Topic: Central Europe

Elevated levels of the radioactive element iodine-131 that were detected in several nations have been identified as likely originating at a Hungarian research institute, nuclear authorities said Thursday.Hungarian officials said the leak probably came from the Budapest-based Institute of Isotopes, the International ...

VIENNA/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary believes the source of low levels of radioactive iodine detected in Europe over the past few weeks was probably an isotope maker in Budapest, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Thursday.Hungary's nuclear authority told the International Atomic Energy ...

A team of experts from the UN atomic watchdog flew out to Tokyo from Vienna on Sunday to team up with other international experts investigating Japan's nuclear crisis.Six experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency boarded a Tokyo-bound flight from Vienna at ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Western intelligence agencies suspect Syria may have been building a secret nuclear-related site near Damascus, a German daily said, and a U.S. think-tank suggested it could be linked to a site bombed by Israel in 2007.If confirmed, Thursday's report ...

In Brussels, European Union diplomacy chief Catherine Ashton on Friday agreed to resume the long-stalled nuclear talks between six world powers and Iran on December 5, and suggested they be held in Austria or Switzerland."Istanbul could still be a location for a ...

A memorial ceremony was held Monday at the UN headquarters in Vienna for the victims of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 65 years ago."Hiroshima and Nagasaki remind us why we must struggle against nuclear weapons," ...

Iran has delivered its response to the queries raised by the Vienna group over a nuclear fuel swap deal proposed by Brazil, Turkey and the Islamic republic, state television's website reported on Monday.Iran's response was handed to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...

Iran is ready to start immediately talks with Western powers over a nuclear fuel swap deal it signed in May, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Sunday.Tehran's desire for talks will be conveyed in a letter it will hand over to ...

Iran is ready to start immediately talks with Western powers over a nuclear fuel swap deal it signed in May, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Sunday.Mottaki told reporters that Tehran would on Monday hand to the UN atomic agency its ...

Troops from four NATO states marched through Red Square for the first time Sunday as Russia marked victory in World War II with its biggest military parade since the collapse of the Soviet Union.In a moment of huge symbolism, soldiers from Britain, ...