ANKARA, Turkey -- The government is defending legislation that limits the power of military courts, in a document submitted to President Abdullah Gul...

ATHENS, Greece -- Police arrested four fellow officers Wednesday (July 8th), suspected of involvement in the trafficking of hundreds of women for pro...

ATHENS, Greece -- Several thousand people gathered in Athens and the second largest city, Thessaloniki, on Tuesday (July 7th) to protest xenophobia a...

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Six Serb political parties have registered with the Central Election Commission (CEC) to run in the November 15th local election...

Hard Sport Onsights for Katy WhittakerOn Monday 6th July Katy Whittaker onsighted two classic F7c sport routes at Kilnsey Crag, Yorkshire; Dominatrix and Biological Need.

Yorkshire Limestone Sport Crag Paid For By Settle Town Council:Castlebergh Crag above the North Yorkshire town of Settle has been made safe and to be opened as a climbing venue in a unique collaboration between climbers, the council and local

3 x F8b in 2 weeks for Neil Mawson:Sheffield based climber Neil Mawson has hit the ground running in the last 2 weeks with fast ascents of three F8b sport routes across the country.Neil ticked Melancholie, Full Tilt and Steel

The BMC has received reports of bad parking at Kilnsey crag, Yorkshire, with climbers parking their cars on the verge directly below the crag."This creates traffic problems for local residents and visitors passing through. The issue has been previously flagged-up

In late June, Alex Honnold teamed up with Sean Leary and climbed Salathé Wall on, El Capitan, Yosemite, in a record 4 hours and 55 minutes. They then continued on to The Nose, making a very fast ascent in 7

Head of the Law-Abiding State center Viktor Medvedchuk has won a case in court against Pres Yushchenko, forcing the incumbent to declare a referendum on NATO, UNIAN quotes L-AS center officials as saying.

Blocking the work of Verkhovna Rada suits both BYT and Regions, head of For Ukraine group in VR Vyacheslav Kyrylenko told journalists July 10.

Addressing a briefing July 10, Verkhvona Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said Ukraine's top political leaders should jointly take a political decision to hold simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections. The legislature cannot work any longer as the chances for a compromise

The VR commission investigating poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko will press for the dismissal of Prosecutor General Medvedko unless he sacks Halyna Klymovych, the head of PGO team in charge of investigating Yushchenko's poisoning, head of commission Volodymyr Syvkovych said, speaking

City of York Council are seeking the views of customers on proposals for new ways to access the benefits service.

Liberal Democrat Councillors in Heworth Without and Osbaldwick are urging residents to have their say on future plans for development in the city and to help in the fight to protect green belt land.

Commenting on the news that Clare Grey from York has pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming over £4,500 in benefits, Liberal Democrat Executive Member for Corporate Services, Councillor Richard Moore said:

The news that the government is set to take over the running of trains on the East Coast Mainline is a good opportunity to rethink plans for barriers at York station a York Councillor said today.

International best selling author Philippa Gregory will be in York next week to back City of York Council's Big City Read Initiative.

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