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  • Spain defeated Georgia 1:0 in Football

    Spain defeated Georgia 1:0 in Football

    The match Georgia vs. Spain, a part of the qualification stage of the 2014 World Championship, took place at Boris Paichadze National Stadium in Tbilisi yesterday. The world and European champions Spain defeated Georgian football national team with the minimal difference score 1:0. The goal was kicked...

    12 September 2012, 11:13
  • Germany’s former first lady denies escort rumours

    Germany’s former first lady denies escort rumours

    The wife of former German president, Bettina Wulff has published a new autobiography in which she rejects allegations that she once worked as an escort. Her intention is to silence rumours which have spread over the internet during and since her husband was forced out of the largely ceremonial office...

    12 September 2012, 11:10
  • Brazilian police clamp down on violence in Rio

    Brazilian police clamp down on violence in Rio

    Around 250 police officers, tanks and helicopters have been called in to stem the growing violence in a slum area of Rio de Janeiro. Over the last three days 12 people have been killed, six of them teenagers. According to media reports the youngsters, who were all students, were beaten and tortured by...

    12 September 2012, 11:07
  • Gunmen attack US consulate in Benghazi over ‘blasphemous’ film

    Gunmen attack US consulate in Benghazi over ‘blasphemous’ film

    An American staff member of the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi has died following fierce clashes at the compound. Several others were wounded. Armed militants attacked the offices but were eventually forced to retreat by gunfire from Libyan security forces. Itis thought the incident...

    12 September 2012, 11:04
  • Thousands turn out to demand Catalan autonomy

    Thousands turn out to demand Catalan autonomy

    An unprecedented one-and-a-half million Catalans turned out onto the streets of Barcelona for their annual independence day - but this year the call for autonomy from Madrid was more fervent than ever. The economic recession has stirred up a wave of separatism, with many blaming Spain for dragging...

    12 September 2012, 11:03
  • Portugal given more time to hit troika targets

    Portugal given more time to hit troika targets

    Portugal's foreign lenders who granted the country a 78 billion euro bailout last year have agreed to ease their budget targets as Portugal slides deeper into recession. The ‘troika' of inspectors, - the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund...

    12 September 2012, 11:02
  • German court to rule on legality of ESM

    German court to rule on legality of ESM

    euronews The German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe holds the destiny of the EU in its hands today. It is to rule on whether or not the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), to which Germany is the biggest contributor, infringes the German Constitution and should not be allowed. If the court...

    12 September 2012, 11:00
  • OSCE monitors start working in Ukraine

    OSCE monitors start working in Ukraine

    /UKRINFORM/. A mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) started its work in Ukraine on September 10, Foreign Ministry's spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov briefed the press on Tuesday. Dykusarov said the mission is led by Audrey Francis Glover of the UK,...

    12 September 2012, 10:59
  • World Anti-Doping Agency approves 2013 list of banned substances

    World Anti-Doping Agency approves 2013 list of banned substances

    (AzerTAc). The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has approved its list of banned substances for 2013 and will publish any changes in October. WADA said the new list was approved Monday at its executive committee meeting in London, but did not disclose what changes had been made from this year. WADA`s...

    12 September 2012, 10:58
  • Officer killed in Istanbul police station suicide bombing

    Officer killed in Istanbul police station suicide bombing

    One officer has been killed after a suicide bomber targeted a police station in Istanbul. At least seven others were wounded. The attack took place in Turkey's largest city at around 11 o'clock in the morning, local time. The bomber first threw a grenade into the building, before...

    11 September 2012, 16:51
  • Baku to host International Conference "Problems of Cybernetics and Informatics"

    Baku to host International Conference "Problems of Cybernetics and Informatics"

    (AzerTAc). The Institute of Information Technologies of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences will host the 4th International Conference "Problems of Cybernetics and Informatics" on Wednesday. The conference is co-organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies,...

    11 September 2012, 16:22
  • Healthcare Minister visits Clinic

    Healthcare Minister visits Clinic

    Zurab Chiaberashvili, Georgia's Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs arrived at Clinic "Traumatolog" and visited patients who are undergoing medical treatment through the new state insurance program. There are 4 such patients - 2 pensioners, 1 person with limited physical capabilities...

    11 September 2012, 15:44
  • New building opened at Akhaltsikhe #5 Public School

    New building opened at Akhaltsikhe #5 Public School

    A new 3-floor building was opened at #5 Public School of Akhaltsikhe town of Georgia. The building will accommodate up to 200 pupils. Khatia Dekanoidze, Georgia's Minister of Education and Science toured about the building provided with biology, chemistry and physics labs and modern facilities....

    11 September 2012, 15:44
  • "Batumi Pier"- Modern Complex in Batumi Boulevard

    "Batumi Pier"- Modern Complex in Batumi Boulevard

    International Investors Association member Ltd "Battun" has been building "Batumi Pier" complex since May. Construction of "Batumi Pier" will be completed in July 2013 and will offer western-style services to tourists. The complex located on the coast of Batumi boulevard...

    11 September 2012, 13:57
  • France’s richest man sues newspaper over tax insult

    France’s richest man sues newspaper over tax insult

    EURONEWS/France's richest man Bernard Arnault is suing French newspaper Liberation for publishing a headline which translates as " Get lost, you rich jerk". It refers to Arnault's decision to seek Belgian nationality the paper says in order to avoid paying a new 75 per cent wealth tax...

    11 September 2012, 13:55