Koran handouts in Germany: Freedom of religion vs. fears of Muslim extremism One of the most radical Muslim confessions is on an aggressive campaign of preaching ultra-conservative Islam in Germany. Protected by the freedom of religion act, they spread a message that raises concerns within German society. The Salafist community in Germany organized a campaign with long-term... 

Bulgaria is protesting against the government’s decision to abandon construction of NPP “Belene”. The facility erected by Russian specialists was to help the Balkan country to meet stringent EU requirements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But the political situation was more important for the Sofia politicians than the national interests. The... 

The 5300-year-old iceman mummy was found in the Alps in 1991. Italian and German scientists have extracted the World’s oldest known human blood cells from the body of the 5300-year-old ’Otzi’ iceman mummy. The discovery was made using an atomic force microscope that examined tissue sections of a wound in the body of the mummy and detected red blood cells. The... 

Jobseekers queue at a job center in Madrid The eurozone unemployment rate has hit a record high in March, rising to 10.9 percent for the first time for 15 years, official figures show. The European Statistics Office, Eurostat, announced on Wednesday that almost 17.4 million men and women, over three million of whom were under 25, looked for work in the zone in March... 

May Day demonstrators protest in Paris, France, May 1, 2012 Tens of thousands of Europeans have held huge rallies and coordinated general strikes for May Day to protest against tough austerity measures and poor economic conditions. Workers across the world have taken to the streets to mark the International Workers Day, the annual May Day workers’ event held on... 

The Italian researcher Matteo Ianneo who discovered some five interesting structures which look like human faces on Mars, last year, has discovered something stunning again. This time, the man claims to have found geometric structures on Mars which altogether look like a city. The newly discovered “city” comes an year after his first discovery in April 2011... 

British supermarket chain announces boycott of products from Israeli settlements. Since 2009, Israeli items that are sold in the country carry a label stating the place of origin… One of the largest supermarket chains in the UK, the Co-op, announced this weekend that they will not import any more agricultural products grown by Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Some... 

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has submitted his letter of resignation to Queen Beatrix after entering into a governmental coalition with the extreme right-wing Freedom Party, led by Geert Wilders, which had refused to support the budget reduction. His resignation was immediately accepted. The Netherlands, is one of many European countries which still... 

Angela Merkel (left) and Francois Hollande (right) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French Socialist Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande have had a war of words over how to handle the European debt crisis. It is “not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe”, Hollande, who is the favorite in France’s May 6 run-off election, said on Friday,... 

The Princeton scientists suggest that it's likely that Earth is a one-off - and that life may not have evolved anywhere else NASA has said there are ‘billions’ of planets in our own Milky Way galaxy – but a new study suggests that the idea that they are teeming with alien lifeforms may just be wishful thinking. Two Princeton scientists used what’s... 

Video still from the Keep Him Home advert A Dutch TV ad making use of erotic images of supposedly Ukrainian women has triggered a diplomatic row between Amsterdam and Kiev. While Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry rages with indignation, Dutch diplomats act as though nothing has happened. The advert titled Keep Him Home is based on the assumption Ukrainian women are sexy and... 

Laser bomb detector Not even the tiniest of particles will be able to escape the new super-sensitive explosive detecting device created by Russian scientists. Its laser sensor can pick up on a single molecule in a million from up to 50 meters away. ­The device was developed over a period of five years by the Siberian branch of the country’s Academy of Sciences. It... 

Incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy Incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will not make any deal with the far-right and pro-Russia candidate Marine Le Pen who stood third in the first round of the presidential polls. “There will be no pact with the National Front,” Sarkozy said in an interview with France Info radio on Wednesday. However, the French... 

Lawyer Dagir Hasavov The Yabloko party has addressed prosecutors after a Chechen lawyer said in a televised interview that Russian authorities should legalize Sharia courts – or face violence and bloodshed. Yabloko chairman Sergey Mitrokhin has said that his party suspected the lawyer, Dagir Khasavov (sometimes also spelled as Khasabov) of extremism after the native... 

Former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Jailed Ukrainian former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on a hunger strike, protesting her treatment in prison and demanding an end to political repression. Ukraine’s jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been on a hunger strike for the past five days, protesting her treatment by prison guards and...