Browsing: European News

29 May 2014 – The Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the recent terrorist attack against the Jewish…

28 May 2014 – In the Security Council’s first meeting on Ukraine since the presidential election there, United Nations political…

27 May 2014 – Despite a slower pace recently on implanting the aims of the European Union-led political dialogue between…

27 May 2014 – The United Nations independent expert on the human rights of internally displaced persons ended his official…

27 May 2014 – While welcoming the “generally peaceful” nature of Ukraine’s weekend presidential elections, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…

Ukraine’s Western-backed billionaire Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as president on Saturday as glimmers of hope emerged for a solution to the bloody crisis that has pitted his splintered ex-Soviet country against Russia. Poroshenko took the oath of…

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill admits he expects Roy Keane to “blow up” — but said he was relieved the former Manchester United skipper had opted to remain his assistant. Keane last week turned down an approach from Scottish champions Celtic…

Anti-racism campaigners reacted with outrage on Sunday to an apparent anti-Semitic pun by France’s former far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen that even his own party and daughter were quick to criticise. SOS Racisme denounced as “the most anti-Semitic…

25 May 2014 – Following a shooting today at the Jewish Museum of Brussels which may have been an act…

23 May 2014 – United Nations humanitarian agencies today raised concerns about landslides and possible water-borne diseases from the worst…