutes of the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and the surrounding are...
- Last year, Ukrainian fashion week was a hotbed of protest; now designers are leaning on the country's national dress to create a patriotic statement.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from InformNapalm.org (English)Many terrorists in illegal armed groups are ready to lay down their weapons and move to the territory controlled by Ukraine. They are now looking for the ways to do this according to the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), quoting t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News Agency UNIANLithuanian diplomat, EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Usackas will head delegates from the European Union at the Moscow parade on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News RSSLawmakers in Brussels have called for beer, wine and spirit makers to label their drinks so people can see how many calories they contain. Most alcoholic drinks up to now have been exempt from displaying this information. Read Full Artic...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin will on Thursday hold a special meeting to analyze the accident involving the Progress spacecraft, a source in the Russian Military-Industrial Commission’s Board told...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESS“When Vladimir Putin or Sergey Lavrov talk about Ukraine,” Pavel Kazarin says, one has the impression that they think there is a pro-Moscow faction in Kyiv waiting in the wings to take power. That might have been true in 2005, but it is ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from News RSSA Twitter account with over 8,000 followers actively engaged in recruiting new people for the Islamic State group and transporting them to Syria may have been operated by a twenty-something girl from Seattle, Channel 4 reported. Read Ful...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSRussian polls, admittedly not the most reliable source, suggest that the more aggressive Vladimir Putin is, the more Russians love and support him regardless of the immediate impact of his policies on their lives, a vicious circle that h...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSAlthough few want to recognize that this is the case, the personality cult surrounding Vladimir Putin far exceeds the one that surrounded Stalin “by all measures” and has become what can best be described as “the religion of a pagan empi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News Agency UNIANUkraine insists that four subgroups for security, political, economic and humanitarian issues, which are directly involved in the implementation of the Minsk peace accords, should start work as soon as possible.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News Agency UNIANThe people of Ukraine have made an invaluable contribution to the victory over Nazism in 1939-1945 with their heroism in the fight for the liberation of Europe and today the Ukrainians are an outpost of the European civilization in the f...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from InformNapalm.org (English)*unedited version of the article This timeline was prepared by the InformNapalm team and was based on the information from our insiders in the occupied territories, as well as the information from public sources. Sector “C” Donetsk Morni...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from News RSSManuals on hacking military drones have been available online for quite some time, apparently. Research spotting weaknesses is alarmingly commonplace, an Israeli defense specialist warns, citing its possible use in the 2011 downing of a ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – Human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks has expressed concern over “the populist trend in political discourse in Hungary” in connection with Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NationalA 64-year-old man has been charged with producing cold weapons concealed in walking canes.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NationalJustice Minister Cezary Grabarczyk handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, Wednesday evening, following media reports that he was granted a firearms licence without taking the proper tests in 2012.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – Train and bus passengers will soon be able to buy e-tickets for combined journeys throughout the country, the chief of the state company in charge of developing the new system said on Wednesday. The National Mobile...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics - BBJ on the web - BBJ.huThe Hungarian government will take “the necessary steps” against UK daily newspaper The Guardian for an article that made “untrue statements” about Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s comments on the death penalty and illegal immigrants, gover...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics.huThe green LMP party will submit a bill designed to grant veto rights to residents near a planned nuclear waste facility, LMP co-leader Bernadett Szél said. Speaking at a press conference in connection with the scheme planned for Boda vil...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesCzech goalkeeper Petr Čech featured in Chelsea’s 3:1 victory against Leicester on Wednesday night. The result means that Chelsea need only one win from the last four games to secure the league title as only third placed Arsenal have a fa...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Czech HappeningsBelgrade - Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is a war criminal, Czech President Milos Zeman said in an interview with the Serbian paper Vecernje novosti released in its today´s issue. ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics.huFreedom House slightly downgraded Hungary and said the country’s media is still “partly free” in its global press freedom report for 2014 released on Wednesday. The Washington-based independent NGO ranked Hungary 71st on its global list ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesAfter days of controversy the ruling coalition on Wednesday announced it had reached agreement on the thorniest aspect on the 2016 state budget – the gap in public spending. There is general agreement that next year’s budget deficit shou...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics - BBJ on the web - BBJ.huThe Guardian today rejected a government spokespersonʼs claim of “untrue statements” in an article reporting that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán might reconsider the death penalty and that he equated migrants with terrorists. “We have not r...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Slovak Spectator“Smer MPs each have more functions than a regular washing machine.”
