Moscow Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Fitr with morning prayers. The Mayor of Moscow says there are no plans to build a new mosque in the city, and says the ‘excessive’ number of economic migrants was a ‘harmful thing’. “It has turned out that the praying Muslims are not at all Russian citizens and they are not Moscow residents. They are labor migrants. There are only 10 percent of Moscow... 

Thousands have protested in Moscow to demand a ban on foreign adoptions following the death of Maksim Kuzmin, 3, who died shortly after being adopted by a US family in Texas. Pro-Kremlin activists demanded his brother Kirill be returned to Russia. According to several estimates by the Russian Mothers public movement, the ‘Protect the Children’ protest gathered 12,000 to 20,000 people.... 

Bulgarians protesting against high utility bills on February 17, 2013 in Sofia. Tens of thousands of Bulgarians have staged massive nationwide protests against poverty, high energy bills and corruption. On Sunday, under the motto “Let’s Set the Monopolies on Fire,” huge number of people took to the streets of different parts of the country, including the capital Sofia and shouted “coward,”... 

US officials have repeatedly valued Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU), saying they do not want the UK to leave the 27-nation bloc. Last month, British Prime Minster David Cameron set a deadline to hold a national in-out referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union by the end of 2017. In his long-awaited speech on Europe in the City of London on January 23, Cameron... 

Catalan separatist merchandise is displayed at a stall in Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain. The parliament of Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia has approved a declaration of the region’s sovereignty as a major step towards its independence from Spain. The non-binding resolution was passed on Wednesday by 85 votes in favor, 41 against, and two abstentions, the Associated Press reported. The... 

Three hundred thousand people took to the streets of Paris to oppose plans by Socialist President Francois Hollande to enact a same-sex marriage law by June. Several hundred thousand demonstrators filled the streets of Paris during a protest against President Francois Hollande’s plans to legalize gay marriage later this year. The proposed law would allow same-sex couples to adopt children. The protesters,... 

Nearly a year after Russian researchers reached the unique sub-glacial Lake Vostok, the first sample of transparent ice from its water has been taken. The finding is of great value as it could reveal if the lake harbors life. The Lake Vostok, isolated by 4-kilometer layer of ice for around the past 20 million years, has been of great interest to scientists since it was first discovered in the 1990s.... 

A senior German official, and a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, has warned British Prime Minister David Cameron against blackmailing the EU by an in-out referendum on the union that could be disastrous to both London and Brussels. Chair of Germany’s European affairs committee Gunther Krichbaum, who is visiting Britain at the helm of a high-level German parliamentary delegation warned that... 

US adoptive father Miles Harrison left the baby Dima Yakovlev strapped in a car seat in front of his office under the scorching sun with the temperature inside reaching 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The body was discovered by Harrison’s colleague nine hours later. Russia’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved a bill that bans Americans from adopting Russian children. On Wednesday, the assembly... 

A view of the Dutch parliament in The Hague The Dutch parliament will approve a motion to abolish a law that criminalizes blasphemy, mainly due to strong support by the Liberal Party (VVD). On Wednesday, a majority of parties in the Netherlands stated that the blasphemy law was no longer relevant in the 21st century. The VVD party had refused to support efforts to annul the law during the tenure of... 

Russia seriously considers an opportunity to take up the role of a supplier of organic products within the scope of the World Trade Organization. Russian lawmakers are working on the bill to support the production of organic agricultural products. This law will help Russian farmers enter the EU market with organic products. As expected, the bill will be handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture of... 

Next-door neighbour: An artist’s impression of the recently found planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system that is the closest to our own (click on the image to enlarge it) An Earth-sized planet has been found orbiting a star in Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighbouring solar system. The mystery world circling Alpha Centauri B is thought to be much too hot to support... 

The BBC was up to their usual tricks again last weekend. The largest and most spectacular display of working class patriotism for 25 years was either ignored or mis-reported as a sectarian provocation. More than 30,000 loyalist band members and Orangemen paraded past hundreds of thousands of spectators to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant against the Home Rule... 

French demonstrators condemned an anti-Islam movie made in the US at a demo near the US Embassy in Paris on September 15, 2012. France’s Interior Ministry has threatened to expel any Muslim who, as Paris claims, undermines security and poses “a threat to the country”. France’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls announced on Thursday that Paris will not hesitate to expel those Muslims who... 

Russia to remain independent political power center The West has formed a political-military coalition that does not include Russia; China, a fiercely insular country has a historical wariness of building alliances. This forces Russia into a position of severe self-reliance and pragmatism. Following his trip to Russia at the start of the Cold War, the American poet Robert Frost summed up his visit...