Vienna, April 16, (PA Meda/dpa/GNA) – Former Austria goalkeeper Alex Manninger, has been killed in a road accident, his first club Red Bull Salzburg…
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Brown bear injures jogger in Slovakia
Bratislava, (dpa/GNA) – A 31-year-old jogger has been attacked and injured by a brown bear, in a recreational area near a town in Slovakia.…
Italy: Public debt increases by €27.3 billion in February
Rome, April 16 (ITALPRESS/GNA) – Last February, general government debt increased by €27.3 billion compared to the previous month, reaching €3,139.9 billion. The increase reflects…
BBC reveals plans to cut 2,000 jobs in biggest downsize in 15 years
London, April 15, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – The BBC is to cut 2,000 jobs, as it tries to reduce costs by 10% over the next…
Russia and Azerbaijan settle a row over plane crash that killed 38
Moscow, April 15, (dpa/GNA) – Russia and Azerbaijan have reached “an appropriate settlement of the consequences, including the issue of payment of compensation,” nearly…
Leader of Germany’s hard-left party announces resignation
Berlin, April 15, (dpa/GNA) – Jan van Aken announced in Berlin on Wednesday, that he is stepping down from his role as co-chair of…
Merz flying to Paris for conference on Strait of Hormuz on Friday
Berlin, Aprl 15, (dpa/GNA) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is flying to Paris this Friday, to take part in talks on a possible military…
Donors pledge over €1.3 billion for Sudan at Berlin conference
Berlin, April 15, (dpa/GNA) – Donor countries meeting on Wednesday in Berlin at the third international conference on Sudan, have pledged more than €1.3…
Eta appointment: Token or door-opener for women?
Braunschweig, April 15, (dpa/GNA) – Eintracht Braunschweig president, Nicole Kumpis, has hailed the appointment of Marie-Louise Eta at Union Berlin, but said existing football…
Kanye West postpones French show weeks after UK visa cancellation
London, April 15, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Kanye West has postponed a concert in France, amid mounting political opposition. West was due to perform at…
Attack on girls’ dance class in UK could have been prevented
London, April 13, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Axel Rudakubana, who killed three girls in a stabbing spree at a UK dance class, had “clearly revealed”…
Attacker of Jewish student in Berlin gets revised sentence on appeal
Berlin, April 13, (dpa/GNA) – More than two years after a brutal attack on a Jewish university student in Berlin, the first ruling’s appeal…
Hundreds of Lufthansa flights cancelled as pilots walk off the job
Frankfurt, April 13, (dpa/GNA) – A two-day strike by pilots at German airline Lufthansa began on Monday, causing major disruption for travellers as a…
Starmer refuses to join Trump’s Hormuz blockade as oil prices rise
London, April 13, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has refused to join US President Donald Trump’s blockade of the Strait of…
Spanish judge paves way for trial of Sánchez’s wife in graft case
Madrid, April 13, (dpa/GNA) – The wife of Spain’s leftist Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, is set to go on trial after an investigating judge,…
French cement firm Lafarge guilty of financing terrorism in Syria
Paris, April 13, (dpa/GNA) – The French cement manufacturer Lafarge, has been found guilty of financing terrorism, in connection with its business operations in…
Hungary’s Tisza party wins parliamentary elections, defeating Orban’s ruling coalition
BUDAPEST, April 13 (Xinhua/GNA) — Hungary’s opposition party Tisza, led by Peter Magyar, defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition by securing a majority…
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov wins Spanish Critics Award for “Death and the Gardener”
Sofia, April 14 (BTA/GNA) – The novel Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov has won the Spanish Critics Award for Best Foreign Book,…
Bulgaria: Patriarch Daniil proclaims Christ’s resurrection and blesses nation during Sofia service
Sofia, April 12 (BTA/GNA) – The Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Daniil, proclaimed the Resurrection of Christ and blessed the Bulgarian people…
WHO chief urges Israel to reverse evacuation order in Beirut
GENEVA, April 9 (Xinhua/GNA) — World Health Organization (WHO) Director, General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday urged Israel to rescind an evacuation order covering…