Frankfurt, Nov 4. (dpa-AFX/GNA) – European stocks moved up sharply on Wednesday and several markets hit multi-week or even multi-month highs as some stronger-than-expected…
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Russia, Ukraine agree to hold regular humanitarian missions in Oleshky
Moscow, Oct 31. (Xinhua/GNA) – Russia and Ukraine have agreed to organise regular humanitarian missions in Oleshky, a town in the Kherson region, following…
Polish president calls for urgent talks amid Constitutional Tribunal crisis
Warsaw, Oct 31. (Xinhua/GNA) – Karol Nawrocki, Polish President, called for urgent talks with parliamentary groups early on Saturday to restore constitutional order, as…
Bulgaria’s incumbent president wins presidential runoff—exit polls
Sofia, Nov 1. (Xinhua/GNA) – Iliana Iotova, Bulgaria’s incumbent President, wins Sunday’s presidential runoff, according to exit polls announced on Bulgarian National TV. According…
Ryanair to review pay freezes, AI use to counter jet fuel price surge
Dublin, Nov 2. (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Ryanair has said it is considering pay freezes and increased use of AI to help offset a surge…
Germany’s largest union plans strikes at more than 2,000 workplaces
Frankfurt, Nov 2. (dpa/GNA) – Major German trade union IG Metall is stepping up its strikes in the metal and electrical industries. The country’s…
Five teenagers stabbed at Halloween party in Britain
LONDON, Nov. 1 (Xinhua/GNA) – Five teenage boys were seriously injured after being stabbed at a Halloween party in Hampshire, Britain, Sky News reported…
Spain still working to identify 13 train crash fatalities
Spain, Nov 1. (dpa)authorities were working on Sunday to establish the identities of the last 13 people killed in the midweek train crash near…
Riots and looting overshadow nationwide youth protests in Germany
Frankfurt, Nov 1. (dpa/GNA) – Riots, looting and attacks on police overshadowed nationwide youth-led protests in Germany on Saturday, with serious disturbances erupting in…
German police deployed to protect plundered shops in Frankfurt
Frankfurt,Nov 1. (dpa/GNA) – Police remain deployed in Frankfurt, after riots on Saturday evening, with the “considerable” damage to property yet to be precisely…
Serbian police chief arrested after election for abuse of office
Budapest, Nov 1. (dpa/GNA) – The head of the Serbian Criminal Police, Marko KriÄŤak, has been arrested and charged with abuse of office, state…
French police arrest 779 protesters; 159 security officers hurt
Paris, Nov 1. (dpa/GNA) – French authorities arrested a total of 779 people during nationwide protests in France on Saturday, and 159 members of…
Bulgaria holds presidential rum-off
Sofia, Nov 1. (dpa/GNA) – Bulgaria is holding a presidential run-off on Sunday, pitting incumbent Iliana Iotova, a former Socialist member of the European…
36 victims in Spanish train crash identified
Madrid, Oct 31. (dpa/GNA) – The identities of 36 people killed in a high-speed train collision in Spain last week have been ascertained following…
German youth protests draw tens of thousands, end in scattered clashes
Berlin, Oct 31. (dpa/GNA) – Scattered clashes broke out in several German cities on Saturday after tens of thousands of young people peacefully took…
Frankfurt police close major shopping street after violent unrest
Frankfurt, Oct 31. (dpa/GNA) – German police sealed off a major shopping street in central Frankfurt on Saturday night after rioters smashed shop windows,…
Several German police officers injured at Frankfurt Gen Z protest
Frankfurt, Oct 31. (dpa/GNA) – Several German police officers were injured during clashes at a demonstration in Frankfurt on Saturday evening, prompting authorities to…
Firecrackers thrown at Berlin Gen Z protest
Berlin, Oct 31. (dpa/GNA) – Police said firecrackers had been thrown at a demonstration in central Berlin on Saturday. Police urged demonstrators “to behave…
Four workers die in southern Turkey after tornado hits building site
Istanbul,Oct 27. (dpa/GNA) – Four workers died and another injured, when a tornado swept across a construction site in Antalya in southern Turkey, provincial…
Several injured as car drives into group of people in northern Germany
Hanover, Germany. Oct 27 (dpa/GNA) – Police in northern Germany opened fire on a car, after it drove into a group of people, a…
Monaco’s princely family mourns relative, 29, found dead outdoors
Paris, Oct 27. (dpa/GNA) – Antoine de Massy, 29, a distant cousin of Monaco’s Prince Albert II, has been found dead in the principality,…
Russia and Ukraine halt fire to allow aid into frontline town Oleshky
Kiev, Oct 27. (dpa/GNA) – Russian and Ukrainian forces, on Tuesday began to implement a temporary ceasefire, to allow a humanitarian operation in the…
Latvia records first case of bluetongue
Riga, Oct 27. (Xinhua/GNA) – Latvia has recorded its first case of bluetongue, a noncontagious viral disease, in cattle on a small farmstead, the…
Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d’Or, first English winner in 25 years
London, Oct 27. (Xinhua GNA) – Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d’Or on Monday, becoming the first Englishman to claim football’s most prestigious…