Ennahda leader offers referendum
by Karafillis GiannoulisEnnahda leader, Rachid Ghannouchi has proposed a referendum on the functioning of some state institutions, in order to avert the current political crisis in Tunisia. Ennahda is...
View ArticleUS Senators arrive in Egypt for diplomatic talks
by Karafillis GiannoulisThe US Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham will hold diplomatic talks with Morsi supporters and members of the Egyptian interim government in order to ease the Egyptian...
View ArticleLocarno festival hosts 9 films supported by the EU MEDIA programme
by Karafillis GiannoulisLocarno International Film Festival will screen 9 films supported by the EU MEDIA programme.European Commissioner for Education and Culture, Androula Vassiliou commented. “The...
View ArticleSwiss asylum laws 'blatantly discriminatory'
by NEOnline Human rights campaigners have reacted angrily to new laws in Switzerland, which seek to restrict the free movement of asylum seekers.The new laws give local authorities the right to ban...
View ArticleCroatia offers aid to BiH in combating forest fires
by Elena RalliThe European Commission Emergency Response Centre (ERC) has been mobilized to provide assistance to fight forest fires in Bosnia and Herzegovina.In particular, two fire-fighting planes,...
View ArticleCyprus, Greece and Israel signs energy MoU
by Karafillis GiannoulisEnergy MoU between Cyprus, Greece and Israel was signed in Nicosia, Cyprus on Thursday. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Cypriot Energy Minister George...
View ArticleNorwegian PM driving a taxi to chat with voters incognito
by Dita ChovancováVoting season in Norway is approaching its climax. The Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg chose an original approach to talking to people about politics. He drove a taxi...
View ArticlePetition for Manning’s Nobel Prize nomination to be presented in Oslo
by Stanislava GaydazhievaA petition with 100,000 signatures urging for the Nobel Peace Prize to be given to the US whistleblower Bradley Manning will be presented today in Oslo at 1300 GMT.The petition...
View ArticleEU in talks with Ukraine over Tymoshenko’s release
by Stanislava GaydazhievaThe Ukrainian government is holding intensive talks with the European Union (EU) over the release of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Itar-Tass reported quoting...
View ArticleVideo showing Norwegian PM driving taxi involved paid actors
by Elena RalliPeople that appeared in the footage of Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg driving a taxi in Oslo were not random citizens picked up from the streets but instead they were selected by a...
View ArticleScientists built miniature artificial insect-like eyes
by Elena RalliScientists in Switzerland, Germany, and France have built the first fully-functional miniature curved artificial compound eyes based on the insect eye. The "CURVACE" project received €2...
View ArticleEuropean universities lose ground in Shanghai ranking
by Stanislava GaydazhievaHarvard, Stanford, Berkeley, MIT and Cambridge are the top 5 best universities in the world, according to the newest ranking released by the Center for World-Class Universities...
View ArticleEurope finances renovation of Kiev's metro
by Stanislava GaydazhievaThe metro in Ukraine’s capital Kiev will soon get some 10 news trains of five carriages each with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).The...
View ArticleRussian threatens Ukraine trade war over EU deal
by NEOnline Russia is scaling up its efforts to avert the signing of an association agreement between the EU and Ukraine. An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on August 19 such a move would...
View ArticleEU imposes Faroe Island sanctions, Iceland to follow
by NEOnline The EU imposed sanctions on the Faroe Islands on August 20 after the islanders refused to cut down their herring and mackerel catch. The European Commission said it has started procedures...
View ArticleEU issues Russia with Ukraine warning
by NEOnline The EU warned Russia on August 20 not to punish Ukraine for planing to sing an association agreement with the 28-nation bloc by imposing trade restrictions. In a statement the Commission's...
View ArticleEastern partnership discussed in Sofia
by Stanislava GaydazhievaEven though summer is still in its full swing and many of the European Union (EU) institutions are not fully operational, it seems that Lithuanian politicians have chosen...
View ArticleRainbow zebra crossings appear near Russian embassy in Oslo
by Stanislava GaydazhievaThe area around the Russian embassy in Oslo met the dawn on Wednesday painted in the colours of the rainbow, a long established symbol of gay pride.Local media report that the...
View ArticleTymoshenko’s defence to turn to CoE’s Council of Ministers
by Stanislava GaydazhievaThe lawyers who deal with the defence of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will reach out to the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), Itar-Tass...
View ArticleSwiss consider lower driving age
by Stanislava GaydazhievaThe authorities in Bern are considering dropping the legal driving age to 16, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) reported on Sunday.Citing its own sources, the newspaper says that a...
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