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France wants state of emergency extended till July 2017 10 Dec 2016 - 02:55 pm
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve holds a press conference to announce that the state of emergency will be extended until July 2017 following a cabinet meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on December 10, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMS
Officer hurt in Athens shootout: police source 10 Dec 2016 - 02:07 pm
Police officers conduct a search at the front of the French embassy after two motorcyclists threw a hand grenade injuring the guard in central Athens on November 10, 2016 (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)
Four killed in Bulgarian train blast 10 Dec 2016 - 11:00 am
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Spain’s Rajoy says less austerity needed to fight off populism: WSJ 09 Dec 2016 - 06:06 pm
“The most important objective across Europe is to achieve economic growth and employment,” said Spanish Prime Minister Mariano  Rajoy, one of a handful of incumbent leaders to have ridden out the tide of left- and right-wing populism that is shaking up Eu
Mladic 'not a monster', defence tells UN judges 09 Dec 2016 - 06:01 pm
A woman walks past graffiti of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Czech lawmakers ban smoking in restaurants 09 Dec 2016 - 05:45 pm
(AFP file photo / Kenzo Tribouillard)
EU takes step towards Bosnia’s membership but warns on rhetoric 09 Dec 2016 - 05:07 pm
European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn speaks during a joint press conference with Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Zvizdic after their meeting in Sarajevo, Bo
Stagnation, resignation reign ahead of Romanian parliamentary vote 09 Dec 2016 - 04:39 pm
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis takes part in the Romanian National Day paradem December 1, 2016 in Bucharest (Andrei Pungovschi / Anadolu Agency)
PM to PlayStation: Renzi retreats to plot comeback 08 Dec 2016 - 05:46 pm
Matteo Renzi (Reuters)
Unruly drivers undermine Paris pollution ban 08 Dec 2016 - 05:31 pm
A small-particle haze hangs above the Eiffel Tower, that is seen on the horizon from Suresnes, near Paris, France, December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
UK government must not by-pass Scotland to trigger Brexit, court told 08 Dec 2016 - 05:18 pm
British police officers and members of the media gatrher outside the Supreme Court in London on the final day of a four-day hearing on December 8, 2016. British Prime Minister Theresa May secured a symbolic victory on Brexit yesterday, after MPs agreed no
EU states to return migrants to Greece from March 08 Dec 2016 - 05:10 pm
European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Nazi camp cash counterfeiter Adolf Burger dies at 99 08 Dec 2016 - 05:02 pm
This file photo taken on February 23, 2007 shows Czech Adolf Burger, 89, a former prisoner in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, showing his book
ThyssenKrupp hit by hackers eyeing industrial secrets 08 Dec 2016 - 04:31 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 11, 2012 shows a general view of the headquarters of German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp AG in Essen, western Germany.  AFP / PATRIK STOLLARZ
Kerry warns OSCE of rise in 'authoritarian populism' 08 Dec 2016 - 03:33 pm
US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) arrives ahead of the two-day foreign ministers' meeting of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Hamburg, northern Germany, on December 7, 2016. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL
French ex-minister who fought tax evasion jailed for tax fraud 08 Dec 2016 - 01:30 pm
Former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who resigned in 2013 after he admitted to having a Swiss bank account, arrives to attend the verdict in his tax fraud trial at the courtroom in Paris, France, December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer.
New Zealand finance minister set to become new PM 08 Dec 2016 - 11:22 am
Photo: AA.
Greeks strike against austerity before budget vote, bailout review 08 Dec 2016 - 10:38 am
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