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Paris Match Wins Case against Prince Albert of Monaco
Paris Match magazine was justified in revealing the existence of Prince Albert II of Monaco’s love child with a flight attendant because the story...
Helmut Schmidt: Former West German Chancellor Dies Aged 96
German ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has died at the age of 96, his office says. He served as West German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982. Helmut Schmidt,...
Croatia Elections 2015: Opposition Conservatives Claim Victory
Croatian conservatives have declared victory in the country’sparliamentary elections, but face a challenge to form a government. Partial results show the HDZ party is to...
Bucharest Nightclub Fire: Death Toll Rises to 45 as More Victims Are Transferred Abroad
Some of the Bucharest nightclub fire victims are being transported by NATO planes to hospitals in Norway and the UK. The blaze at Bucharest's Colectiv...
Croatia Elections 2015: Ruling Center-Left Coalition Faces Challenge to Stay in Power
Croatians are voting in the country’s first parliamentary elections since joining the EU. The ruling center-left coalition faces a challenge to stay in power, with...
Bucharest Nightclub Fire Death Toll Rises to 41
The death toll from last weekend's fire in Bucharest nightclub Colectiv has risen to 41, after nine more people died of their injuries, Romanian...
Prince George Cake Presented at Cake International Birmingham 2015
A British amateur baker has presented a life-sized Prince George cake at this year’s Cake International contest in Birmingham. Lara Mason, 29, spent 30 hours...
Russia Suspends Flights to Egypt following Sinai Plane Crash
Russia has suspended all flights to Egypt following indications that the crash near Sharm el-Sheikh was caused by a bomb. President Vladimir Putin made the...
EU Expects 3 Million Refugees by 2017
According to the European Commission, 3 million refugees are likely to arrive in Europe by 2017 as the record influx via the Mediterranean continues. The...
Bucharest Nightclub Fire: Romanian PM Victor Ponta Resigns after Protests
Romania’s PM Victor Ponta has resigned a day after over 20,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest to protest against Colectiv nightclub fire...
Turkey: 35 Fethullah Gulen Supporters Arrested following Elections
Thirty five people have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of links to exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen accused by the authorities of seeking to...
Azerbaijan Elections 2015: Ruling New Azerbaijan Party Wins Majority
Azerbaijan's ruling party, New Azerbaijan, has won the country’s parliamentary elections that were boycotted by the main opposition parties, the electoral commission said. The New...
Turkey Elections 2015: AKP Wins Majority
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won Turkey's parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June. Qccording to Turkish state-run...
Bucharest Nightclub Fire Death Toll Rises to 30
Bucharest nightclub fire’s death toll has risen to 30 after three more people died of injuries, Romanian doctors say. Dozens of others remain in critical...
Gulag Museum Opened in Moscow
A Gulag museum has been opened in Moscow on October 30, the Russian authorities have announced. The museum is dedicated to the millions who were...
Turkey Elections 2015: Security Is Key Issue after Weeks of Violence
Turkish voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections for the second time in five months. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party failed to...
Eurozone Consumer Prices Remain Flat in October 2015
The eurozone inflation returned to zero in October 2015 from (-0.1%) in the previous month. According to Eurostat estimates, price growth in food, alcohol and...
Bucharest Nightclub Fire: Romania Declares Three Days of National Mourning
Safety regulations seem to have been ignored by the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, where a fire killed 27 people last night, Romanian President Klaus...
Bucharest Nightclub Fire: At Least 27 Dead and 155 Injured
At least 27 people have been killed and more than 155 injured in an explosion and fire at a nightclub in Bucharest, Romanian government...
Greece: At Least 22 Refugees Drown off Aegean Islands
At least twenty two refugees have drowned trying to reach Kalymnos and Rhodes from Turkey, in the second major boat tragedy off Greek islands...
Poland Elections 2015: Law and Justice Party Secures Decisive Win
Poland's Law and Justice party has secured a decisive win in the country’s parliamentary elections. According to exit polls, the conservative opposition party has enough...
Poland Elections 2015: Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s Eurosceptic Law and Justice Party Tipped to Win
Poles are voting in the country’s parliamentary elections, with the conservatives hoping to return to power after eight years in opposition. Opinion polls in run-up...
Montenegro Protests Turn Violent in Podgorica
Montenegro police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of PM Milo Djukanovic. Demonstrators in the country's capital, Podgorica, chanted "Milo,...
Ukraine and Russia to Cease Direct Flights
As of Sunday, October 25, Ukraine will stop direct flights to Russia, as new sanctions initiated by Kiev come into effect. Moscow first called Kiev's...
France: Bus Crash Kills 42 Pensioners near Puisseguin
Forty two pensioners on a day trip have been killed after their bus collided with a truck and burst into flames in south-western France. The...
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