Economic growth in emerging Europe and Central Asia stalling – World Bank
In the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, lower oil prices and the economic slowdown in Russia are weighing
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Europe
New EU wine rules allow for increased demand
A new scheme for authorisations of vine plantations has been published by the European Commission, which allows for a yearly
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US – Europe trade talks resume on April 20
U.S. and European negotiators are resuming talks Monday in New York on a controversial trans-Atlantic trade deal. The proposal is
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Baltic States urge EU to speed up work on Lithuania-Poland gas link
The three Baltic States have urged Poland and the EU to speed up work on a gas pipeline to link
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Hundreds of migrants feared dead as boat capsizes in Mediterranean
As many as 700 migrants trying to reach a better life in Europe are feared dead as their boat capsized
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US urges Greece to work out details
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has urged Greece to go through “every line” in its budget to draft a reform
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Earthquake of 6.1 on the Richter scale shakes Crete
Aftershocks from 3.4 to 4.9 on the Richter scale followed a powerful earthquake of 6.1 at 9.08pm on April 17
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Italy, Greece straining under influx of migrants
Conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and other parts of the world are creating waves of refuges,
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Thousands march in Auschwitz in memory of Holocaust victims
About 10 000 young people from around the world came to Oswiecim (Auschwitz in German) in southern Poland on April 17
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