Greek ship Ariana’s owners deny pirate release (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The owners of a Greek ship hijacked more than six months ago off the coast of Somalia denied Thursday it had been released by Somali pirates.
Serbian shoe-thrower fined for parliament outburst (BBC News)
A Serbian MP causes a stir in parliament by throwing her shoes at the deputy speaker.
Bulgaria Nationalists Move against Turkish-Language News on National TV (Novinite.com)
The leader of Ataka, Volen Siderov, and fellow party members want to eliminate broadcasts in languages other than Bulgarian on State TV and Radio. Photo by BGNES
Shooting at Hungarian university leaves 1 dead (AP via Yahoo! News)
A gunman opened fire in a Hungarian university classroom Thursday, killing one student and leaving three people seriously injured, the state-run news agency said.
One dead in Hungarian university shooting: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A student at a university in southern Hungary opened fire on his classmates on Thursday, killing one person and wounding three, the university said.
Somali pirates free Greek ship for $3.7 mln (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Somali pirates said Thursday they had released a Greek cargo vessel and its Ukrainian crew after a payment of 3.7 million dollars more than six months after it was captured.
Czech league leaders Teplice hit by illness, H1N1 virus (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Czech league leaders Teplice have been hit by illness, including the H1N1 flu virus, and have asked for Sunday’s first division match against Viktoria Plzen to be postponed, a club spokesman said on Thursday.
Polish, Ukrainian FMs hold talks on relations (People’s Daily)
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his visiting Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday signed an agreement on human border traffic and on the financing of education of Ukrainian citizens at the College of Europe in Natolin. Addressing a briefing following his talks with Poroshenko, Sikorski said that the signing of the two agreements is successive proof of Polish …
Bulgaria Nationalists Move against Turkish-Language News on National TV (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria s far-right, nationalist Ataka party submitted Thursday a proposal for amendments of the Radio and TV Act. The changes involve canceling TV news broadcasts in languages other than Bulgarian.
One dead, three wounded in Hungary college shooting (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A student opened fire at a university in the southern Hungarian city of Pecs Thursday, killing one student and wounding three other people, a university spokesman said.
