Barcelona sporting director Eric Abidal has said “I have learned a lot in a few short days and internal issues should be fixed internally, not in the media” after his row with Lionel Messi. Former Barcelona superstar Abidal, 40, made the comments during a press conference at the presentation of…
Story By: Juan Mayes, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A desperate mum has launched a social media campaign to find her young daughter’s pet chicken after it was reportedly stolen by “bad people”. The Argentine mum, identified as Vivi, launched the online campaign after her daughter Josefina had her pet chicken stolen in…
Five US citizens have been fined in Russia for filming for the Discovery Channel “as correspondents for foreign media” after reportedly lying about the purpose of their visit. The bizarre incident took place in the city of Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, south-eastern Russia. Local media report the unnamed US citizens were…
Story By: Anna Casap, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A bizarre digital artist from Russia has become an online sensation after Photoshopping cats into tasty food dishes and sharing the images on Instagram where she has amassed nearly 200,000 followers in 18 months. According to reports, 23-year-old Ksenia Zmanovskaya from the north-western Russian…
Story By: Zoey McDougall, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A Russian bank has been blasted for refusing to hire LGBT people and those with a media background after an HR document was reportedly leaked online. Tinkoff Bank, which is headquartered in the Russian capital Moscow, was founded by billionaire businessman Oleg…
