In some cases, gas supplies have been reduced by as much as 30 percent.
Europe has been struck by one of the worst cold spells in year. Massive amounts of snow have fallen across the continent this week, causing flight cancellations and transportation delays.
Wislawa Szymborska, winter of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, died of lung cancer on Wednesday in Krakow, Poland. She was 88.
The Humane Society of the United States pushed back Friday against a controversial editorial in a meat industry trade magazine that analogized the organization to Adolf Hitler.
The fact that I'm recognized for writing in ALL CAPS in poor English is something the Inner Literary Me took a while to accept.
Anonymous issued a response to Poland, who signed the controversial ACTA copyright protection treaty on Thursday, by hacking their government websites.
ACTA has replaced SOPA as the biggest threat to internet freedom worldwide, internet advocates say.
These five films have been nominated for Best Foreign Language film for the 2012 Academy Awards.
A total of 15,000 to 16,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis in Rostov-on-Don between August 1942 to February 1943.
About one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, telecommute frequently and nearly 10 percent work from home every day, according to a new Ipsos/Reuters poll.
The Oscar nominations list for 2012 was full of snubs but also big shockers like Tree of Life and Extremely Loud in the Best Picture category.
A full list of the 2012 Oscar nominations.
'The Artist,' 'The Descendants' will vie for Best Picture title
Loss-making European publisher Mecom is to slash costs, review assets and charge customers to access content online as it fights to revive a business hit by falling advertising sales and changing readership trends.
The size of the Best Picture category is still unknown
Learn why the ACTA treaty's opponents compare it to SOPA.
Got 48 hours in Davos this week? Here are some tips on slaloming through the crowds of the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum and, if you're lucky, enjoying the snow.
Recent survey has found fresh evidence confirming the existence of mass graves at the Nazi death camp Treblinka in Poland.
The same house was attacked last Sunday and police believe the incidents are hate crimes because the victims are immigrants from Nigeria
Hitler's Lair -- or the Wolf's Lair as it is know -- is to become Poland's next big tourist attraction as the Polish Forestry Commission looks for a buyer.
The lair was largely destroyed by retreating German forces in early 1945.
Poland has put Adolf Hitler's Wolf Lair up for rent in hopes of turning the Fuhrer's retreat into a tourist attraction.