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- President vetoes anti-gay law
Home Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia Lithuania The President of Lithuania has vetoed a new law that would have banned the discussion of homosexuality in schools and other public places, report Human Rights Watch and news
- Professional rights rap for Greece
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday ruled against Greece for failing to adopt a European Union directive that would allow foreigners to work here without having to face unnecessary bureaucracy. The EU regulation should have been adopted in
- European equities mixed, U.S. markets closed
Some markets in Europe closed higher Friday, while others lingered. Moves in either direction however were limited with U.S. markets closed for the Independence Day weekend. 'The heightened optimism of the past couple of months has been eroded into, with
- Sahara solar project a job boom for Germany: study
BERLIN, GERMANY A project linking solar power from the Sahara to energy users in Europe and North Africa could create 240,000 German jobs and generate 2 trillion euros ($2,822 billion) worth of power by 2050, a study has found. The report by Germany's
- Nigeria, Algeria, Niger Sign Accord on Gas Pipeline
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria, Algeria and Niger signed an agreement on a proposed Trans-Saharan pipeline that will ship natural gas from Nigeria to Europe. The accord was signed by Nigerian Petroleum Minister Rilwanu Lukman, Niger?s Energy Minister
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- Germany: Demjanjuk Cleared for Trial
Doctors have determined that John Demjanjuk, who is accused of complicity in atrocities as a guard at a Nazi death camp, is fit to stand trial, prosecutors said Friday in Munich. Mr. Demjanjuk, 89, a retired autoworker, was deported from the United
- Berlin to pardon 30,000 Germans branded 'traitors' by the Nazis
Thirty thousand Germans condemned as traitors by Nazi courts in the Second World War are to get a posthumous pardon. Twenty thousand were executed, often for crimes as trifling as writing a diary entry criticising Hitler. The other 10,000 were sentenced
- Gates visits wounded warriors, returns two to Washington
LANDSTUHL, Germany - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited Landstuhl Regional Medical Center here on June 30, meeting with wounded warriors and the staff that treats them and touring a new USO facility that's providing them a better quality of life
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- Iran Threatens British Embassy Trial
Iranian authorities indicated Friday they planned to put some members of the British Embassy staff in Tehran on trial, officials said. Nine staff members were seized after the unrest sparked by Iran's disputed presidential elections on June 12. Some were
- British Study Madoff Payments to Austrian Banker
LONDON British authorities have started an investigation into millions of dollars of payments from the operations of the convicted money manager Bernard L. Madoff to companies linked to the Austrian banker Sonja Kohn, an Austrian official confirmed on
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- 13 injured in French train accident
Thirteen people were injured, two seriously, when a train derailed near the southwestern French city of Limoges. Police said that the train, which was running between Paris and Cahors, had hit a trailer full of straw which had accidentally toppled on to
- Brazil claims jet 'in Senegal's control'
Add to del.icio.usAdd to Digg Add to Furl Add to Yahoo! MyWeb Add to Facebook Increase fontsizeDecrease fontsize A recording between Brazilian and Senegalese air traffic controllers relating to the crashed Air France plane has been released. The Airbus
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- Rare Peek at Riches of Past in Rome
Rome’s archaeological authority has reallocated money so that it can provide staffs for five monuments in the ancient heart of the city that are usually closed.
- NCO Awarded Silver Star for Courage
o VICENZA, Italy - Rows of Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment stood at attention as the U.S. Army recognized Staff Sgt. Conrad Begaye for bravery under fire in Afghanistan. During a June 30 ceremony at Caserma Ederle's Hoekstra Field,
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- Developing relations with China is Hungary's priority: FM
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Developing relations with China is a priority for Hungary, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs said here on Friday. The bilateral relations between Hungary and China are good, long-standing, and at a high level, Balazs
- Hungarian multi-manager emerges as market leader
Quantis Investment Management Zrt has become the largest multimanager in eastern Europe after boosting its assets to more than HUF 40 billion (?147 million). ?It gives us great pleasure that, in less than six months after the launch of Quantis' fund
- No pre-election spending spree for Hungary, says premier
Budapest - Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Friday promised Hungary would maintain strict fiscal discipline right up to the next general election in 2010. 'I can assure you there will not be an election budget,' Bajnai told local and foreign business
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- Rare Peek at Riches of Past in Rome
Rome’s archaeological authority has reallocated money so that it can provide staffs for five monuments in the ancient heart of the city that are usually closed.
- NCO Awarded Silver Star for Courage
o VICENZA, Italy - Rows of Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment stood at attention as the U.S. Army recognized Staff Sgt. Conrad Begaye for bravery under fire in Afghanistan. During a June 30 ceremony at Caserma Ederle's Hoekstra Field,
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- Poland: export of frozen strawberries
According to the Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in the period between January and April 2009 Poland exported 32 thousand t of frozen strawberries i.e. by 35 % more than in the same period 2008. However the value of export was
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- 10. Rusnano Pushes for U.S. Tax Breaks
By Nadia Popova / Rusnano, the state nanotechnology giant, hopes to press President Barack Obama for tax breaks for Russian technology as it wraps up plans to create a $1 billion venture fund with U.S. companies to invest in Russia. Rusnano chief Anatoly
- Chinese car firm BAIC tries to muscle in on Vauxhall rescue
BAIC has made an 11th-hour indicative offer for a controlling stake in the ailing European carmaker and hopes to make a binding offer later this month. The move puts further pressure on Magna, the Russian-backed Canadian auto supplier still said to be in
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