BRATISLAVA: A leftist party led by one of the few leading politicians in Slovakia to escape voter anger over a major corruption scandal has been propelled back into power in…
LONDON: The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England will be the latest church leader to try to ambush the prime minister’s attempt to legalize same-sex marriage when he…
PARIS: When halal butcher Lahcen Hakki went to stock up at Paris’ main meat market last month, he was surprised to run into Nicolas Sarkozy and quickly managed to snag…
BRATISLAVA: For two years, the dossier claims, politicians of all stripes were pocketing kickbacks from members of an influential private investment group. In the wall of the apartment where the…
LONDON: Britain’s defense secretary insisted yesterday that the country’s troops are committed to their mission in Afghanistan, after the number of UK personnel killed in the conflict passed 400. Ministers…
MOSCOW: Opponents of Vladimir Putin branded his election victory an insult to the Russian people yesterday, trying to inject life into protests which risk fading after his return to the…
MOSCOW: Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov can claim a victory of sorts in Russia’s presidential election, he may have done enough to win a permanent role in Russian politics despite finishing third…
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin yesterday was preparing to reoccupy the Kremlin after a crushing presidential election victory but Russian and foreign observers sounded alarm over the extent of violations in the…
WARSAW: Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland late Saturday, leaving 15 people dead and 56 injured – the country’s worst train disaster in more…
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin appears all but certain to return to the Kremlin in today’s Russian presidential election, but he’ll find himself in charge of a country far more willing to…