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'Gas explosion' injures at least 20 in Paris

'Gas explosion' injures at least 20 in Paris

-- 2019-01-12 16:51:51

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze in a business in the centre of Paris after a powerful explosion which injured at least 20 people on Saturday, police say. Cars were wrecked and other buildings...

Macedonian parliament agrees to change country name

Macedonian parliament agrees to change country name

-- 2019-01-12 11:08:19

Macedonia’s parliament passed an amendment to the constitution on Friday to rename the country Republic of North Macedonia, in line with an agreement with Greece to put an end to a 27-year-old d...

Poland arrests Huawei employee for ‘spying’

Poland arrests Huawei employee for ‘spying’

-- 2019-01-11 18:22:28

Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a Polish national involved in cyber business on allegations of spying, Polish media reported on Friday, deepening the controversy over Western crit...

Europe at standstill due to snow

Europe at standstill due to snow

-- 2019-01-11 17:54:34

Heavy snowfalls brought chaos to parts of Germany and Sweden on Friday, leaving roads blocked, trains halted and schools shut. The Red Cross helped drivers stuck on a motorway in the southern German...

Police evacuate six German courts after bomb threats

Police evacuate six German courts after bomb threats

-- 2019-01-11 17:51:33

Police searched courtrooms in at least six cities across Germany after emailed bomb threats and other security alerts on Friday. Local police said they evacuated a court in the eastern city of Potsda...

Portuguese cos to hire disabled people

Portuguese cos to hire disabled people

-- 2019-01-11 14:01:13

Portuguese public and private companies of medium and large size are obliged to hire between 1.0 per cent and 2.0 per cent of the disabled people respectively, according to legislation published Thurs...

Belgium to discuss Congo elections in UN council

Belgium to discuss Congo elections in UN council

-- 2019-01-10 19:26:23

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders says his country plans to raise concerns over Congo’s contested election at the UN Security Council, where Belgium has just taken a two-year seat. Reynd...

German airport strikes lead to cancelation of 600 flights

German airport strikes lead to cancelation of 600 flights

-- 2019-01-10 14:30:33

More than 640 flights in Germany were canceled on Thursday due to security staff strikes at Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart airports in a bid to put pressure on management in wage talks. Out of 1,...

Kidnappers demand ransom to free Norway businessman's wife

Kidnappers demand ransom to free Norway businessman's wife

-- 2019-01-09 21:19:36

The wife of a Norwegian multi-millionaire businessman has been missing for months after being abducted, police have now confirmed, reports BBC. Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, 68, disappeared from her...

Russia ready to hold talks with US on INF arms treaty: Tass

Russia ready to hold talks with US on INF arms treaty: Tass

-- 2019-01-09 13:42:42

Russia is ready to hold consultations with the United States about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at diplomatic and military levels, Tass news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign...

Turkey to ask US to hand over military bases in Syria

Turkey to ask US to hand over military bases in Syria

-- 2019-01-08 15:06:24

Turkey will ask US officials in talks on Tuesday to hand over its military bases in Syria to Ankara or destroy them, the Hurriyet newspaper reported, a request that could further complicate discussion...

EU looks at help for May, but will not rework Brexit deal

EU looks at help for May, but will not rework Brexit deal

-- 2019-01-08 11:41:11

The European Union is considering ways to help Prime Minister Theresa May convince the British parliament to back the Brexit treaty she agreed with EU leaders last month but ruled out on Monday any ch...

Yellow vests: France plans crackdown on unsanctioned protests

Yellow vests: France plans crackdown on unsanctioned protests

-- 2019-01-08 11:17:09

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced plans to punish people who hold unsanctioned protests after seven weeks of anti-government unrest. His government wants to draft new legislation t...

EU again rules out reworking Brexit deal

EU again rules out reworking Brexit deal

-- 2019-01-07 17:46:29

The European Commission repeated on Monday that EU leaders would not renegotiate a Brexit treaty agreed last month with Prime Minister Theresa May and was pressing on with planning for Britain to cras...

