Nato says missiles operational on Turkey-Syria border
Nato says the first of six missile defense batteries sent to Turkey to intercept possible rockets fired from Syria is
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Europe
Davos World Economic Forum summit ends with new warnings on global economy
International financial leaders have wrapped up the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland with warnings that much remains to be
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Honour for rescuers of Jews as International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013 marked – but concern at anti-Semitism in Europe
Those who risked their lives to save Jews and others from mass extermination in World War 2 are inspiration for
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National Geographic to air Smolensk crash documentary amid protests
One of the episodes of the “Mayday” documentary series, to be shown on National Geographic Channel on January 27 2013,
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Social democrat former PM Miloš Zeman wins second round of Czech presidential elections, interim results show
Miloš Zeman, a social democrat former prime minister, was shown by interim results to have won the January 25 and
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EC refers Bulgaria to court for failing to transpose internal energy market rules
The European Commission said on January 24 2013 that it was referring Bulgaria, Estonia and the United Kingdom to the
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European Commission takes Bulgaria to court over assignment of digital terrestrial broadcasting authorisations
The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria to the EU’s Court of Justice over the assignment of the digital
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Ukraine signs $10 billion shale gas deal with Shell
Ukraine has signed a $10 billion shale gas exploration deal with Royal Dutch Shell — a major step in weaning
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Eastern Europe: Memory recent and distant
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27 2013, will find recently-opened Holocaust museums in Central and Eastern Europe, with another
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