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Berlin slams Israel settlement policy ahead of minister's visit
Berlin - The German government has strongly criticized Israel over plans to build housing on occupied land in East Jerusalem, ahead of the visit of Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle there later Monday. We deeply regret the recent decision to build ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Reward posted for gingerbread house vandals
Oslo - A reward was offered Monday after hundreds of gingerbread houses were destroyed over the weekend in the Norwegian west coast city of Bergen. Local businesses offered 100,000 kroner (17,700 dollars) for information about the assailants. A polic...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Romania's incumbent president and rival to compete in Dec 6 run-off
Bucharest - Incumbent Romanian President Traian Basescu and his Socialist rival Mircea Geoana are to compete in a presidential run-off on December 6 following polls that were marred by allegations of fraud and in which no candidate won an absolute ma...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Police block march by banned Hungarian group
Budapest - Police in Budapest on Sunday night blocked members of the right-wing organization the Hungarian Guard from marching in a commemoration ceremony. About 500 Guard members were surrounded by police before they could embark on a march in honou...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Voter fraud allegations mar Romanian presidential poll - Update
Bucharest- Hundreds of allegations of voter fraud were filed with Romanian electoral authorities by midday Sunday amid voting for the nation's president. The allegations came in from leading parties, including the centre-left Social Democrats (PSD), ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Romanians head to polls in presidential election
Bucharest - Voters in recession-racked Romania went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president. Conservative incumbent Traian Basescu is seeking a new term. His main rivals are Social Democrat Mircea Geoana and Crin Antonescu, chairman of the Natio...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

German Left leader doing well after cancer operation
Berlin - The co-leader of Germany's Left Party, Oskar Lafontaine, was doing well Saturday following an operation for prostate cancer, a party spokesman said. The procedure went successfully. In the circumstances, he's doing well, spokesman Hendrik ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Afghan Official: German troops in Kunduz are battle-shy
Berlin - German troops are too slow into battle to effectively provide security in northern Afghanistan, the governor of Kunduz province told news magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday. Mohammed Omar said that in Kunduz, where Germany has up to 4,500 sold...

[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Boat with 200 African refugees arrives in Italy
Rome - A boat with around 200 refugees from Africa arrived at the Italian Mediterranean island of Sicily overnight, Coast Guard officals said Saturday. Coast Guard vessels intercepted the boat around midnight and escorted it to the port of Pozzallo. ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Russia, Germany stress interest in strategic partnership - Summary
Moscow - Germany and Russia stressed their interest Friday in pursuing their strategic partnership in talks between Kremlin leaders and Berlin's new foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle. Westerwelle, making his first trip to Moscow since his recent ap...

[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

 

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