Putin’s palaces, yachts, cars and watches: An opposition guide to Russia’s rich and famous
“I have worked like a galley slave throughout these eight years, morning till night.” Vladimir Putin summing up his first
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Europe
Further fallout from Armenian – Azerbaijani – Hungarian controversy over pardoned killer
About 50 people from the Armenian community in Bulgaria held a protest outside the Hungarian embassy in Sofia on September
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Hungarian government seeks refund of Jewish reparations
The Hungarian government is calling for the refund of millions of dollars paid out to the US-based Claims Conference to
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Moody’s lowers ratings outlook for EU
Moody’s Investors Service on Monday lowered its ratings outlook for the European Union from stable to negative, as the bloc
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HRW report calls for Turkey to end impunity for state killings
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch is calling for Turkey’s government to hold to account those responsible for serious human-rights violations during the
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EU moves a step closer to tighter limits on chemicals that can be used for home-made bombs
A draft law to restrict the general public’s access to chemicals that can be used to make home-made explosives was
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Politics of Europe: Romania seems to stumble in three-legged race with Bulgaria
The pollsters have it that Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta’s leftist Social Democratic Party will win the largest share of
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Lufthansa cabin crew to go on strike again on September 4
The Independent Flight Attendants Organisation (UFO) which represents most cabin crew employed by German airline Lufthansa said that there would
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EC unveils plan to allow wireless technologies, including broadband, to share radio spectrum
The European Commission unveiled on September 3 2012 plans to deal with the exponential growth in mobile and wireless data
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