Andrius Pojavis, the artist representing Lithuania in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), is gaining fans, despite having his performance described as “karaoke”.

Stuttgart - German authorites arrested a 93-year-old man Monday who was alleged to have been a guard at Auschwitz on charges of complicity in the mass murder of prisoners

Truckee - Led by Peja of the Polish rap group Slums Attack, Europe's rappers recorded a multilingual tribute to political and cultural freedom message of the American-funded station Radio Free Europe.

On Monday, a full ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals came into force in the European Union. The complete ban was welcomed by animal rights groups but some in the cosmetics industry remain unconvinced.

Lost amongst the Europe-wide furore concerning the discovery of horsemeat in processed foods, on February 14 the European Union quietly announced a partial lifting of the ban on animal proteins in feedstuffs.

Nairobi - Kenya is among 54 nations mentioned to have taken part in CIA operations that involved torture of suspected terrorists in the years subsequent to the 9/11 bombings on the US, Open Society Justice Initiative, a New York-based human rights group, has said.

Sydney - A flying start before the wind as the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race provides Boxing Day entertainment for the sixty eighth consecutive year.

Kaunas - Although the Social Democrats won the most seats in the election, they chose the Labor Party as one coalition partner to form a majority government. The Lithuanian president rejected the choice since there are several charges against some Labor members.

Global environmental campaigning group Greenpeace is urging the European Union not to authorise herbicide-tolerant genetically engineered (HTGE) crops, stating such crops lead to herbicide-resistant super-weeds.

After a month in KGB custody, a Belrusian journalist and real estate agent have been freed on bail, after agreeing not to leave the country.

A state department spokesman said last week the U.S. is “deeply concerned” about tensions between Sweden and Belarus over a free-speech teddy bear drop last month, and “stands with Sweden” in working for human rights in the former Soviet Republic.

Belarus authorities took a dim view of a July 4 publicity stunt when 1,000 teddy bears with free speech slogans were air-dropped in the countryside near Minsk. A journalist who posted photos of the bears has been arrested and held for the past three days.

On 11 February 2012, many thousands took to the streets throughout Europe in a co-ordinated protest against ACTA - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

Geneva - Originally meant to be built in Waxahachie, Texas, under the nickname of Desertron, Switzerland-France's CERN states it has seen "tantalizing hints" of the elusive Higgs boson, also called the "God particle," in two of their experiments.

Riga - Unfounded rumors, including the nation’s largest bank’s ATMs would shut down, spread like wildfire across Latvia. More than 10,000 customers withdrew more than $38 million from ATMs, which led to half of the machines to be out of money.

Vilnius - The mayor of Lithuania's capital city, Vilnius, has come up with the suggestion of buying a Greek island as a colony that would serve as a tourist resort.

Since 1990 Petteri Tarkkonen has been serving as the Managing Director, CEO and President of Finn-ID Oy. Finn-ID specializes and provided identification-based enterprise solutions for logistics.

Juan Carlos Navarro wasted no time and scored 15 of his 22 points in the first quarter to help Spain advance in the second round of the European Championship Monday, dumping host Lithuania, 91-79.

The Czech Republic has issued licenses to export shackles, electric shock weapons and chemical sprays to 6 countries whose police and security forces are known offenders against human rights and have made use of precisely such items to torture detainees.

The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Duke point guard Kyrie Irving as their top pick in this year's NBA draft in Newmark, New Jersey, Thursday.