Cyprus will collect 3.5 billion euros from Russian citizens, taking into account the total amount of deposits. The country is in the process of discussing one-time write-off of 9.9 percent of all deposits exceeding 100,000 euros. Smaller deposits may expect a smaller collection of 6.75 percent. The outflow of Russian money from Cyprus is obvious, but the question is – where will it go? All Cypriot... 

It is now almost certain the subatomic particle that brings together everything in the universe has been found, CERN scientists announced on Thursday. Latest analysis of data from the Large Hadron Collider proves that the Higgs boson actually exists. The search for the missing particle dubbed as ‘the holy grail of physics,’ which has been going on for almost half a century and has brought the... 

A truly grim Ministry of Finance (MOF) report circulating in the Kremlin today says that a state of “horror and shock” has descended upon the European Union this weekend after the unprecedented announcement that all of the bank depositors in Cyprus will be forced to give up a percentage of their savings in order to bailout their EU bankster overlords. According to this report, EU officials demanded... 

Alaska’s capital city of Juneau A group of Russian Orthodox activists have filed a lawsuit against Washington aimed at taking back the state of Alaska from the US and returning it to Russia as the latter country’s sovereign territory. The ultraconservative religious group Pchyolki (Bees) filed the complaint in a Moscow arbitration court, in response to US President Barack Obama’s support for... 

Thousands of students demonstrate in Madrid to protest against Spanish government’s spending cuts in the education system, February 6, 2013. Thousands of students and teachers have demonstrated in the Spanish capital Madrid to protest against the government’s budget cuts in the education sector. Carrying flags and banners that read “Our education will not pay your debt,” the demonstrators... 

Eight Femen activists undressed and flashed their breasts inside the iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The notorious female group marked Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation in typically scandalous and blasphemous fashion. The Ukrainian feminazis entered the Gothic cathedral on Tuesday dressed in long coats, before disrobing near the altar. The bodies of the activists were painted with slogans... 

A trade union representative gives a speech in Brussels, Belgium, against austerity policies on March 14, 2013. Thousands of Europeans have staged a rally near the European Union (EU) headquarters in Brussels to protest against anti-austerity measures. About 15,000 protesters and trade union representatives from Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and other European Union countries gathered in the Belgium... 

The EU Parliament is preparing to vote on a proposal to ban all forms of pornography. A report detailing the ban was prepared by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Embedded under Article 17 of the report is a clause that, if eventually made into law, would effectively ban pornography across all types of media, including the Internet, in the EU. Freedom of speech campaigners... 

European Union (EU) member states have forfeited their political freedoms to a bunch of unelected officials in Brussels, an analyst tells Press TV. “Free trade is a great idea. I always support the idea of free trade among European countries – a wonderful idea. But giving up your political freedom to a central government that is virtually unelected? Are you kidding? They need to wake up,”... 

Cardinals attend a “Mass for the Election of the Supreme Pontiff” in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on March 12, 2013. Black smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, indicating that cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have not chosen a new pope on their first day in the Vatican conclave. The secret vote for the selection of the next pontiff got underway on... 

Demonstrators in Transylvania, a historical region in the central part of Romania, pay tribute to the Szekely flag. Thousands of ethnic Hungarians have demonstrated in the central Romanian city of Targu Mures, calling on the government of Romania to grant regional autonomy to the Szekler Land. Szekler Land sits in three Romanian counties: Harghita, Covasna and Targu Mures, the first two of which have... 

In Belgium, a proposal to limit the influence of political Muslim extremists has been submitted to Parliament, amid fears that Muslim politicians are isolating themselves from the political mainstream, by, among other things, their refusal to shake hands with women. A proposal was submitted by Deputy Mayor of Koekelberg Philippe Pivin, and Alain Destexhe, a liberal member of the Wallonia-Brussels... 

Recently there have been more strident calls for Turkey to join the European Union from the Americans, Cameron, the Swedes and others. However Germany and France are opposed to this because they have large Muslim populations and have seen the results. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy stated in January 2007 that “enlarging Europe with no limit risks destroying European political union,... 

People wait outside an unemployment bureau in the Greek capital, Athens. Official figures show that the unemployment rate in Greece rose above 26 percent in December 2012, as the country embarks on its sixth year of recession. The Greek statistics office ELSTAT announced on Thursday that the unemployment rate hit 26.4 percent in December, which is five percent more than the data registered in 2011. The... 

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in 2005. The 76-year-old billionaire was accused of violating secrecy laws in 2005, when the daily Il Giornale, which is run by his brother, published the transcripts in an apparent attempt to discredit...