World / Europe

GENEVA: Talks to hammer out a new security deal for Cyprus have showed encouraging results, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday,...

Brussels: The unstoppable rise of robots in our everyday lives requires urgent EU rules such as "kill switches", European Parliament members warned Thursday...

Colmar, France: A French court on Thursday ordered the release on bail of the former prime minister of Kosovo and rebel leader Ramush...

BERLIN: The number of asylum seekers arriving in Germany dropped by nearly 70 percent last year, German interior minister said on Wednesday. Speaking...

Vienna: Austria ought to lower its upper limit for asylum applications it will process to 17,000 - just under half the 35,000 it...

Sofia: The death toll from the cold snap hitting parts of Europe rose to at least 65 on Wednesday as Bulgarian authorities reported...

Valletta: Rival Cypriot leaders meeting in Switzerland are facing "the very last chance" to end the four-decades-old division of Cyprus, European Commission president...

ROME: Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the country's biggest trade union to force a referendum on a labour reform...

Valletta: Britain's deal for leaving the European Union must be worse than the terms of its membership, said Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat,...

MOSCOW: A Ukrainian government official says the nation's forces have captured new positions in the rebel-held east. Olexander Motuzyanyk, presidential spokesman for the...

Berlin: Germany took in 280,000 asylum seekers in 2016, about one third of the previous year's record figure, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere...

LONDON: Britain’s government on Wednesday released a list of excuses offered by employers as to why they tried to avoid paying their staff...

BUCHAREST, Romania: Officials suspended shipping along Europe's second-longest waterway on Tuesday as a polar spell gripped a large swathe of the continent, causing...

Berlin: The chairman of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Sigmar Gabriel (pictured), has decided to run against conservative Angela Merkel for the chancellorship in...

London: Industrial action brought fresh disruption for travellers in Britain on Tuesday as rail workers and airline cabin crew walked off the job,...

Belgrade/Sarajevo/ Warsaw: At least eight people have died as subzero cold and heavy snow enveloped the Balkans, with tens of thousands stranded in...

Brussels: EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger defended himself over controversial remarks he made about women and Chinese people. The German conservative politician was questioned...