Swiss women earn 19.3% less than men
by NEOnline | TBFemale workers in Switzerland are earning 19.3% less than their male counterparts, according to a new Europe-wide survey. The findings also show the gender pay gap is not only rising in...
View ArticleOverdose deaths high in Norway
by NEOnline | TBThe second highest number of overdose deaths in Europe was recorded in Norway after Estonia, according to the European Union report on drugs in 2014.Some 260 people die of overdoses...
View ArticleIMF approves $10 billion loan to Ukraine
by NEOnline | GKThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) board approved a four year aid programme of $17.5 billion for Ukraine.IMF members agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine's troubled economy over...
View ArticleNorway hospital conducts first ritual circumcision
by NEOnline | TBA newborn baby had his foreskin surgically removed at a hospital in Southern Norway on March 9. It was the first such ritual circumcision performed at a hospital since the country’s new...
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IMF warns Tajikistan remittances will fall this year
by NEOnline | TBTajikistan will count up to 30% fewer remittances this year compared to 2014, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The IMF also warned of an economic slowdown for...
View ArticleSwiss voters reject green tax proposal
by NEOnline | TBA proposal to replace VAT with a green tax on petrol, gas, coal and uranium was rejected by the vast majority of Swiss voters in a referendum on March 8.The proposal, which was tabled...
View ArticleCustoms cooperation deal approved by Albania and Kosovo
by NEOnline | TBAlbania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced plans to form a customs union with Kosovo. A deal was reached during a recent visit to Albania by Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa.“We...
View ArticleKiev plans to discuss summer gas supplies with Gazprom
by NEOnline | KGUkrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said on March 11 that Kiev is planning to discuss a “summer package” of natural gas supplies with Russia and the European Union on March 20.“On...
View ArticleStreaking meteor over Switzerland
by NEOnline | GKResidents of several cantons in Switzerland saw a meteor blazing across the sky on Sunday night, according to ‘The Local.’The meteor looked like a blue fireball and numerous people...
View ArticleRussian money moves to Switzerland
by NEOnline | TBSwitzerland is now the world’s top destination for Russians transferring large amounts of money abroad, according to swissinfo.ch – the International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting...
View ArticleCSTO prepared to send troops to Tajik border if need arises
by NEOnline | TBIf a conflict were to break out at the Tajik-Afghan border, military forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Tajikistan, Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan)...
View ArticleTANAP gas project just started
by NEOnline | GKTurkey announced the inauguration of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) which aims to carry 16 billion metres of gas per year by mid-2018.TANAP is a 1,850 km pipeline that will...
View ArticleEight men arrested over 1995 Srebrenica massacre
by NEOnline | GKSerbian police arrested eight men accused of participating in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where more than 8,000 people lost their lives.The massacre took place at a warehouse on the...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan on the road to Eurasian Economic Union
by NEOnline | TBRussian President Vladimir Putin met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev on March 16. After the meeting, Putin announced Kyrgyzstan’s economy should be adapted to the...
View ArticleTragedy in Tunisia
by NEOnline | GKTunisian President condemned the brutal killing of at least 20 people in Tunisia after two gunmen stormed the Bardo National Museum, one of the country’s most famous tourist...
View ArticleParliament Trade Committee approves €1.8bn in loans for Ukraine
by Andy CarlingThe International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) plan to help Ukraine out of its financial crisis took a step forward Thursday morning as the European Parliament’s Trade Committee voted 30 to 7...
View ArticleErdogan: Bring me documents proving the Armenian genocide
by NEOnline | GKPresident of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accused the Armenians of not seeking the truth regarding the Armenia genocide of 1915.Erdogan said on Thursday that the Armenians had...
View ArticleSwitzerland, Indonesia to sign new mutual assistance agreement
by NEOnline | TBTo fight cross-border criminal activity, Switzerland is pursuing a new mutual legal assistance (MLA) agreement with Indonesia. This will most likely involve the freezing of Indonesian...
View ArticleAlbania to sell state oil Albpetrol
by NEOnline | TBAlbania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on March 17 the government will try to privatise its state oil company and begin offering 13 onshore and offshore blocks for oil and gas...
View ArticleIS claims responsibility for killings in Tunis
by NEOnline | GKThe Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the killing of 23 people in Bardo Museum in the capital of Tunisia.The fundamentalists posted an audio message online, saying...
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