World / Europe

Ireland PM says Brexit deal impossible in 2 years so must be transition: Sky 25 Nov 2016 - 07:29 pm

LONDON: Britain and the European Union will find it impossible to strike a full Brexit deal within the two-year period set for negotiations...

Juppe hopes to be reassuring face for nervous France 25 Nov 2016 - 07:26 pm

Paris: Written off as finished on more than one occasion, Republicans party presidential candidate Alain Juppe is living proof that in French politics...

Spain seeks answers for Israel's drone gift to Russia 25 Nov 2016 - 07:00 pm

Madrid: Spain said Friday it had requested clarification from Israel after its agriculture minister gifted visiting Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev a Spanish-made drone...

Reform hopes as Vatican panel studies female deacons 25 Nov 2016 - 06:38 pm

Vatican City: A papal commission on the role of female deacons met for the first time Friday in a move reformers hope could...

2 Gunmen, 2 security officers killed in Ingushetia 24 Nov 2016 - 02:30 pm

Moscow: Two militants and two special forces officers have been killed in a security operation in Nazran, the Republic of Ingushetia this Thursday. ...

Strikes in Greece against new cuts 24 Nov 2016 - 02:14 pm

Athens: Strikes hit Greece on Thursday against a new round of tax hikes and labour changes imposed by the government under the country's...

Lost 4-year-old migrant from Africa finds mother in Italy 24 Nov 2016 - 01:15 pm

Rome: A lost four year-old who made the perilous boat journey from Northern Africa to Italy alone will be reunited with her mother...

Tuscan city forced to live without its honeypot 24 Nov 2016 - 01:06 pm

Siena, Italy: The fates of the world's oldest bank and the Italian medieval city of Siena -- home to the celebrated Palio horse...

Lufthansa cancels 912 flights as pilots strike enters second day 24 Nov 2016 - 12:05 pm

Berlin: The strike by Lufthansa pilots in support of a pay demand went into its second day on Thursday, with the German flagship...

Nazi-inspired loner Thomas Mair gets life for murder of British MP Jo Cox 23 Nov 2016 - 07:07 pm

London: A far-right extremist was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release for murdering British MP Jo Cox...

Stairs from Eiffel Tower sell for over half a million euros 23 Nov 2016 - 06:38 pm

Paris: A section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for more than half a million euros, auctioneers said Wednesday --...

Defending liberalism, Merkel sets out as West’s standard bearer 23 Nov 2016 - 06:32 pm

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel defended democratic values and multilateral cooperation on Wednesday, in her first major speech since announcing she will seek a...

Brexit fallout to cost UK extra £122bn over five years 23 Nov 2016 - 05:28 pm

London: Britain must borrow an additional £122 billion over five years as it exits the European Union, the government predicted Wednesday alongside a...

Bulgaria charges defence minister over jet-repair deal with Poland 23 Nov 2016 - 12:34 pm

SOFIA: Bulgarian prosecutors charged outgoing Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev on Wednesday over an agreement with NATO ally Poland for repairs of its Soviet-era...

Eureka! Frenchman finds 100 kilos of gold hidden in new home 23 Nov 2016 - 11:04 am

Rouen, France: A Frenchman who inherited a big house from a dead relative got more than he bargained for when he discovered a...

Erdogan says EU lawmakers' vote on Turkish membership "has no value" 23 Nov 2016 - 10:47 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that a vote by the European Parliament on whether to halt EU membership talks with...

Lufthansa pilots start two-day strike, hundreds of flights cancelled 23 Nov 2016 - 09:38 am

BERLIN: Lufthansa pilots in Germany began a two-day strike on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights at one of Europe's largest carriers in a...

Death toll in New Caledonia landslides rises to five 23 Nov 2016 - 08:02 am

Noumea: A fifth person was confirmed dead Wednesday after torrential rain triggered landslides on the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, while three...