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Sports Briefing | Cycling Denis Menchov of Russia Retires From Cycling
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Russia’s business powers footing half the bill for expensive Sochi Games
SOCHI, Russia -- The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business ...
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Senate Panel Accuses Apple of Using Complex Tax Loopholes
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Russia Assad foes must attend talks without terms
Sergey Lavrov said Monday it was crucial for Syrian opposition envoys to engage in peace talks without setting preconditions, apparently referring to demands for President Bashar Assad’s removal. Lavrov also reiterated ...
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Russia ‘Has All Chances’ to Avoid Economic Recession - PM
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia "has all chances" to avoid economic recession, and the Russian government is doing its best to prevent it, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Tuesday. The Russian prime minister said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily that the global economy was on the verge of recession at the moment, so ...
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O’Reilly confirmed as official candidate for post of European ombudsman
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly, who received the backing of 80 MEPs from across Europe's political spectrum - the written support of 40 was required to qualify. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA ...
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EU condemns attack on gay rights rally in Tbilisi Georgia
European Union has denounced a violent attack by thousands of Georgians - with Orthodox priests in the vanguard - on a few dozen gay rights campaigners in the capital ...
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EU rulings politically motivated claims airline
By Vincent RyanBusiness Reporter Ryanair has accused the EU of acting bizarrely and making decisions on a political and not a commercial basis.In its annual report, the no-frills airline declared that it had offered a more comprehensive remedies package for Aer Lingus than the package offered by British Airways for British Midlands. "It is bizarre that the EU can wave through BA's ...
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U.S. EU Said to Be in Talks With China to End Solar Spat
China to settle a dispute over trade in solar-energy equipment and avoid a conflict among the world's largest economies, according to people familiar with the discussions. The preliminary negotiations focus on setting a quota on Chinese exports and a minimum price for solar-energy equipment, in exchange for suspending U.S. duties on the goods, according to two people familiar with ...
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Irish politics and German filmmaking Crystals new boutique access in Northern Europe
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Crystal Cruises is expanding its uber-exclusive collection of intimate "Boutique Adventures" during summer Northern Europe cruises with two new experiences in Belfast and Berlin. The shoreside outings - none of which are available on any other cruise line - offer intimate access to Northern Ireland's political leadership and Germany's Soho -- Soho House, ...
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UK hails brain disease breakthrough
Scientists believe they have found a key that could help lead to an earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.Scientists at Cambridge University's Department of Chemistry have attempted to map the pathway which creates the "aberrant" proteins at the root of such conditions.They hope it could be a much-needed breakthrough to help ...
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Russian Polling Group Says It May Close
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European cities driving visitor growth
City tourism forms the backbone of new optimism for European destination visitor arrivals growth, according to new research. The new data has been pulled from the latest European City Tourism Monitor by European Cities Marketing (ECM). 66 percent of participants forecast an increase during the second quarter of 2013 and an overall increase in bed-nights for the whole year. The ...
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Russian twin blasts kill 4 injure 35
At least four people were killed and 35 others injured when twin blasts hit Russia's Dagestan republic, local law enforcement authorities said ...
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Russia Urges EU to Avoid Ideology-Based Remarks on NGO Law
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged the European Union to abstain from "ideology-based" remarks on the issue of non-governmental organizations in Russia. The statement, posted on the ministry’s website, was made in the wake of the May 17 meeting between the Foreign Ministry's Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the ...
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James Moore CBI right to be jittery over European exit
Its citizens aren't particularly receptive to being lectured by big and wealthy businesses, or their trade bodies, at the best of times. Now is not the best of times, with a flatlining economy, a national mood of profound discontent and the perception that big business equals tax cheat.All the same, its intervention is necessary. The Europhobic populists are putting across an argument that ...
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The 14th Annual BioEquity Europe Conference Features 96 Innovator Companies With Differentiated Products Upcoming ...
The 14th Annual BioEquity Europe Conference Features 96 Innovator Companies With Differentiated Products, Upcoming Milestones and Partner-Ready ...
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European shares up as FTSE DAX hit records
European stock markets rose to fresh highs in muted holiday trading on Monday despite weak Italian economic data following strong start to the new week for Asian equity prices. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares added 0.48 per cent to hit a 13-year closing high of 6,755.63 points. Meanwhile in Frankfurt the DAX 30 index set a fresh record high close after climbing 0.69 per cent to ...
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UK exit from EU would be lossloss scenario warns Goldman Sachs
news ) has warned in a note. Kevin Daly, part of the investment bank's economic team, has concluded that a British departure from the EU would result in a "loss/loss scenario" in which both the UK and the rest of the bloc would be damaged. But in a note to investors, Mr Daly added that Goldman does not expect an in/out referendum because the Tories first need to win an ...
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EU parliament to debate tax evasion
The European Parliament is due to meet to debate ways to tackle tax evasion, ahead of an EU summit on the issue. The EU says 1tn euros ($1.3tn; 0.85tn) a year are lost in member states via tax evasion, seven times the EU budget. There is anger over revelations about Greek and French politicians holding secret Swiss bank accounts. MEPs are expected to call for a Europe-wide blacklist of tax ...
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France must reform or face punitive measures EU
India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the ...
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London Journal Gnomes Pop Up at Chelsea Flower Show to Horror of Many
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Lothar Schmid Chess Referee Dies at 85
Lothar Schmid, a German chess grandmaster who was the referee for three of the most contentious World Chess Championship matches ever played, including the volatile 1972 contest between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, which he may have saved by negotiating a truce just as it seemed they were both about to quit, died Saturday in Bamberg, Germany. He was 85. His death was confirmed on ...
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Sweden grabs world title on home ice
/enpproperty--> Sweden battled back from a goal down to grab its ninth world ice hockey title on Sunday with a 5-1 win over unfancied Switzerland. Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin collected two goals and an assist, while goalkeeper Jhonas Enroth made 26 saves to avenge a 3-2 defeat in the preliminary round. The win has also ended the home-ice curse that prevented the ...
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Frances Danone launches joint projects with Mengniu
/enpproperty--> French food giant Groupe Danone SA has invested in two joint projects with China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd, a move that will help improve Danone's sliding market share in China and restore consumers' confidence in the country's dairy market. Danone will invest about 325 million euros ($417.17 million) in the projects. Through the deals, Mengniu will likely ...
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Turkey remains bridge between civilisations in railway plans
Turkey is often described as the gateway between two great civilisations, this is a theme employed commonly in our promotional material to encourage tourism and it has been invoked as part of the rhetoric used in ongoing efforts to join the EU, but the fact remains that Turkey is a key player in the world of geopolitics and this is seen most clearly in two major railway projects currently being planned between three regions of the world.
Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, is famous for being the only metropolitan region in the world that spans two continents, sitting as it does in both between Asia and Europe. This idiosyncrasy of the city has made it a popular tourist destination due to the diversity of culture and architecture, but on a wider scale, the geopolitical significance of Turkey is growing and will indeed grow further if two major infrastructure plans in the Middle East and Asia take shape in the next few decades. Read more
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