Denmark plans business hub on 9 new islands

Denmark plans business hub on 9 new islands

-- 2019-01-07 16:47:30

Denmark has proposed constructing nine islands in the sea just south of Copenhagen to create more space for businesses. A spokesman for the country's business ministry gave the information on Monday,...

May to hold parliamentary Brexit vote on Jan 15

May to hold parliamentary Brexit vote on Jan 15

Reuters 2019-01-07 14:27:54

British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a delayed parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal on January 15, the BBC reported on Monday, citing government sources. May was forced to pull the vote on h...

Macron reeling as stance against protesters backfires

Macron reeling as stance against protesters backfires

Reuters 2019-01-07 10:59:38

Emmanuel Macron intended to start the new year on the offensive against the ‘yellow vest’ protesters. Instead, the French president is reeling from more violent street demonstrations. Wha...

Belgium bans religious animal slaughter

Belgium bans religious animal slaughter

-- 2019-01-06 17:23:04

A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of ritually slaughtering animals went into effect on New Year’s Day, part of a clash across Europe over the balance between animal welfare and religio...

UK cops arrest four during yellow vest pro-Brexit march in London

UK cops arrest four during yellow vest pro-Brexit march in London

-- 2019-01-06 13:32:18

Four people, including a 13-year-old girl, were arrested Saturday during a yellow vest pro-Brexit march in central London. Around 100 people in yellow vests marched through Westminster towards Trafal...

One dead, two missing after blizzards hit Greece

One dead, two missing after blizzards hit Greece

-- 2019-01-06 12:48:21

An elderly woman was found dead and two men were missing after blizzards hit parts of Greece, police officials said on Saturday. Temperatures in central and northern Greece have remained below zero f...

UK's May could seek more time before final Brexit vote

UK's May could seek more time before final Brexit vote

-- 2019-01-06 11:34:04

British Prime Minister Theresa May might again push back a final vote in parliament on her Brexit deal, less than three months before the country is due to leave the European Union, a newspaper report...

Five teen girls die in Polish escape room fire

Five teen girls die in Polish escape room fire

-- 2019-01-05 14:18:48

Five teenage girls have died after a fire broke out while they were playing an escape game in northern Poland. A 25-year-old man was seriously injured in the blaze which started at around 17:00 local...

Hackers post personal data of hundreds of German politicians

Hackers post personal data of hundreds of German politicians

-- 2019-01-04 18:32:17

Hackers have posted personal data from hundreds of German politicians from major parties, including credit card details and mobile phone numbers, ARD TV said on Friday. The data, published on a Twitt...

Death toll jumps to 37 in Russian apartment gas explosion

Death toll jumps to 37 in Russian apartment gas explosion

-- 2019-01-03 14:16:26

Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a Russian apartment building that partially collapsed this week after an apparent gas explosion, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday....

UK crime agency arrests two over English Channel migrant crossings

UK crime agency arrests two over English Channel migrant crossings

-- 2019-01-03 12:57:26

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said it has made two arrests on suspicion of arranging illegal movement of migrants across the English Channel into Britain. A 33-year-old Iranian national...

Danish train accident kills six

Danish train accident kills six

-- 2019-01-02 17:35:15

A passenger train on a bridge linking central Denmark's islands hit an "unknown object" early Wednesday, killing six people and injuring 16 others, Danish police said. The rail operator, Danish Railw...

Russian gas blast death toll rises to seven

Russian gas blast death toll rises to seven

Reuters 2019-01-01 13:06:19

As many as 40 people could still be trapped in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in a gas explosion on Monday, killing at least seven people, news agencies reported. Th...

France’s Macron condemns extremists in New Year speech

France’s Macron condemns extremists in New Year speech

-- 2019-01-01 10:32:28

French President Emmanuel Macron used his traditional New Year's Eve speech to sound a warning to extreme elements among anti-government protesters. He promised to keep order "without complacency" an...

Russia detains American over suspected spying

Russia detains American over suspected spying

-- 2018-12-31 19:51:59

Russia’s domestic security service (FSB) said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow. The FSB, which said the American had been detained on December 28, sai...

Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 per cent in 2018

Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 per cent in 2018

-- 2018-12-31 13:49:47

The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 per cent in 2018, Ireland’s foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britai...