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Europe Weekly: body scanners at airports, nuclear plants safety, and Mladic arestWelome to Europe Weekly, our round-up of European news. This week has been very busy. MEPs voted to… 28/05/11 11:19 CET
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St. Petersburg’s 308th anniversaryPeople take part in a carnival, part of the celebrations to mark St. Petersburg’s 308th… 28/05/11 16:25 CET
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Mladic supporters’ anger over his arrestNews of the arrest of Ratko Mladic has not been welcomed by his supporters. Bosnian Serbs, living… 28/05/11 23:04 CET
Six dead in Taliban attackAt least six people have died in an attack in Northern Afghanistan that has been described as a… 28/05/11 21:53 CET
Mubarak fined for blocking communicationsAn Egyptian court has fined former President Hosni Mubarak 23 million euros for blocking telephone… 28/05/11 19:03 CET
Spain’s Socialists choose new party leaderSpanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has publicly backed his Deputy Alfredo Perez… 28/05/11 19:03 CET
Dutch government tightens policy on soft drugsLong known for its liberal soft drug policy, the Dutch government now plans to ban tourists from… 28/05/11 19:03 CET
Serbian radicals plan pro-Mladic protestsBelgrade is bracing itself for a protest against the arrest of Ratko Mladic and his planned… 28/05/11 18:08 CET
Moscow’s Gay Pride parade cut shortMore than three dozen gay rights activists have been arrested after they tried to hold an… 28/05/11 17:44 CET
Rafah crossing offers hope to PalestiniansEgypt has opened its Rafah border with Israel three months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted… 28/05/11 16:04 CET
London hosts European football clashThe latest clash of footballing titans takes place on English soil. The players of the team… 28/05/11 16:03 CET
Hundreds of refugees arrive on LampedusaAfter almost a week’s respite, three boatloads of immigrants have arrived on the italian island of… 28/05/11 14:13 CET
Obama praises Poland as an example for the regionUS President Obama, on his first visit to Poland since taking office, reaffirmed his country’s… 28/05/11 13:33 CET
Pakistan hit by fatal bomb blastA bomb blast has killed as many as eight people in the Bajaur region of Pakistan close to the… 28/05/11 12:13 CET
Rafah reopening hands lifeline to PalestiniansEgypt has eased restrictions at its border crossing with Israel despite criticism from the Jewish… 28/05/11 11:23 CET
IAEA on Fukushima fact-finding missionA team of foreign inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are on a 10-day visit to… 28/05/11 08:33 CET
US strengthens ties with central and eastern EuropePresident Barack Obama met with heads of state from more than a dozen central and eastern European… 28/05/11 06:03 CET
Limited time to prevent Mladic extraditionLawyers acting for Ratko Mladic have until Monday to appeal against his extradition. A court in… 28/05/11 04:35 CET
Serbian security targeting another top war fugitiveSerbia’s President believes another war crimes fugitive, Goran Hadzic, will soon be arrested. The… 28/05/11 04:34 CET
G8 announce aid package for Egypt and TunisiaThe last day of the G8 summit saw confirmation that Egypt and Tunisia will receive aid worth more… 28/05/11 01:33 CET
Another deadly Friday in SyriaSeven more people died in Syria on Friday, the 11th in a row of popular protests against the rule… 28/05/11 00:40 CET
2009 Air France crash black box reveals first secretsAnalysis of black boxes from the Air France crash two years ago shows the plane fell erratically… 28/05/11 00:20 CET
