2015-09-03

Economy

EasyJet says on course for record 2015 profits

A record August for passengers has helped EasyJet announce growth up 21%, and forecasts record revenues and profits for 2015. The raised profit

03/09/2015

Economy

Eurozone business activity quickens growth

The news business activity in the Eurozone grew at its fastest pace in four years bolstered the market on Thursday. August saw Italy score its best

03/09/2015

Czech Republic

Handling of migrants 'reminiscent of Nazi concentration camps'

03/09/2015

Hungary

Hungary: Keleti station opens to migrants

The authorities in Hungary have opened the main train station in Budapest to migrants. International services, however, remain suspended. However

03/09/2015

Hungary

Exhausted and confused migrants board trains they hope will get them closer to Germany

Exhausted and confused, many migrants have crammed onto trains they hope will them closer to Hungary’s border with Austria but they’re not really

03/09/2015

Europe News

Stay in Turkey, Hungary's Orban tells Syrian refugees

Hungary’s prime minister says Syrian refugees should stop travelling to Europe. Viktor Orban made the comments at a press conference in Brussels. He

03/09/2015

Belgium

Refugee crisis 'a German problem' says Hungary's Viktor Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described the refugee crisis as a “German problem.” He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with the

03/09/2015

Culture news

A-ha take on new world tour

Thirty years after they burst onto the music scene, Norwegian synth pop heros A-ha are back with a new album and a world tour.

03/09/2015

Culture news

'Cyborg drummer' shows off his skills in Australia

Jason Barnes’ dreams of becoming a professional drummer were shattered when he lost his arm following a workplace accident in 2012. But now he has

03/09/2015

World News

Australian sheep shave breaks world wool record

Around 40 kilograms of wool has been shorn from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said on Thursday, making him unofficially the

03/09/2015

Guatemala

Guatemela's president resigns amid corruption scandal

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, in the face of a corruption scandal that has thrown the country

03/09/2015

Hungary

Thousands trapped in Budapest

No information. No facilities. Images from last night (September 2) show how migrants and refugees have spent their last two days and nights in

03/09/2015

Hungary

Migrants cram trains as Hungary reopens station

Keleti Terminus, the main railway station of the Hungarian capital Budapest, has reopened. Migrants have poured in and boarded trains, even though

03/09/2015

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“A Chiena” water festival

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Vietnamese Independence Day

03/09/2015

China

China-Japan war pain still festers

China’s role defeating Japan in the Second World War it feels has never adequately been recognised in the West, and it is taking steps to address

03/09/2015

Hungary

Migrants storm Budapest's main railway station

More than a thousand migrants stormed the main railway station of the Hungarian capital Budapest on Thursday, after spending two nights outside as

03/09/2015

World

Cracking the code: the growing role of coding in education

Coding, used to build software for apps and websites, is increasingly becoming an essential skill in the 21st century. Correspondingly, educators

03/09/2015

China

China shows off military force in parade marking Japan's WWII defeat

Commemorating victory over Japan in World War Two, China demonstrated its military prowess with a lavish parade in the capital Beijing on Thursday

03/09/2015

USA

Obama secures enough Senate support for Iran nuclear deal

US President Barack Obama has secured enough Senate votes to protect the Iran nuclear deal in Congress. Democrat Barbara Mikulski became the 34th

03/09/2015

World News

Calls grow for overhaul of EU asylum laws

With the numbers of desperate people fleeing war and poverty showing no signs of abating the foreign ministers of Germany France and Italy have

03/09/2015

Turkey

Outcry over Bodrum migrant tragedy

Relatives of people who drowned as two boats sank after leaving southwest Turkey have identified the bodies. At least 12 people believed to be

03/09/2015

Italy

Everest thriller opens Venice Film Festival

The first red carpet of the Venice Film Festival was filled with the stars of the mountainous thriller Everest, along with members of the event’s

03/09/2015