Violent protests happened in Athens, where hundreds of people fought with the police. Clashes began after the demonstrators tried to cross the gendarmes and enter the building where a meeting of European Union finance ministers was taking place. The violence came amid the growing discontent of the population. ... read entire article »
NATO has returned to the Cold War 'instincts', but, in 2008, after the war in Georgia, tensions have lasted only a few months, the Russian officials moking this in some messages posted on Twitter, after NATO suspended its cooperation with Moscow. "NATO ha ... read entire article »
The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, urged the Palestinians and the Israelis on Tuesday to "show restraint" after two controversial decisions of the Palestinian leadership and the Government of Hebrew. "We urge both sides to exercise restraint," Kerry ... read entire article »
CIA deliberately misled the administration and the American people about its harsh interrogation methods, in force under President George W. Bush, sais the report of the Senate. In this 6,300-page document drafted by the Senate Intelligence Committee, CIA i ... read entire article »
Socialist Anne Hidalgo won the municipal elections in Paris on Sunday and became the first woman to lead the French capital, according to the exit polls. It is one of the few significant victories for the Socialists, who suffered on Sunday's poll with extremely ... read entire article »
The new French premier, Manuel Valls, appointed to headof the government in Paris after the disastrous results of the Socialists in municipal elections, is preparing to form a new team on Tuesday, with the difficult task of reducing the budget deficit and taxes. ... read entire article »
The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland, meeting in the so-called 'Weimar Triangle' organization on Monday urged Russia to "refrain from any further escalation" in the Ukrainian case. "Russia now has a big responsibility. We urge Russia to refrain ... read entire article »
The Justice and Development party candidate (AKP) in Ankara city hall proclaimed on Monday the defeat on his opponent, after a whole night of counting and contesting the results. "Mr. Prime Minister, you have paved the way. The citizens of Ankara and Turkey ... read entire article »
Almost absent for more than two years from the local political landscape of France, the National Front (far right) will lead at least 11 cities after the municipal elections, confirming their anchoring the north and south of the country. The FN president ... read entire article »
The U.S. and Russian diplomats John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov stopped over 'their divergent positions' on Ukraine, after more than four hours of 'intense' negotiations in Paris, but they stated their desire to reach on a diplomatic settlement of the crisis. ... read entire article »
Former Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, was formally indicted on Monday for high treason by a special tribunal, the first one in the country as a former head of the military. Musharraf, age 70, was indicted for treason since he imposed a state of ... read entire article »
An Ankara prosecutor opened an investigation into the conditions under which the recording of a meeting in which Turkish officials raised the possibility of a military intervention in Syria, was published Thursday on the Internet, reported the Turkish media on ... read entire article »
The situation in Bosnia, where the leader of the Serb entity in the country, Milorad Dodik, frequently threatens with a succession, and the Ukraine, where Crimea was recently annexed to Russia, can not be compared, said the British Foreign Minister William ... read entire article »
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, dismissed in February, urged on organizing a referendum in each Ukrainian region in order to determine their status, according to the Russian agency Itar-Tass. "As President (...) I urge every Ukrainian reasonable ... read entire article »
An Ukrainian citizen, who was carrying arms and explosives, was arrested in the Moscow region, announced a senior Russian official on Friday, reported by Itar-Tass on the website. According to the agency, Nikolai Ovsienko, the representative deputy for the ... read entire article »
The U.S. assured on Thursday that it did not support any candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt, though the former army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is considered the favorite. "We know that Marshall al-Sissi resigned from jos function of ... read entire article »
The president of Singapore is about to become the first leader of Singapore who will ever make a state visit to the UK. Buckingham Palace said that Tony Tan Keng Yam had accepted an invitation made by the Queen, to travel to London this October. Mr. Tan will ... read entire article »
The U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Italy on Wednesday night, in the third stage of the tournament which he performed in Europe and Saudi Arabia, and on Thursday he will meet Pope Francis for the first time. Coming from Brussels, where Obama spent all ... read entire article »
The President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite, has urged the Government to double the defense budget over the next five years to achieve the objectives set by NATO, in the context of the Crimean crisis. Vilnius Government currently allocates 0.8% of the ... read entire article »
The U.S. and EU reaffirm thier commitment to conclude the agreements on visa-free travel regime between the United States and all the Member States of the European Union as soon as possible. "We reaffirm our commitment to conclude agreements on visa-free travel ... read entire article »
