Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
The financial bill announced by the technocratic cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Monti will impact negatively on domestic consumption, local analysts said on Wednesday.
The European Union is set to allocate 25.4 million euros ($37.2 million) to help thousands of applicants who lost their jobs in the global crisis, according to a plan approved by the European Parliament' budget committee on Wednesday.
Moscow opposed the use of force against Iran since it would destroy efforts to solve the Iranian nuclear problem, Russian FM warned.
Tourism chiefs in the United Kingdom are introducing new initiatives to attract high-spending Chinese tourists, including facilitating UK visas and organizing the largest-ever British tourism mission to China.
A mudslide triggered by heavy rains killed seven people in southern Russia, the country's Emergency Situations Department said Wednesday.
Thousands of French people marched in nationawide demontrations through France's main cities to protest against rising job cuts in the country.
MEPs called for coordinated action to further shield children from violent and pornographic content in digital and online world.
France's Serge Haroche and US researcher David J. Wineland shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, announced Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday.
Greece needs to make more efforts to qualify for its next rescue loan payment, heads of the International Monetary Fund and the Eurogroup said Monday.
Two explosions were reported Tuesday at a military testing ground in Russia's Orenburg region, some 1,500 km south to Moscow.
Future cooperation between Moscow and the European Union depends on the EU's attitude towards essential bilateral issues, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on Monday called for more efforts to implement the compact for the growth and jobs agreed in June.
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