Tag: Europe

Britain’s announces that it is ‘in touch’ with the US over military contingency planning on the potential flashpoints in the Middle East, but insists it doesn’t support any imminent strike ...

Ukrainians are voting in a parliamentary election Western officials are billing as a litmus test of its democratic credentials. Polls opened at 0800 (0600 GMT) and pit a main opposition ...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has survived political, corruption and sex scandals over the years, but on Friday, a Milan court sentenced the flamboyant politician to four years in ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to unveil a memorial to the Roma victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Berlin. The memorial - a circular pool of water with a small ...

German President Joachim Gauck has visited the Turkish Şehitlik Mosque in Berlin, Anatolia news agency has reported.  Gauck was greeted by Ender Çetin, the head of the mosque's foundation, alongside ...

Voters are going to the polls in Spain's north-west region of Galicia in an election seen as a key test of the government's economic policy. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's centre-right ...

EU leaders have agreed to set up a single eurozone banking supervisor - a major step towards a banking union. A legislative framework is to be in place by 1 January next ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkellaid down the law to her EUcolleagues today just hours ahead of a summit, calling for Brussels to control their budgets so as to bolster the bloc's shaky foundations. ...

EU leaders are due to begin a two-day summit in Brussels that will focus on issues surrounding the eurozone crisis. High on the agenda will be controversial plans for a ...

French President Francois Hollandesaid Wednesday an end to the crisis in the eurozone was "very close". Hollande said in an interview with Le Monde and five other European newspapers that EU leaders had ...