WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The skull of a dinosaur embryo from Argentina is providing surprising details about baby facial features present in one species from an important dinosaur group called titanosaurs that included the largest land animals that have ever liv... More »
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic showed its biggest daily rise in four weeks and climbed above 100 for the first time this month, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said 111 new cases had been recorded... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – Kia Motors Corp (000270.KS) told its labour union in South Korea that it wants to suspend operations at three of its domestic factories as the coronavirus outbreak weighs on exports to Europe and the United States, a union official said on Mo... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Sweden, stands out for allowing life to go on much as before, Google data show. An... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Slovakia has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus among backyard poultry in the western part of the country, the first such outbreak in nearly three years, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Fr... More »
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Eastern Europe is a new frontier for private medical care, and insurers and tech startups are racing to steal a march on their rivals by harnessing the region’s health data. Growing numbers of people in Eastern European states, from... More »
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian oil producer Lukoil and Hungarian energy company MOL are set to sign a settlement deal over contaminated oil during Russian President Putin’s visit to Budapest this week, four industry sources told Reuters. A high level of org... More »
CHYNOVSKA JESKYNE, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Czech speleologists have come up with a way to explore flooded cave systems without strapping on scuba gear, wet suits, helmets and water-proof lamps: 3D mapping. The new tool was developed by Geo-CZ, a company tha... More »
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s ruling party-backed candidate Maros Sefcovic conceded defeat in the euro zone country’s presidential election on Saturday. Sefcovic, a vice-president the European Union’s executive Commission, told reporters he had called his ... More »
RIGA (Reuters) – Canada will extend its military presence in Latvia by four years, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday during a visit to Riga a day before a NATO summit. The three small Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, all NATO... More »
SOFIA (Reuters) – China backs EU integration and wants to use a weekend summit with central and eastern Europe to boost cooperation with the region, not undermine the 28 member bloc, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday. Li is visiting Bulgaria, where sta... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders except Britain are to discuss on Friday Britain’s exit from the European Union and deeper integration of the euro zone after a deal on migration reached in the small hours. [nL8N1TU1MP] Below are the leaders’ comments before the... More »
FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo is seen on a wall at a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F in Paris, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Thursday put an end to a test of splitting its signature Ne... More »
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Slovak investigative journalist reporting on tax fraud among businessmen connected to the country’s ruling party was shot dead at his family home over the weekend, news website Dennik N reported on Monday, citing the Interior Ministry. Axe... More »
German publisher Axel Springer SE said on Monday there was "justified suspicion" that the killing of a Slovak investigative journalist at news portal Aktuality.sk was connected with his research. More »
Alpine Skiing – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Slalom – Yongpyong Alpine Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Frida Hansdotter of Sweden reacts during the victory ceremony. REUTERS/Mike Segar PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – ... More »
FILE PHOTO – U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in a joint aerial drill exercise called ‘Vigilant Ace’ between U.S. and South Korea, at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Semifinals – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 26, 2018. Switzerland’s Roger Federer celebrates after winning his match against South Korea’s Chung Hyeon. REUTERS/Issei Kato MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A ruthless Roger Federer... More »
A woman walks in front of a currency exchange shop in the town of Esztergom, Hungary November 11, 2017. Picture taken November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh ESZTERGOM, Hungary/STUROVO, Slovakia (Reuters) – On the euro zone’s eastern flank, some Slovaks in th... More »
FILE PHOTO – Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose addresses the Romanian Parliament before a no-confidence vote against Romania’s Social Democrat-led government, in Bucharest, Romania, November 23, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via REUTERS BUDAPEST (Reuters)... More »
FILE PHOTO: 70th Cannes Film Festival – Model Petra Nemcova poses on the red carpet prior to the screening of the film “Nelyubov” (Loveless) in Cannes, France, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – If Petra Nemcova’s life were a m... More »
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he hoped to make progress with Germany on ideas to reform the euro zone by March, once Germany has a new coalition government in place, and agree a "roadmap" with all eurozone leaders by June next year. More »
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday ideas for deeper euro zone integration in an effort to help unite... More »
FILE PHOTO – Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem arrives at Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Finance ministers from Latvia, Luxembourg,... More »
