Europe

Anton Shkaplerov, a well-known 43-year-old active Russian cosmonaut arrived in Hersonissos, on the Greek island of Crete, along with his family and medical escorts. The reason behind his trip is that the cosmonaut needs to complete his physical rehabilitation...

After last week’s referendum euphoria, authorizing the Tsipras administration to negotiate with creditors on the premise not to accept additional Memoranda, I felt proud to be Greek! I truly believed that Greece would shine again and protect the people against a...

They called it deal, agreement, treaty, honest compromise, bailout. They dressed it up with fancy words like “social justice,” “fair taxation,” “growth prospect,” “debt haircut.” What they never called it was what it truly was: a Memorandum of Understanding....

A German Political Science lecturer at Harvard University, who has also been a Social Democratic Party (SPD) member since he was 13, has decided to resign. SPD’s Yascha Mounk, became known in Germany due to a letter he sent to SPD chairman...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will travel to Cyprus this week (Thursday 16 July and Friday 17 July) at the invitation of President Nikos Anastasiades. It will be President Juncker’s first official visit to the island since becoming President of...

The latest Eurogroup on Greece brought to light a document that many call "Schäuble's Plan for Grexit." In the document, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble offers his comments on Greece's proposal to the country's creditors. German FinMin's bitter stance towards Greece essentially...

Russian gas company Gazprom decided to cancel the agreement signed with Italian company Saipem for the construction of the first part of a gas pipeline in Turkey, according to statements made by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. The South Stream Natural Gas...

Luxembourg, a founding member state of the EU, is taking over the six-month rotating presidency of the Council for the 12th time, from 1 July to 31 December 2015.

23 robot systems and software teams from the US, Japan, South Korea, Germany and Italy took part in the "Robotics Challenge" held at Fairplex in Pomona, California, from June 5 to 6. The DRC finals, organized by the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

Greece’s close relationship with Russia, or at least its portrayed close relationship, is not likely to earn the crisis-stricken country special treatment anytime soon. On Tuesday, Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of the second largest Russian Bank, VTB, said...