PUTIN’S VISIT TO GERMANY CLOUDED BY DISPUTES
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the opening ceremony of the Hannover Fair in the Congress Centrum in Hannover, Germany, Sunday April 7,…
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GOOGLE AND PRIVACY: 6 EU COUNTRIES TAKE ACTION
By LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, a carpet at the entrance of Google France’s new offices before its inauguration by French President Nicolas…
MUSLIMS WORRY ABOUT BROADER FRANCE HEADSCARF BAN
By JAMEY KEATEN A vendor sets up his stall on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of France’s Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe’s largest and most popular Muslim…
CYPRUS TO VOTE ON NEW PLAN, EUROPE SKEPTICAL
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Protesting employees of Laiki bank chant slogans outside the Cypriot parliament, Friday, March 22, 2013. Cypriot authorities were putting the final touches Friday to a plan they hope…
CYPRUS HAS 4 DAYS TO FIND BAILOUT SOLUTION
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and ELENA BECATOROS People queue at an ATM outside a closed Laiki Bank branch in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The European Central Bank says…
BAILOUT LENDERS GRANT PORTUGAL EASIER DEBT TARGETS
By BARRY HATTON Fernando Cruz, right, and Sandra Alves dismantle their clothes and accessories store after closing it down due to the lack of customers, in Lisbon, Monday, March 11,…
FRANCE READY TO ARM SYRIAN REBELS
By RAF CASERT French President Francois Hollande, right, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013. European Union heads of state…
ISRAELI PRESIDENT: IRAN IS WORLD’S GREATEST DANGER
Israeli President Shimon Peres delivers his statement at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Peres has been traveling between Brussels, Paris and Strasbourg to meet…