World / Europe

Denmark holds 'funeral' for a polluted fjord 06 Apr 2024 - 08:49 pm

Vejle, Denmark: A fjord in the east of Denmark received last rites on Saturday from a group of local activists in an effort...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained twice at Dutch protest 06 Apr 2024 - 06:52 pm

The Hague: Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by Dutch police on Saturday after she and a group of marchers blocked a...

Virgin Atlantic plane clipped BA jet at Heathrow; no injuries reported 06 Apr 2024 - 06:30 pm

London:A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, aviation authorities said. There were...

Russia evacuates over 4,000 people after dam burst 06 Apr 2024 - 02:24 pm

Moscow: Russia said Saturday it had evacuated more than 4,000 people in the Orenburg region, which lies near the Kazakhstan border, due to...

Armani bags produced by exploited Chinese workers near Milan: Italian police 05 Apr 2024 - 08:48 pm

Milan: Exploited Chinese workers employed in Italy by an unauthorized subcontractor made handbags and accessories for the Giorgio Armani fashion house in a...

Iceland PM resigns to run for president 05 Apr 2024 - 08:14 pm

Reykjavik: Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said Friday that she was resigning in order to run for president in the upcoming June elections....

Anger grows in Greece after femicide outside police station 05 Apr 2024 - 07:54 pm

Athens: Dozens of young protesters gathered Friday outside a Greek police station where a woman was murdered, marking the fifth femicide in the...

Vingegaard suffered lung damage in crash 05 Apr 2024 - 02:33 pm

Barcelona: Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard suffered lung damage during a horrific mass crash in the Tour of the Basque Country...

French diver laughs off 'funny' fall in front of Macron 05 Apr 2024 - 01:34 pm

Paris: A French international diver on Friday laughed off an embarrassing mishap in front of President Emmanuel Macron which saw him fall on...

UK rail services hit as train drivers walk out 05 Apr 2024 - 01:00 pm

London: Rail services were hit to large parts of the UK, including key tourist routes, as train drivers launched a new strike amid...

Water returns to Rome's Baths of Caracalla in reflecting pool 04 Apr 2024 - 05:40 pm

Rome: The Baths of Caracalla, one of Rome's most spectacular sites, unveiled a special pool on Thursday that reflects the majestic ruins, in...

22 arrests, Italian villas seized in vast EU fraud swoop 04 Apr 2024 - 05:19 pm

Brussels, Belgium: A coordinated police swoop across Europe on Thursday netted 22 arrests and saw villas and luxury cars seized in Italy, in...

Missing toddler in Serbia was killed, two suspects held: president 04 Apr 2024 - 01:54 pm

Belgrade: A two-year-old girl who disappeared in eastern Serbia last week was killed and two suspects have been arrested, President Aleksandar Vucic said...

Qatar makes great efforts to end war in Gaza: Prime Minister of Spain 04 Apr 2024 - 01:25 am

Doha: Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain HE Dr. Pedro Sanchez said that the State of Qatar makes great efforts to end...

Swiss set to vote on limiting immigration 03 Apr 2024 - 03:04 pm

Bern: Switzerland is set to hold a vote on measures designed to limit immigration to stop the population hitting 10 million before 2050,...

Day of mourning in Finland after school shooting death 03 Apr 2024 - 02:51 pm

Helsinki: Flags in Finland flew at half-mast on Wednesday as the country mourned the killing of a 12-year-old by a classmate who opened...

No 'specific' terror threat to Paris Olympics: minister 03 Apr 2024 - 02:41 pm

Paris: France's sports minister said Wednesday that there was no "specific" terror threat to the Paris Olympics and that organisers were planning to...