Brussels, Oct. 2, (dpa/GNA) – A regional government in Belgium voted on Wednesday to ban the recreational use of smartphones and other electronic devices by pupils in…
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Report details sexual crimes in Germany’s Osnabrück Catholic diocese
Osnabrück, Oct. 2, (dpa/GNA) – A detailed report on sexualized violence in the Catholic diocese of Osnabrück in Germany has identified more than 400 victims since 1945.…
Varna Naval Academy takes steps to launching first Bulgarian academic satellite
Varna, on the Black Sea, Oct 1 (BTA/GNA) – Steps are being taken to launch the first Bulgarian academic satellite, said Flotilla Admiral Prof.…
Cologne bans robot mowers at night in bid to protect hedgehogs
Cologne, Oct. 1, (dpa/GNA) – The western German city of Cologne has issued a ban on using robotic automated lawn mowers at night to protect hedgehogs, the…
City of Milan joins appeal to remove Berlusconi from airport name
Rome, Sept. 27, (dpa/GNA) – The row over the Silvio Berlusconi Airport in Italy is entering a new chapter as Milan seeks to reverse the naming of…
Facebook parent company fined €91m over password storage
Sept 27 (BBC/GNA) – Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €91m (£75m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following an investigation into…
Putin proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons
Sept 26 (BBC/GNA) – Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to…
Bulgaria to host NATO Crisis Response Exercise in 2025
Sofia, Sept 25 (BTA/GNA) – Bulgaria will host a NATO crisis response exercise next year. This transpired as the head of the Interior Ministry’s…
Spectator gored to death by bull at Spanish festival
Madrid, Sept. 24, (dpa/GNA) – A bull killed a spectator and injured four other people during a traditional bull run in central Spain, local media and the…
Czech coalition at risk after PM seeks to fire head of junior partner
Prague, Sept. 24, (dpa/GNA) – The liberal-conservative government in the Czech Republic has been plunged into crisis following the opposition’s victory in regional elections. In the vote…
War with Russia closer to end than we think – Zelensky
Sept 24 (BBC/GNA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the war with Russia could end sooner than some people think. “I think that…
La Belle Rose Exhibition opens as part of Bulgarian Plum Festival
Troyan, North Central Bulgaria, Sept 23 (BTA/GNA) – An exhibition titled “La Belle Rose. The Mystical Power of the Small Flower” opened in the…
Three killed in Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine says
Moscow, Sept 21, (dpa/GNA) – At least three people, including a 12-year-old boy, have been killed in renewed Russian missile attacks on the southern…
Google wins challenge against $1.66 billion EU antitrust fine
Brussels, Sept 18 (Reuters/GNA) – Alphabet unit Google won its challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.66 billion) antitrust fine imposed five years…
UK offender freed early allegedly assaulted woman on day of release
London, Sept 14, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A man freed from prison under the British government’s early release scheme, is alleged to have sexually assaulted…
Evacuations amid floods in the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria
Berlin, Sept 14, (dpa/GNA) – Emergency responders in the Czech Republic and Poland were grappling with flooding on Saturday, while Austria declared some areas…
Church is one of most approved institutions in Bulgaria
Sofia, Sept 13 (BTA/GNA) – At 43.1 per cent, the Church has one of the highest approval ratings in Bulgaria, according to a Gallup…
Kate confirms return to public duties in heartfelt video message
London, Sept 9, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Kate, the princess of Wales, has appeared in a deeply personal video with her family, to confirm she…
William calls Kate’s cancer update good news, warns ‘long way to go’
London, Sept. 10, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – William, the Prince of Wales, has described the end of the Princess of Wales’s chemotherapy treatment as “good news”, but added his…
Hundreds of UK prisoners freed early amid jail overcrowding crisis
London, Sept. 10, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Hundreds of UK prisoners are being freed early to cut overcrowding in jails, as a watchdog warned it was “inevitable” some would…