Nov 26, 2017- Lake Placid, NY, USA- Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) and Satoko Miyahara (JPN) and Bradie Tennell (USA) respectively show off their silver and the gold and the bronze medal in the ladies free skating program during the 2017 Skate America figure skating com... More »
FILE PHOTO: The charging plug of an electric Volkswagen Passat car is pictured at charging station at a VW dealer in Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has partnered with top carm... More »
Nov 26, 2017- Killington, VT, USA- From left, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia (second), Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States (first), and Bernadette Schild of Austria (third) after the women’s slalom race in the 2017 Audi FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Killington Re... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Opel is seen during the 87th International Motor Show at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Peugeot-owner PSA (PEUP.PA) will use an existing Opel site in eastern Europe to as... More »
Jun 29, 2017- Olympia Fields, IL, USA- Ariya Jutanugarn tees off on the seventh hole during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament at Olympia Fields Country Club – North. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports (The Spor... More »
The European Union on Monday urged Saad al-Hariri to return to Lebanon, calling on all political forces inside the country to focus on the domestic agenda and warning Saudi Arabia against meddling. More »
FILE PHOTO – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire attends a news conference about a report on French economy at the Bercy Finance ministry in Paris, France, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno L... More »
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will meet German officials in Berlin this week to discuss the future of the euro zone and assess his own prospects of becoming the next chairman of the Eurogroup forum of finance ministers. More »
Top-seeded Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia has withdrawn from the Tianjin Open with an injury, organizers announced on Monday. More »
World number one Garbine Muguruza fell at the first hurdle at the China Open on Monday, with the Spaniard forced to retire due to illness during her first-round match against Czech Barbora Strycova. More »
The condition called lazy eye has long been considered untreatable in adults, but a clinic in Slovakia says a treatment does exist, and it's simple as child's play - literally. More »
Karolina Pliskova will undoubtedly win a grand slam title at some point because she, unlike many other players, is able to control her aggression, according to former world number one Mats Wilander. More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint declaration with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 16, 2017. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to focus on business rather than history in Bu... More »
A look at the 2017 records of Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and Canadian Francoise Abanda ahead of their second round match at Wimbledon on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding): More »
Cycling – The 104th Tour de France cycling race – The 212.5-km Stage 3 from Verviers, Belgium to Longwy, France – July 3, 2017 – Bora-Hansgrohe rider Peter Sagan of Slovakia is escorted to the podium after his stage win. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier World champion P... More »
Cycling – The 104th Tour de France cycling race – The 203.5-km Stage 2 from Duesseldorf, Germany to Liege, Belgium – July 2, 2017 – Team Sky riders Christopher Froome and Geraint Thomas of Britain in action. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Chris Froome got a brutal... More »
FILE PHOTO: A message demanding money is seen on a monitor of a payment terminal at a branch of Ukraine’s state-owned bank Oschadbank after Ukrainian institutions were hit by a wave of cyber attacks, in Kiev, Ukraine, June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko U... More »
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C38, carrying Cartosat-2 and 30 other satellites, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into spac... More »
FILE PHOTO – Former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski arrives to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 1, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as U.S. Presid... More »
Bulgaria said on Saturday it would conduct checks on different food products of multinational companies sold in the Balkan state and compare them with food sold in richer western European countries, amid concerns over quality. More »
Slovak media covering the Brexit process are facing fines of up to 6,600 euros ($6,987) for using the unofficial but widely known name for the country in question, Britain, rather than the official United Kingdom. More »
Philippe Gilbert became the first Belgian in five years to win a major classic after a gutsy attack with about 50 kilometers left earned him victory in a crash-hit Tour of Flanders on Sunday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem holds a news conference during a Euro zone finance ministers emergency meeting on the situation in Greece in Brussels, Belgium June 27, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo By upsetting southern Europeans wit... More »
Mar 23, 2017- Miami, FL, USA- Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain has a forehand against Christina McHale of the United States (not pictured) on day three of the 2017 Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Russian Elena Vesnina and Spania... More »
FILE PHOTO: Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem talks to the media as he arrives at European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo Jeroen Dijsselbloem could we... More »
European Council President Donald Tusk (Bottom, C) chairs a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Jan Bartunek and Waverly Colville More »
Tennis – Mexican Open – Men’s Singles – Quarter-Final – Acapulco, Mexico- 02/03/17. Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in action against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. REUTERS/Henry Romero Nick Kyrgios served like a demon to bounce Serbia’s world number two and top seed Novak... More »