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics - BBJ on the web - BBJ.huIn line with Christian principles, Hungary’s Christian democrats KDNP, which is the coalition party of ruling Fidesz, rejected the idea of reintroducing death penalty in Hungary, vice-president Bence Rétvári told Hungarian online daily v...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorSLOVAKIA’S Security Council and the government have approved a contract for procuring nine American Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopters for approximately 261 million US dollars (€236.7 million), Defence Ministry informed on Ap...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - The Czech government agreed last night that the state budget deficit will be Kc70bn next year. ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 7 on home ice against the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday putting them into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The goalies for both sides kept the puck out of the net for two periods but Detroit...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – A Budapest court sentenced Abel S., a young man who fired shots in a fast-food restaurant in central Budapest two years ago, to five years in prison, his lawyer told MTI on Wednesday. The decision will be appealed,...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Free Hungary - Breaking news about Hungary .::. TAX, Orbán, Gyurcsány, Matolcsi, Fidesz, CommentsTwo 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 ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorEU’s response to the tide of vulnerable people sweeping across the Mediterranean has been to lock the door.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE THREE-month Index of Economic Sentiment (IES) went up by 0.4 points month-on-month to 101.6 in April, with confidence rising in all sectors but services.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from InternationalThe Polish and Romanian foreign ministers have declared that at an upcoming Eastern Partnership summit they will both call for visa requirements to be relaxed for citizens of Ukraine and Georgia.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Norwegian child welfare service has taken initial steps to open the way for the adoption of the younger of two Czech brothers who were taken from their parents in 2011. Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek said on Wednesday. The authori...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE UPROAR around the scandal of the insolvent construction company Váhostav-SK looks set to calm after President Andrej Kiska signed legislation enabling a bigger bailout of small creditors into the law.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe European Commission should resolve next week whether to push ahead with proceedings against the Czech Republic for the high proportion of Roma children in so-called practical schools, the Commissioner for human rights and consumers V...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesOne of the organisers of the Russian motorcycle gang, the Night Wolves, has said members will be present in the city of Ostrava to market the 70th anniversary of the city’s liberation from the Nazis at the end of WWII. Andrei Bobrovsky m...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsBank Austria expects pressure on liquidity should Greece drop out of the eurozone but it also expects the eurozone credit system to withstand the shock.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishSerbia acts well toward asylum seekers in transit and cares for their well being while they are in its territory, said the UNHCR representative in Belgrade. "Although challenges that we will be solving together are yet ahead, Serbia has ...
- Thursday, April 30, 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.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has canceled his trip in Moscow where he was to attend a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2. He was supposed to appear on the Red Square on May 9, but this has been canceled "be...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Radio BulgariaDozens of police officers, including Interior Minister Rumiana Bachvarova raided for a first time ever the building of a national television. A bailiff, police officers and men in track suits tried to confiscate the server, thus ceasing ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsHalf of the women who end up working in prostitution rings in Greece are lured into them by pimps offering them fake jobs, according to research carried out by the Greek office of the A21 Campaign, a nongovernmental organization that fig...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe EU will help the Western Balkan states with EUR 10 million "in a joint effort to suppress Islamic radicalization and the inflow of terrorists." This assistance also refers to "some other countries on the border of Europe," the Beta n...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsFour policemen have been suspended from duty and an internal investigation has been launched after an Iraqi man being held at the Aliens Bureau in Athens while awaiting extradition managed to escape.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishCzech President Milos Zeman says that he personally does not recognize Kosovo as independent and therefore is not sending an ambassador to Pristina. When a reporter for the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti noted his "well-known posi...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe sale of Komercijalna Banka (bank), where the government is the biggest shareholder, is in sight and should be completed by 2017. This has been announced by the head of the National Bank of Serbia department for financial institution ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Bulletin / BalkansAccording to B92 news, Macedonian opposition leader announces "huge protest" that will last until the government resigns.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishMost citizens in Kosovo "are disgruntled with the work of Kosovo's key executive, legislative and judicial institutions," Tanjug is quoting a UNDP-USAID poll. They have "lost trust in media freedom, and youth unemployment is the biggest ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from English - AGERPRESFour Romanian sailors are on board of the Maersk Tigris, the cargo ship that was seized by the Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) informed in a press release.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from InSerbia NewsBELGRADE – Serbia acts well toward asylum seekers in transit and takes care of their well being while they are in its
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Tanjug agency....The multimedia documentary exhibition entitled “Nadezda Petrovic 1915-2015” opened in Cacak, central Serbia, heralds the beginning of marking the centenary of death of this great painter.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsA 54-year-old school bus driver has been charged with sexually assaulting a mentally disabled 18-year-old girl on his vehicle.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishPrime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday said he "does not what he can expect" from President Tomislav Nikolic's announced Kosovo platform. Nikolic said this week that he would send a draft of the platform to Vucic and the government ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)The European Commission issued a reasoned opinion on Wednesday asking four member states, including Bulgaria, to ensure the mandatory exchange of information, which is required under the EU document security legislation and the integrati...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Tanjug agency....A third call for project proposals in relation to the repair of the flood damage and flood prevention has been issued on Wednesday as part of the program of the cross-border cooperation between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Albeu.comYesterday, MP Tom Doshi replied to the harassment of journalists. He responded with humor when asked if he might form a party and with whom. "With Fatos Nano, because he introduced me into politics. Together we can take half of the SP", ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsFour Greek universities have made it onto a global list of the world’s top 200 institutions.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsEuropean Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday urged EU nations to increase legal immigration in a bid to avoid more migrant deaths in the Mediterranean.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsTurkey’s Finansbank, owned by National Bank of Greece, said on Wednesday that its net profit in the first quarter more than doubled to 283 million lira ($106.83 million).
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsThree formations of Turkish fighter jets, each comprising two F-16s, violated Greek air space in the northeastern and southeastern Aegean on Wednesday, Greek defense officials said.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesA Dutch military appeals court ruled that commanders of the UN peacekeeping mission in Srebrenica cannot be prosecuted for allowing Bosniaks to be killed by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995.
