http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1338-eastern-europe.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1338-eastern-europe.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161058-obama-to-renew-calls-nuclear-reductions.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday. A senior administration official says Obama will propose cutting the U.S. and Russian stockpiles by up to one-third. That would bring the total number of warheads in each country to about 1,000. Obama is not expected to pr... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:24:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2161058-obama-to-renew-calls-nuclear-reductions.html 2013-06-19T05:24:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2160080-ammunition-fire-rages-russian-military-base.html MOSCOW (AP) — Exploding shells set off a fire that was triggering explosions Wednesday at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from a nearby village, investigators and emergency workers said. No cause has yet been determined for the fire at the Chapaevsk military depot in the Samara re... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:26:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2160080-ammunition-fire-rages-russian-military-base.html 2013-06-18T21:26:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158748-g-8-seeks-unity-syrian-peace-talks-tax-evasion.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement — yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go. Their declaration at the end of the two-day Group of Eight summit s... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158748-g-8-seeks-unity-syrian-peace-talks-tax-evasion.html 2013-06-18T20:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159994-ins-outs-g-8-summit-promises.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top officials from the European Union. But they only make promises. There's no actual change until the words are pursued by individual governments or other international organ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159994-ins-outs-g-8-summit-promises.html 2013-06-18T19:53:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2158648-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html BERLIN (AP) — Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week's Group of Eight meetings, but had only modest success in achieving the results he sought. It was Obama's recent move to arm Syria's rebel fighters that catapulted the two-year civil war to the top of the agenda ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2158648-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html 2013-06-18T19:53:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159090-poland-germany-probe-nazi-led-unit-commander.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland and Germany said Tuesday they are reviewing files on a Minnesota man who was a commander of a Nazi-led unit to see if they have enough evidence to press charges and request his extradition from the United States. An Associated Press investigation revealed that Michael Karkoc, 94, entered the U.S. in 1949 by lyin... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159090-poland-germany-probe-nazi-led-unit-commander.html 2013-06-18T19:48:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2159804-bank-warns-billions-losses-sochi-games.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's state development bank says it stands to lose billions of dollars from financing unprofitable construction projects for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. VEB chairman Vladimir Dmitriev said in a recent interview with the Gazeta.ru news portal that of the 19 projects the bank is funding, at least eight would fail to turn a profit. The eight p... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:38:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2159804-bank-warns-billions-losses-sochi-games.html 2013-06-18T17:38:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2159270-romanian-pop-star-claims-manager-beat-up.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating a popular singer's claim that she was beaten up by her manager-boyfriend after a dispute over money, prompting a rare debate about domestic violence in this conservative East European nation. Alexandra Stan, whose 2010 hit "Mr. Saxobeat" sold almost 1 million copies in les... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2159270-romanian-pop-star-claims-manager-beat-up.html 2013-06-18T17:10:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159354-russia-to-ban-married-foreign-gays-adopting.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is on its way to sharply limiting the adoption of children by people from countries that allow same-sex marriage. Under a measure that passed its crucial second reading in the lower house of parliament Tuesday, Russia will prohibit adoption by foreign couples whose homeland recognizes their union as marriage, as well as by single peop... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159354-russia-to-ban-married-foreign-gays-adopting.html 2013-06-18T16:18:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2158864-hungary-indicts-nazi-era-suspect-war-crimes.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian prosecutors indicted a 98-year-old former police officer Tuesday for abusing Jews and assisting in their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II. They said Laszlo Csatary was the chief of an internment camp for 12,000 Jews at a brick factory in Kosice — a Slovak city then part of Hungary — in May 1944, and th... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2158864-hungary-indicts-nazi-era-suspect-war-crimes.html 2013-06-18T15:14:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159422-official-olympic-failure-led-to-judokas-suicide.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian judo official says a four-time European judo champion who committed suicide had been depressed since failing to win a medal at last year's London Olympics. Authorities said Elena Ivashchenko died on Saturday at age 28 after jumping off the balcony of a 15th-floor apartment in the Siberian city of Tyumen. The director of a Tyumen ju... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:07:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159422-official-olympic-failure-led-to-judokas-suicide.html 2013-06-18T15:07:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159126-lavrov-iran-ready-to-20-percent-enrichment.