The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat, a local delicacy. The boars are radioactive. More »
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos talks to European Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici (R) during a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Greece and its international... More »
FILE PHOTO: The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo The European Central Bank can set binding requirements if it thinks a bank is not cutting its pile of unpaid loans ... More »
Australia’s Richie Porte won his first Tour Down Under on Sunday when he finished behind compatriot Caleb Ewan in a bunch sprint on the final 90-kilometre sixth stage around the streets of Adelaide. More »
Tennis – Sydney International – Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia – 10/1/17 Daria Kasatkina of Russia plays a backhand return to Angelique Kerber of Germany. REUTERS/Jason Reed Angelique Kerber’s build-up for next week’s Australian Open suffered a setback with t... More »
Consumer credit lender International Personal Finance (IPF) said on Friday it would appeal against a decision by the Polish tax authority relating to the accounts of its Polish business, Provident Polska, for the 2008 financial year. More »
People pass a television installation at the Panasonic pavilion before the start of the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/File Photo Japan’s Panasonic Corp (6752.T) is in talks to buy European automotive light mak... More »
A statue inside the gothic-style ice dome is seen at the mountain resort of Hrebienok near the town of Stary Smokovec, Slovakia November 28, 2016. Picture taken November 28, 2016. REUTERS/David W Cerny Fifteen sculptors worked three weeks to shape 90 tonnes of... More »
Scientist Frantisek Lizal looks at a model of a functioning human lung that can be used to simulate chronic diseases and their treatments in the Brno University of Technology in Brno, Czech Republic, November 22, 2016. Picture taken November 22, 2016. REUTERS/... More »
Winners, brothers Ladislav (L) and Csaba Skladan from Slovakia, pose for a photo during a grave digging championship in Trencin, Slovakia, November 10, 2016, where eleven pairs of gravediggers are competing in digging based on accuracy, speed, and aesthetic qu... More »
Signs are seen outside the Jaguar Land Rover plant at Halewood in Liverpool, northern England, September 12 , 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble Jaguar Land Rover (TAMO.NS) agreed a pay deal with its car workers which will beat inflation, pay a higher holiday bonus and ... More »
Prague is staging its annual Signal festival, offering 23 light shows over the next three days to help entertain tourists and locals in the Czech capital. More »
LONDON/BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Saturday to temper pressure from Paris, Brussels and her own government to force Britain into negotiating a quick divorce from the EU, despite warnings that hesitation will let populism take hold. Eurosce... More »
LONDON Nick Kyrgios described his first-round clash with the oldest man at Wimbledon — wily Czech Radek Stepanek — as “pretty crazy” on Saturday, saying the 37-year-old had been offering to help coach him. Stepanek likes nothing better than to make life diffic... More »
PARIS/NICE Russia will be thrown out of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament if there is any repeat of the violence by Russian fans which marred the end of the match against England, UEFA said on Tuesday. UEFA imposed a suspended disqualification on the Russian Foo... More »
LILLE, France Russia fans will not repeat offences which could see the team thrown out of Euro 2016, coach Leonid Slutski said after UEFA imposed a suspended disqualification on the country on Tuesday after crowd trouble against England. “We are sure that we a... More »
DEBRECEN, Hungary In a graveyard in Hungary, solemn contemplation gave way to frantic sportsmanship on Friday as dozens of grave diggers battled to prove they were the fastest and best in the business. Taking their places at plots selected by pulling names out... More »
BRUSSELS Europe’s emerging migration policy is looking increasingly like Donald Trump without the hair. Except that, unlike the Republican presidential frontrunner, who wants to make Mexico pay for a wall to keep migrants out of the United States, the European... More »
BRUSSELS British and EU negotiators agreed much of a reform package on Thursday to help keep Britain in the European Union, leaving Prime Minister David Cameron to settle tricky final issues, notably on migration, at a summit next week, diplomats said. After t... More »
Companies and organizations are pledging to provide funds, goods and services to help thousands of migrants arriving in Europe from war-torn and impoverished countries. Companies are helping through both corporate and employee schemes. Following are some examp... More »
BRUSSELS Deep divisions over how to cope with a flood of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia pose a threat to the European Union’s values and global standing and may diminish its ability to act jointly to reform the euro zone and ease Greece’s debt.... More »
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. Central bankers from around the world are telling their American counterparts that they are ready for a U.S. interest rate hike and would prefer that the Federal Reserve make the move without further ado. In private and in public at last wee... More »
BRATISLAVA Slovakia will be among the first to ask Greece to leave the euro zone if it fails to adhere to agreed conditions of further, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday. Fico told reporters that Slovakia was fundamentally against allowing any ... More »
BRUSSELS Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Some euro zone countries are accusing the European Commission of giving Greece false hope of new loans for less reform effort, but they still want Brussels to find a way to keep a defiant Athens in the euro. Afte... More »
