World / Europe

EU takes step towards Bosnia’s membership but warns on rhetoric 09 Dec 2016 - 05:07 pm

SARAJEVO: The European Union’s senior official for new memberships on Friday expressed concern about rising nationalist rhetoric and divisions in the Balkans as...

Stagnation, resignation reign ahead of Romanian parliamentary vote 09 Dec 2016 - 04:39 pm

BUCHAREST: When Romania’s leftist government collapsed a year ago amid outrage over a deadly nightclub fire, many people spied an opportunity for sweeping...

PM to PlayStation: Renzi retreats to plot comeback 08 Dec 2016 - 05:46 pm

Rome: Matteo Renzi was planning to spend Thursday competing with his kids on PlayStation, sharpening reflexes Italy's commentators say the ousted premier will...

Unruly drivers undermine Paris pollution ban 08 Dec 2016 - 05:31 pm

Paris: French police struggled to impose anti-pollution measures on motorists around Paris on Thursday as the city remained shrouded in smog during its...

UK government must not by-pass Scotland to trigger Brexit, court told 08 Dec 2016 - 05:18 pm

LONDON: The British government cannot ignore Scotland’s wishes by kicking off the Brexit process without going through parliament, Scotland’s chief legal officer told...

EU states to return migrants to Greece from March 08 Dec 2016 - 05:10 pm

Brussels: The EU recommended Thursday that member states resume sending asylum seekers back to Greece from March next year, after transfers were halted...

Nazi camp cash counterfeiter Adolf Burger dies at 99 08 Dec 2016 - 05:02 pm

Prague: Adolf Burger, the last of the concentration camp inmates forced by Nazi Germany to churn out phoney British money, has died at...

ThyssenKrupp hit by hackers eyeing industrial secrets 08 Dec 2016 - 04:31 pm

Berlin: German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp said Thursday it fell victim to a hacking attack in which the perpetrators sought to steal company...

Kerry warns OSCE of rise in 'authoritarian populism' 08 Dec 2016 - 03:33 pm

Hamburg: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday of "the danger of authoritarian populism" sweeping many Western democracies and cautioned against backsliding...

French ex-minister who fought tax evasion jailed for tax fraud 08 Dec 2016 - 01:30 pm

PARIS: A former minister who led a French government crackdown on tax evasion was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday for...

New Zealand finance minister set to become new PM 08 Dec 2016 - 11:22 am

MELBOURNE: Finance Minister Bill English is set to become New Zealand's new prime minister following the resignation of John Key earlier this week....

Greeks strike against austerity before budget vote, bailout review 08 Dec 2016 - 10:38 am

ATHENS: Greeks went on strike on Thursday to protest planned labour reforms and painful austerity cuts demanded by the country's European Union and...

Dylan snubs Nobel, Santos to accept Peace Prize in Oslo 08 Dec 2016 - 10:10 am

Stockholm: One sings of peace, the other makes peace: Bob Dylan will not travel to Stockholm on Saturday to accept his Nobel prize,...

US, UK spies targeted airline passengers' mobiles: report 08 Dec 2016 - 08:48 am

Paris: American and British spy agencies have tried to intercept data from passengers' mobile phones on commercial airlines including Air France, French media...

“Your EU needs YOU”: Brussels launches youth volunteer corps 07 Dec 2016 - 08:27 pm

BRUSSELS: European? Aged 18-30? Unemployed? Want to work abroad for pocket money? The EU’s new Solidarity Corps may be for you. Would-be recruits...

Italy’s “demolition man” the architect of his own downfall 07 Dec 2016 - 08:08 pm

ROME: When former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano tapped Matteo Renzi as prime minister in February 2014, he urged his younger colleague to change...

Electrical fault temporarily halts rail links with Paris 07 Dec 2016 - 07:28 pm

PARIS: An equipment failure temporarily halted all rail traffic on Wednesday at the Gare du Nord station in Paris, including the international Eurostar...