Greek shipping tycoon denies drugs charges
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek shipping tycoon and the owner of Olympiakos Piraeus and Nottingham Forest soccer teams, Vangelis Marinakis, denied any links to drug trafficking on Saturday, a day after a Greek prosecutor brought preliminary charges against hi…
Bulgarian border officers suspended over airport security lapse
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday it had suspended 13 border officers over accusations that dozens of people arriving from France this week had passed through passport control at Sofia airport without having documents chec…
The Catholic Church – coming to a Starbucks near you?
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – It might be called Cappuccino Catholicism.
Ivorians vote in senate poll likely to shore up president’s power
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivorians voted for a new senate on Saturday in a poll likely to shore up President Alassane Ouattara’s grip on power, amidst an opposition boycott, while doing little to relieve ethnic tensions lingering from a decade of crisis.
Moscow says Europe ‘unpredictable and aggressive’ over Skripal: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow is uncomfortable about European states’ stance over the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England, RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Saturday.
Italian election winners reach deal on parliamentary speakers
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement hooked up with conservative parties on Saturday to elect the speakers of both houses of parliament, but there was no sign yet they might extend this pact and form a government.
Russian soccer World Cup city razes ‘love it or hate it’ Soviet-era landmark
YEKATERINBURG/MOSCOW (Reuters) – As Russia hurries to spruce up its venues for this year’s soccer World Cup, the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on Saturday blew up its most famous landmark — a rusty, half-finished Soviet-era television tower.
Former Catalan leader faces arrest in Finland
HELSINKI/BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont faces arrest in Finland after authorities there received an international warrant for his detention issued by Spain, the latest legal action against separatist politicians fr…
Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, no tsunami threat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of an island of the Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, officials said, but the tremor posed no tsunami threat to the region.
Croatians protest against European treaty they say threatens traditional family
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Thousands of Croat conservatives protested on Saturday against the proposed ratification of a European treaty that describes gender as a “social role,” fearing it could undermine traditional family values in the predominantly Catholi…
