Austrian Women Report Wave of NYE Sex Attacks
Women in several cities have reported sex attacks committed during New Year's Eve celebrations, the Austrian press reports.
Women in several cities have reported sex attacks committed during New Year's Eve celebrations, the Austrian press reports.
As the battle for Aleppo ended in decisive victory for the Syrian army, Russian medical personnel rushed to provide assistance to sick and weary civilians.
European Commission spokeswoman, Natasha Bertaud, said that the organization regrets the resignation of the Former UK Permanent Representative to the European Union Ivan Rogers.
The euro entered its 15th year on January 1, although there was little fanfare - and with polls indicating scant passion for the single currency in non-Eurozone countries, the euro may not have many more anniversaries left.
The main contributor to the increase of inflation in Eurozone was a rise in energy prices in December - 2.5 percent, compared with -1.1 percent in November, according to the European statistical agency Eurostat.
The first day of the 115th Congress gets off to a bad start.
The British Government has been slammed for failing to publish its much-publicized Anti-Corruption Strategy by the end of 2016, further reinforcing the UK's reputation as "a safe haven for corrupt capital," according to campaigners.
Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has called for a conference to address the question of refounding the European Union in his program for the French Socialist Party presidential election primaries.
One of the leading candidates, who it is thought will serve as the US' new ambassador to the EU has said that ties between the US and the UK will be strengthened in the aftermath of Brexit.
When Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20, the US Senate will begin voting to approve or reject his Cabinet appointments. Jean-Éric Branaa, one of the leading French specialists in American sociopolitical issues, has explained why the appointment of Rex Tillerson as the US' next top diplomat is not at all a foregone conclusion.
GOP efforts to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics; NY Governor Cuomo vetoes bill providing lawyers to those can't afford them.
The deadline has passed for candidates to submit their applications for the job of the Metropolitan police commissioner, with at least four hopefuls reportedly on the list.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has requested a permit from the national Foreign Ministry to ban French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from coming to Ukraine for five years, according to a Ukrainian security official.
Last year, Warsaw authorities celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Palace of Culture and Science, a monolithic, 42 story, 778 ft tall Stalinist high-rise in the heart of Warsaw. The building's controversial history has led to conflicting attitudes among Poles: some value it as a historical landmark; others call it a relic of Soviet domination.
The Ukrainian president said Kiev hoped to develop strategic partnership with Beijing.
A unique village built of snow and ice at the base of the Khibiny Mountains in Russia is looking forward to receiving a record number of visitors this year.
Turkish police have detained 27 people in connection with the Istanbul nightclub attack who are suspected of having links with the Daesh terrorist organization.
The crisis engulfing Venezuela appears to have reached the point of no return. Inflation is heading for 1000% while shortages of food and other essentials are now widespread. It has prompted many to speculate that it is just a matter of time before President Maduro is forced from office and Chavism is consigned to the dustbin of history.
Austria's chairmanship of the OSCE is a chance to make progress in the regulation of the Ukraine crisis, Professor Heinz Gaertner of the Austrian Institute for InternationalAffairs (OIIP) in Vienna told Sputnik.
The sanctions Washington launched against Moscow in the final week of 2016 became outgoing President Barack Obama's "New Year's gift to his successor Donald Trump, according to Derek Norberg, head of the Russian American Pacific Partnership.
Bashar Yaziji, Syrian minister of tourism said that Damascus is seeking for investments to rebuild the bombed-out city of Aleppo.
India's consumer affairs department has set off a tug of war between restaurants and their patrons by ruling that service tax charged for eating out is an optional tax. The clarification came following widespread complaints of arbitrary levying of service tax.
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by independent political analyst Marwa Osman.
Petro Poroshenko expressed hope for the further development of the partnership between Ukraine and Poland.
The US-led international coalition has been systematically bombing the Syrian infrastructure since 2012 and has not targeted Daesh-held oil facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday.