Brussels, Feb. 15, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - The eurozone trade balance showed a deficit in 2022 as sharp increases in energy prices lifted imports, Eurostat reported on Wednesday. The…
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Bulgaria: Game about Archaeologist and Mystical Relics Wins Burgas Competition
Burgas, on the Black Sea, Feb. 15 (BTA/GNA) – A game called Echoes of the Roots, created by a group of 12th-grade students and…
WHO urges Beijing to do more studies on origin of coronavirus
Geneva, Feb 15, (dpa/GNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to urge China to cooperate more, in the search for the origin of…
Ford to cut 3,800 jobs in Europe, including 2,300 in Germany
Dusseldorf, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - US car manufacturer Ford announced it was slashing 3,800 jobs in Europe, including 2,300 cuts in the German cities of Cologne and…
Germany wholesale price inflation at 21-month low
Berlin, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - Germany’s wholesale prices increased at the slowest pace in 21 months in January, national statistics bureau Destatis reported on Tuesday. The wholesale…
Thyssenkrupp earnings decline in first quarter
Berlin, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - Falling steel prices brought a drop in earnings in the first quarter to German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp. Thyssenkrupp on Tuesday reported posting…
Finland’s economy enters technical recession after slight Q4 decline
Helsinki, Feb. 14, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - Finland’s economy contracted further in the three months ended December, figures from Statistics Finland showed on Tuesday. Gross domestic product fell a…
Polish economy shrinks 2.4% in final quarter of 2022
Warsaw, Feb. 14, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - Poland’s economy contracted in the final quarter of 2022 after rebounding in the previous quarter, preliminary data from Statistics Poland showed on…
More than 420 cases of abuse documented in German Catholic diocese
Essen, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - A study on sexual abuse in the Catholic diocese of Essen in western Germany documented some 423 cases of sexual abuse, far…
Swedish King Carl Gustaf to undergo heart surgery next week
Copenhagen, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf is to undergo heart surgery next week. On the advice of his personal physician, the 76-year-old will…
NATO’s Stoltenberg: Send more arms and ammunition to Ukraine now
Brussels, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday called on supporters of Ukraine to send more ammunition and arms as Russia steps up…
Meloni’s right-wing alliance wins key regional elections in Italy
Rome, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) – The right-wing alliance that governs Italy at national level has received a boost by winning elections in the country’s most populous regions,…
WHO Europe calls quake the region’s worst natural disaster in century
Copenhagen, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) – The regional office for Europe of the World Health Organization called on Tuesday for comprehensive support for the victims of the earthquake…
NATO defence ministers to discuss war in Ukraine
Brussels, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - NATO defence ministers are to gather in Brussels on Tuesday for a two-day meeting to discuss support for Ukraine, the alliance’s efforts…
Doctors Without Borders rescue 48 migrants from Mediterranean
Rome, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - The private aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has rescued 48 migrants from a boat in distress in the central Mediterranean. Nine…
Institute of Viticulture and Enology Develops Three New Dessert Wine Grapes
Pleven, North Central Bulgaria, Feb 14 (BTA/GNA) – The Institute of Viticulture and Enology (IVE) here observed the tradition of grape pruning near the…
German ballet director smears dog poo on art critic at premiere
Berlin, Feb 13, (dpa/GNA) – An art critic from one of Germany’s top newspapers, was smeared with dog poo by a ballet director at…
Conservatives to start tricky coalition talks after Berlin vote rerun
Berlin, Feb 13, (dpa/GNA) – Berlin’s conservative mayoral candidate, Kai Wegner, will launch efforts to form a government later on Monday, after his Christian…
Germany begins training Ukrainian troops on Leopard 2 battle tanks
Berlin, Feb 13, (dpa/GNA) – The German military has begun training Ukrainian soldiers on the Leopard 2 battle tanks, which Kiev deems as critical…
Minister: It is ‘possible’ China sent spy balloon over UK airspace
London, Feb 13, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – It is “possible” that spy balloons have been deployed by China across Britain’s airspace, a minister said on…