Romania braces for severe floods in the south-west
Two people have died so far and other four were missing after southwestern Romania was hit by severe flooding, with
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Europe
Unemployment in EU 10.2% in June 2014, 11.6% in Bulgaria
Unemployment in the 28-member European Union was 10.2 per cent in June 2014, down from 10.3 per cent in May,
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Warsaw slams Russian ban on Polish fruit
Officials in Warsaw Wednesday slammed a Russian ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland, describing it as “political
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Cyprus and Greece included in new Israel defence doctrine
Cyprus and Greece are the countries with which Israel should promote alliances. This position is recorded in the new defense
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Cyprus starts exploratory drilling
Energy Minister of Cyprus George Lakkotrypis announced that before the end of summer, exploratory drilling will start in the Onasagoras
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EU, US add further sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, targeting banks, defence and energy sectors
The European Union has agreed a package of what it calls “significant” additional restrictive measures targeting sectoral co-operation and exchanges
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UK to send ‘battle group’ to Poland for exercises amid Ukraine crisis
The UK is planning to send more than 1,300 British troops to take part in a forthcoming major NATO exercises
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Ukrainian official: Black boxes show MH17 was downed by ‘massive, explosive decompression’ from shrapnel
Ukrainian security service spokesman Andrei Lysenko said on July 28 that data recorders recovered from Malaysia Airlines flight 17 show
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US: Images prove Russia fired rockets into Ukraine
United States officials have released satellite images (see below) that, they say, show that Russia has fired rockets against Ukrainian
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