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Record cold weather kills two in Italy
ROME, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — A record Siberian cold current hit Italy, causing at least two deaths and disrupting transport, local media said on Thursday. An elderly woman froze to death at night in northern Italy’s Savona, and another woman went into coma after slipping on ice in Milan, according to Corriere della Sera newspaper. [...]
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Russia, NATO to conduct joint anti-missile drills in March
MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Russia and NATO will stage joint anti-missile exercises despite their ongoing dispute over the European anti-missile defense system. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov at a press conference Thursday the exercises were likely to take place in Germany, possibly in March, the exact date had yet to be set. Russia [...]
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Denmark suggests collective weapon purchase among NATO members
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Danish Defense Minister Nick Haekkerup said Thursday that NATO member countries should jointly buy weapons and bombs in order to have larger armaments stores and help save on costs. “Let us go shopping together, and let us have a common ammunitions store. The more NATO countries that participate in this, [...]
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1 killed, 3 injured in avalanche in eastern Turkey
ANKARA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — One person was killed and three others injured on Thursday as an avalanche fell in eastern Turkey, a Turkish official said. The avalanche fell on a house in Secmen village of Bulanik town of Mus province, leaving 30-year-old mother dead and 30-year-old father and two children injured, official Ferit Gorukmez [...]
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Romania’s opposition goes on parliamentary strike
BUCHAREST, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Romania’s opposition decided Wednesday to begin an indefinite parliamentary strike in protest against the ruling coalition. The Social Liberal Union, an alliance made up of the opposition Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party and the Conservative Party decided by vote majority to initiate the parliamentary protest. According to their [...]
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Slovak gov’t approves ESM treaty
BRATISLAVA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Slovakia will have to contribute 659.2 million euros in five installments over five years to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), according to the second version of the ESM treaty approved by the government on Wednesday. The ESM will be introduced in mid-2012, which is one year earlier than originally planned. [...]
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News Analysis: Russia needs quality, youth to boost space industry
by Igor Serebryany, Zhang Dailei MOSCOW, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Russian space agency Roscosmos on Tuesday announced its investigations had found that engine failure and radiation caused the failure of its Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, which crashed to Earth last month. Phobos is one of the eight spacecraft Russia lost in a total of six launch [...]
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Most of Danes support EU fiscal pact, against joining euro: Poll
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Over half of Danes support a new EU fiscal pact, which seeks to impose stricter budget discipline on EU member states, but oppose to adopt the single European currency, a poll showed here Wednesday. According to the Gallup poll, 56 percent of Danes polled agree Denmark should join the so-called [...]
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Norway evacuates non-essential embassy personnel from Syria
OSLO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — The Norwegian Foreign Ministry has decided to pull out non-essential personnel from the Norwegian embassy in Damascus, capital of Syria, according to a report posted on the VG Net website on Wednesday. The decision was taken on the basis of an overall assessment of the security situation in Syria, Frode [...]
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Ukrainian PM vows to improve business environment
KIEV, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov pledged here Tuesday to improve the country’s business climate in 2012 as the government steps up efforts to reduce administrative barriers and fees to start-up. “The authorities must do their best to make the business environment in Ukraine more comfortable. We definitely can do it, [...]
