http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1338-eastern-europe.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1338-eastern-europe.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100666-us-lawmakers-seek-limits-russia-cooperation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks. Lawmakers are proposing a measure that would bar the administration from sharing classified missile defense data with Russia. That would undercut a path that arms control advocates have urged t... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100666-us-lawmakers-seek-limits-russia-cooperation.html 2013-05-21T18:59:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2100236-warsaw-ghetto-insurgent-boruch-spiegel-dies-93.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93. Spiegel died May 9 in Montreal, where he had spent the past four years in a nursing home, his son Julius Spiegel said Tuesday. With ... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2100236-warsaw-ghetto-insurgent-boruch-spiegel-dies-93.html 2013-05-21T18:29:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html BEIRUT (AP) — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime. Two senior members of the Syrian National Coalition said the group first wants ironclad guarantees of Assad's departure as part of any transition deal and more weap... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html 2013-05-21T18:25:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099872-georgian-ex-pm-detained-abuse-office-charge.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle between the country's top two officials. After dominating Georgian politics for nine years, pro-Western Saakashvili suffere... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099872-georgian-ex-pm-detained-abuse-office-charge.html 2013-05-21T17:31:50Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099974-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys. It happened May 13 in the western Hungarian town of Magyarszecsod, when Sandor Horvath, a 65-year-old retired firefighter, was apparently pulled off his motorcycle by the donkeys kept on a lot neighboring h... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099974-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html 2013-05-21T15:26:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2100048-depardieu-to-play-chechen-man-seeking-revenge.html GROZNY, Russia (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son. Chechnya, a southern Russian province, has been in the spotlight since it emerged that the suspects in April's Boston marathon bombing are ethnic Chechens. The predominantly Muslim province was devastated by two separa... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2100048-depardieu-to-play-chechen-man-seeking-revenge.html 2013-05-21T15:19:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2099660-moscow-blasts-alleged-vote-theft-eurovision.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts — alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was meeting with his counterpart from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic that is investigating why the country's announce... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2099660-moscow-blasts-alleged-vote-theft-eurovision.html 2013-05-21T12:08:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099764-bulgaria-socialist-elected-parliament-speaker.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's newly seated parliament has elected Socialist Mihail Mikov as its speaker during what is proving to be a turbulent stretch in the economically struggling country's politics. Mikov, 52 and a former interior minister, earned 118 votes in the 240-seat National Assembly thanks to support from other Socialists and the mainly T... Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099764-bulgaria-socialist-elected-parliament-speaker.html 2013-05-21T11:50:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098532-weightlifting-chief-tamas-ajan-wins-re-election.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Tamas Ajan of Hungary has been re-elected to serve four more years as president of the International Weightlifting Federation, which he has led since 2000. The IWF said in a statement that Ajan defeated Antonio Urso, the Italian who heads the European Weightlifting Federation, by an undisclosed margin at a meeting Monday in Moscow... Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098532-weightlifting-chief-tamas-ajan-wins-re-election.html 2013-05-20T18:58:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097448-kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. Kerry will first have discussions with the sultan of Oman. He then goes to Jordan to ... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:26:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097448-kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan.html 2013-05-20T17:26:44Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098046-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow. A spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, known as NAK, said on state television that the militants were Russian citizens who had received training along the Afg... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:21:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098046-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html 2013-05-20T17:21:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097970-czech-president-dispute-gay-rights.html PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist. In what is normally a formality, Czech presidents appoint the country's professors after they are nominated for the top title by their un... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097970-czech-president-dispute-gay-rights.html 2013-05-20T17:08:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097790-explosions-kill-4-russias-restive-dagestan.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials said. The first bomb exploded in a parked car and the second went off in a trash bin about 15 minutes later after police had arrived on the scene in Makhachakala, t... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:46:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097790-explosions-kill-4-russias-restive-dagestan.html 2013-05-20T16:46:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097684-german-fm-criticizes-remarks-hungarian-pm.html BERLIN (AP) — It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader not only objected, he also found what he called a veiled reference to Adolf Hitler's occupation of his country in 1944. The result? Tensions between Germany and Hungary have flared, and if there... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:32:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097684-german-fm-criticizes-remarks-hungarian-pm.html 2013-05-20T16:32:01Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098110-romania-3-sentenced-corrupt-real-estate-deal.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's top court has sentenced the owner of Steaua football club, the former chief of staff of the armed forces and a former defense minister to two years in prison each for abusing their positions and bribery in a real estate deal. The court sentenced Gigi Becali, Steaua's owner and also a former MEP, on Monday for abetting p... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098110-romania-3-sentenced-corrupt-real-estate-deal.html 2013-05-20T16:16:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — 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 powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used pub... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-20T15:51:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097966-10-azerbaijanis-to-prison-headscarf-rally.html MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Azerbaijan has convicted and sentenced 10 people for breaching public order following a violent protest against a ban on wearing headscarves in school. The Nariman District Court in the capital of Baku handed out prison terms Monday that ranged from 18 months to two years in this mainly Muslim ex-Soviet nation. October's protest i... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097966-10-azerbaijanis-to-prison-headscarf-rally.html 2013-05-20T15:15:11Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/2097732-romania-orders-retrial-football-officials.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Bucharest's highest court has ordered a retrial in the case of eight Romanian football officials who were sentenced to prison for tax evasion and money laundering in connection with the transfer of 12 players over a six-year period. The court on Monday overturned "in totality" an appeals court sentencing in November when Rapid Bu... Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/2097732-romania-orders-retrial-football-officials.html 2013-05-20T13:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097632-russia-targets-pollster-political-activity.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's only independent polling agency said Monday it may have to close after prosecutors targeted it for "political activity" under a law spearheading President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on civil society. Levada Center published a letter, dated last week, from prosecutors who said its polls and publications are "aimed at shaping public o... Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097632-russia-targets-pollster-political-activity.html 2013-05-20T12:41:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097538-ukrainian-media-protest-journalists-beaten.html KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Several dozen journalists rallied outside Ukraine's Interior Ministry in Kiev on Monday, accusing police of standing by while two journalists covering an opposition rally were beaten. Olha Snitsarchuk, a journalist with Channel 5 TV, and her husband, Vladislav Sodel, a photographer with the Kommersant newspaper, were punched and kicke... Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097538-ukrainian-media-protest-journalists-beaten.html 2013-05-20T12:26:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097614-germany-insists-implementation-plan-kosovo.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Germany is insisting that Serbia and Kosovo agree on a plan to implement an EU-brokered deal normalizing relations between former Balkan foes. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Monday after talks with Serbian officials that "it is important to use the opportunity presented to us." He adds that "my visit to Serbia is meant as ... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:35:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097614-germany-insists-implementation-plan-kosovo.html 2013-05-20T11:35:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the battlefield, the U.S. and Russia could f... Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html 2013-05-19T19:08:21Z