UK's Premier Site for the Central, Eastern European and British Community

Riga Holidays   Black Sea Holidays   Prague Hotels    Croatia Holidays

Would you like to Contribute News stories and Articles to this site? -Send Us an Email

News

UK
Belarus		Bosnia		Bulgaria		Croatia
Czech Republic		Estonia		Hungary		Latvia
Lithuania		Poland		Romania		Russia
Serbia & Montenegro		Slovakia		Slovenia		Ukraine

NEWS
  »  Western journalists die in Homs
     American Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik are among 60 people killed as Syria intensifies its clampdown.
  »  Cherie Blair starts hacking case
     Cherie Blair has started legal proceedings over phone hacking, her solicitor confirms.
  »  Vicar and teacher murder charges
     A man is charged with murdering a clergyman at his South Gloucestershire vicarage and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.
  »  More bodies from Concordia found
     Search teams in Italy find eight more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January as the inquiry spreads.
  »  35 years for pregnant teen killer
     A former nightclub bouncer is jailed for a minimum of 35 years for murdering pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender two weeks before she was due to give birth.
  »  Nine cleared of UDA man's murder
     Nine men involved in the UVF supergrass trial in Belfast are acquitted of the murder of UDA leader Tommy English.
  »  Argentina train crash 'kills 49'
     A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, kills 49 people and leaves at least 600 injured, officials say.
  »  South Korea wins Navy tanker deal
     The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a Ł452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.
  »  Peacocks sold but 3,100 jobs lost
     Fashion retailer Peacocks is sold out of administration to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, saving 6,000 jobs, but 3,100 staff will be made redundant.
  »  Dangerous dogs Ł3.7m kennel bill
     Kennelling dogs suspected of being dangerous, cost at least Ł3.7m in 2010, according to figures given to BBC Newsnight.