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Ryan Fogle: Russia to expel US diplomat suspected of CIA recruitment
Russia has announced it will expel US diplomat Ryan Fogle briefly detained in Moscow for allegedly trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as...
France to introduce 1% sale tax on smartphones and tablets to fund culture
The French government is considering introducing a 1% tax on the sale of smartphones and tablets to help fund local film, music and images. The...
Cyprus receives first installment of 10 billion-euro bailout package
Cyprus has received the first installment of a 10 billion-euro bailout package from international creditors, which was agreed earlier this year. Cyprus received 2 billion...
Andrew Moran: Most wanted fugitive in UK arrested in Spain
Andrew Moran, one of Britain's most wanted fugitives, has been arrested in a raid on a luxury villa on Spain's Costa Blanca. Andrew Moran, 31,...
Pope Francis canonizes 813 Martyrs of Otranto killed by Ottoman soldiers
Pope Francis has proclaimed the first saints of his pontificate in a ceremony at the Vatican - a list which includes 813 victims of...
Bulgaria votes in parliamentary elections
Parliamentary elections are under way in Bulgaria with opinion polls predicting no outright winner. Mass protests against low living standards and widespread corruption forced the...
Kate Middleton due date is July 13, during Coronation Festival
It was revealed today that Kate Middleton official due date is July 13. Mystery has shrouded the expected date of birth ever since Kate Middleton...
Reyhanli explosions kill at least 40 people in Turkey
At least 40 people have been killed and other 100 are injured after two car bombs exploded in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, near...
Silvio Berlusconi tax fraud conviction upheld by Milan court
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi’s conviction for tax fraud has been upheld by an appeals court in Milan. The court also reinstated a four-year prison...
Hans Lipschis: Former Auschwitz guard arrested in Germany
Hans Lipschis, a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Auschwitz extermination camp, has been arrested in southern Germany. Hans Lipschis was taken into custody in...
Greece makes progress on reducing its budget deficit, says IMF report
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has revealed today that debt-laden Greece has made progress in improving its finances, but the country must do...
Giulio Andreotti: Former Italian prime minister dies aged 94
Former Italian PM Giulio Andreotti, one of the most prominent political figures of post-war Italy, has died aged 94. Giulio Andreotti was prime minister seven...
Prince Harry tells friends Kate and William are expecting a boy
Prince Harry has reportedly told friends that Kate and William are expecting a boy. Prince Harry is so happy about becoming an uncle he couldn't keep...
Jobbik party holds anti-Semitic rally against World Jewish Congress in Budapest
Hungary's far-right Jobbik party has staged a rally in the center of the capital in protest at the Budapest's hosting of the World Jewish...
Michaela Biancofiore: Italian minister resigns after one day over homophobia accusations
Michaela Biancofiore, an Italian junior equal opportunities minister, has resigned the day after being sworn in to new coalition, having said gay people invited...
Ghent toxic train explosion kills two people and injures other 14 in Belgium
Two people died and other 14 were injured after a train carrying toxic, flammable chemicals derailed and caused a major fire near the Belgian...
Portugal to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and to raise retirement age by one year to 66
Portugal plans to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and to raise the retirement age by one year to 66 as it tries to meet...
Pro-Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posters on walls in Chechnya
Posters expressing support for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is charged with last month's bombings at the Boston Marathon, have been put up on walls in...
Ex-Pope Benedict moves back to Vatican City two months after his resignation
Pope Emeritus Benedict has returned to the Vatican, two months after becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years. The former pope was flown...
ECB cuts benchmark interest rate to new record low of 0.5% to boost eurozone economy
The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to cut its benchmark interest rate to a new record low amid ongoing worries about the eurozone's...
Dutch King Willem-Alexander sworn in at Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk
Willem-Alexander has been sworn in as king of the Netherlands in an enthronement ceremony at Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) following the abdication of Queen...
Princess Maxima: The story of queen consort of Dutch King Willem-Alexander
Princess Maxima's entrance into the Dutch royal house was a sensation, and now she the queen consort of King Willem-Alexander, with the abdication of...
Yulia Tymoshenko’s rights violated by Ukraine during pre-trial detention in 2011, ECHR rules
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that Ukraine's pre-trial detention of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011 was illegal and her rights...
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favor of Prince Willem-Alexander
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has abdicated and handed the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander. Queen Beatrix, 75, signed the instrument of abdication in...
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands makes farewell national address on eve of abdication
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has made a farewell national address thanking the Dutch people one day before her abdication and investiture of her...
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