Europe

Polar Bears Invade Russian Town, State of Emergency Declared

 File photo of a polar bear keeping close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in the Arctic National…

Ukraine’s March presidential election to be held amid tight security

KIEV, Feb 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Next month’s presidential election in Ukraine will be held amid heightened security measures, the country’s…

Dutch scientists probing mystery of mass bird deaths

DEN HELDER (Netherlands), Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — It was late on a stormy Saturday night when marine biologist Mardik Leopold’s phone…

Aircrash: footballer Sala died from head and trunk injuries

LONDON, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala died of “head and trunk injuries”, an inquest in England heard as…

Germany woos US in Europe gas battle

BERLIN, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Germany will put on a show of unity with the United States Tuesday in talks…

Russia’s Gazprombank rejects report on Venezuelan oil giant’s new accounts

MOSCOW, Feb 12 (NNN-TASS) — The report that Venezuela’s state oilcompany PDVSA has opened its new accounts in Russia’s Gazprombank…

Catalan separatists’ long-awaited trial to begin Tuesday in Madrid

Catalonia People react as they celebrate the unilateral declaration of independence of Catalonia outside the Catalan Parliament, in Barcelona. Photo…

Russia: Emergency declared in Novaya Zemlya archipelago over polar bear ‘invasion’

MOSCOW, Feb 11 (NNN-TASS) — The Novaya Zemlya archipelago, located in the Arctic Ocean in the northern Russian Arkhangelsk region,…

Britain: PM May seeks more time from MPs for Brexit talks

Photo courtesy PTI LONDON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government is seeking to win more time to secure EU…

Taxi Drivers in Spain Protest Uber-Like Corporations

MADRID, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A massive mobilisation of taxi drivers took to the streets of Madrid, and other cities in Spain, to protest…