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister says Iran is willing to halt its 20-percent enrichment of uranium, which has been a key concession sought in international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. That is the highest level of enrichment acknowledged by Iran and one that experts say could be turned into warhead grade in a matter of months. In an in... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159126-lavrov-iran-ready-to-20-percent-enrichment.html 2013-06-18T13:12:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159188-russia-g-8-declaration-wont-mention-assads-fate.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — The G-8 summit's joint statement on ending the Syrian civil war will not mention whether Bashar Assad must step down from power as part of any peace settlement, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday ahead of the document's publication. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters the eight nations hav... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159188-russia-g-8-declaration-wont-mention-assads-fate.html 2013-06-18T12:53:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159054-cia-chief-visit-to-ally-romania.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The director of the CIA is in Romania to meet top officials in this former Communist nation which is now a staunch ally of the U.S. John Brennan met Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday and he will later meet President Traian Basescu, Basescu's office said. The U.S. Embassy and the president's office gave no details on what wou... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:27:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159054-cia-chief-visit-to-ally-romania.html 2013-06-18T10:27:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2159044-lego-to-expand-czech-facility-to-meet-demand.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish toymaker Lego says it will expand a factory in the Czech Republic and create some 800 jobs to meet growing regional demand for its popular building blocks. Carsten Rasmussen of Lego's European packing division did not reveal the size of the investment except to say it was "a large two-digit million euro figure." Rasmussen... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:25:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2159044-lego-to-expand-czech-facility-to-meet-demand.html 2013-06-18T10:25:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2158822-russia-to-close-paper-mill-lake-baikal.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which environmentalists say is a major pollutant threatening one of the world's largest fresh water lakes. Authorities first closed the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill in 2008 before it re-opened in 2010. Then Prime Mi... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2158822-russia-to-close-paper-mill-lake-baikal.html 2013-06-18T09:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2158712-ukraine-kids-risk-low-vaccination-rates.html KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — When the time came to vaccinate her 4-year-old daughter, Yelena Hlushko hesitated, spooked by widespread fears in Ukraine about vaccines and by a boil her older child developed after an immunization shot. Eventually she decided to follow the government's recommendation — only to find her local health clinic was out of the vaccine. A c... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:01:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2158712-ukraine-kids-risk-low-vaccination-rates.html 2013-06-18T07:01:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156678-g8-exposes-rift-leaders-syria.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's regime. But there were also fissures among the three West... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156678-g8-exposes-rift-leaders-syria.html 2013-06-17T23:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156498-putin-us-russia-positions-syria-coincide.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on Monday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during the G-8 summit that they have a shared interest in stopping the violence that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country during a two-year-old civil war. Obama acknowledged ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:15:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156498-putin-us-russia-positions-syria-coincide.html 2013-06-17T21:15:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156420-syrias-assad-eu-will-pay-price-arming-rebels.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president warned that Europe "will pay a price" if it delivers weapons to rebels fighting to topple him, saying in an interview published Monday that arming them would backfire as the "terrorists" return to their countries with extremist ideologies. Bashar Assad also dismissed the U.S. administration's findings that the Syrian army u... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156420-syrias-assad-eu-will-pay-price-arming-rebels.html 2013-06-17T19:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2156782-universe-contest-heads-to-moscow.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — This year's Miss Universe pageant will be held in Russia's capital, Moscow. Donald Trump made the announcement Sunday after the Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas. He added that he would be moving Miss USA out of Las Vegas and to his golf resort in Miami for the next three years. Trump said 18 different countries were vying to host Miss Univer... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:18:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2156782-universe-contest-heads-to-moscow.html 2013-06-17T19:18:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2156766-anti-government-protests-occur-bulgaria.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's prime minister said Monday that Parliament's appointment of a media mogul as the nation's security chief was a mistake, but that his government will not resign over it. Several thousand people took to the streets of Sofia, the capital, and other cities on Monday, the fourth day of demonstrations demanding that the governm... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:14:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2156766-anti-government-protests-occur-bulgaria.html 2013-06-17T19:14:49Z