World / Europe

Britain disappointed at UN panel decision on Assange 01 Dec 2016 - 12:55 pm

London: The British government voiced disappointment on Thursday after a UN panel rejected its request to review a ruling that WikiLeaks founder Julian...

Accused of gagging media, Finnish PM admits to angry emails 30 Nov 2016 - 07:33 pm

Helsinki: Finland's prime minister admitted Wednesday sending angry emails to a reporter as media claimed he tried to block coverage of an alleged...

Anti-whaling activist fined for animal cruelty in Faroes 30 Nov 2016 - 07:18 pm

Copenhagen: Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday it planned to use a conviction against one of its members for breaching the Faroe Islands'...

Three found guilty in Air France 'shirt-ripping' trial 30 Nov 2016 - 06:18 pm

Paris: Three former Air France employees on trial for ripping company executives' shirts during a dispute over layoffs were found guilty on Wednesday...

Norway to free Islamist after Italy cancels extradition request 30 Nov 2016 - 05:25 pm

OSLO: Norway’s public prosecutor ordered on Wednesday the release of an Iraqi Kurdish imam after Italian authorities withdrew a year-old extradition request linked...

Russia to name new economy minister later on Wednesday 30 Nov 2016 - 05:02 pm

MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will appoint a new economy minister later on Wednesday and the new minister will take part in...

Bird flu found at small poultry farm in Germany 30 Nov 2016 - 04:53 pm

HAMBURG: A case of high risk H5N8 bird flu has been found on a small farm in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in east Germany, state authorities...

Russia's Lavrov says no breakthrough reached at Minsk talks on Ukraine 29 Nov 2016 - 08:28 pm

MINSK: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there had been no breakthrough in talks on Tuesday on the peace process in eastern Ukraine...

Merkel warns of ramped up Russia cyber attacks ahead of vote 29 Nov 2016 - 04:27 pm

Berlin: Cyber attacks from Russia are now so common that Germany must learn to cope with them as part of daily life, Chancellor...

Agnelli heir Elkann arrested in New York over false reporting of incident 29 Nov 2016 - 02:16 pm

NEWYORK/MILAN: Lapo Elkann, grandson of late Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli, was arrested and charged in New York with falsely reporting an incident, police...

3 things to know about the Lufthansa pilots' strike 29 Nov 2016 - 01:31 pm

Frankfurt am Main: European air travel giant Lufthansa has been battling its own pilots over pay and conditions for more than two years....

Muslim outcry over Hungarian town's anti-Islam decree 28 Nov 2016 - 07:05 pm

Budapest: One of Hungary's main Muslim organisations decried Monday what it said were "xenophobic" steps taken by an ultra-nationalist town mayor to preserve...

Austrian hotel seeks to show the way on hiring refugees 28 Nov 2016 - 06:56 pm

VIENNA: The Magdas Hotel in Vienna aims to make a difference in a country where concerns about immigration and rising unemployment have helped...

German court rejects Lufthansa’s request to avert pilots’ strike 28 Nov 2016 - 06:51 pm

FRANKFURT: A Munich labour court on Monday rejected a request by Lufthansa to issue a temporary injunction averting a strike by the German...

Pope to visit Ireland, possibly Northern Ireland 28 Nov 2016 - 05:45 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will make the first papal trip to Ireland in nearly 40 years, the country’s prime minister said on Monday,...

Divided Italians agree on one thing: scrapping “elephant graveyard” 28 Nov 2016 - 05:30 pm

ROME: Italians are fiercely divided over Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reform, but there is one aspect of the plan everyone agrees on...

Soviet chess legend Taimanov dies at 90 28 Nov 2016 - 05:08 pm

Saint Petersburg: Mark Taimanov, a chess grandmaster who was ostracised by the Soviet authorities after losing to American Bobby Fischer during the Cold...