2012-05-11

Ukraine’s leaders have been warned by Lithuania’s president that the crisis over Yulia Tymoshenko could block the country’s hopes of a future in

Cosy texts from David Cameron, private dinners with Tony Blair…. As a powerful newspaper executive, Rebekah Brooks was courted for years by the

Greece’s third attempt to form a coalition government after Sunday’s inconclusive election has ended in failure. Despite a final push by leaders of

Chances appear slim of a breakthrough in talks between several Greek political leaders attempting to form a coalition government five days after

The Ukrainian government has confirmed that two Western energy companies have been awarded the right to develop two large shale gas fields. The

With less than a month to go until the main event, the Euro 2012 trophy took centre stage in Kiev during a three-day stay. Fresh from a rousing

This past week, markets had to digest the outcome of two elections that will reshape the political map of Europe. The French elected the first

A leading charity has criticised the Nigerian government for not doing enough to tackle an outbreak of lead poisoning caused by unofficial gold

A day after car bombings killed at least 55 people in Damascus, another attempted suicide attack has been foiled according to Syrian state TV. The

EU Finance Commissioner Ollie Rehn has played down any talk of there being one less member of the eurozone following calls by Germany for Greece to

Hundreds of French police have demonstrated in central Paris over the arrest of a colleague, who is under investigation for alleged voluntary

Protests took place outside several tax collection offices in Italy on Friday after a crackdown on tax evasion. Police clashed with demonstrators

Russian police appear to have withdrawn from the site of a protest movement dubbed Occupy Moscow. Some 300 demonstrators set up a makeshift camp in

While the right for foreigners to vote is being debated in several European countries, EU citizens already have certain rights within the

In this week’s Europe Weekly we look into the number of potential deadly products entering the EU. We report on new roaming rates for mobile phones

JPMorgan Chase has shocked the markets by revealing a trading loss of over two billion dollars. It admitted there had been “errors” and “bad

Two Palestinian prisoners who helped launch a mass hunger strike in Israeli jails are reported to be close to dying. Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla

Egypt is preparing for its first presidential elections after more than 30 years under the rule of Hosni Mubarak following the change in the rules

The eurozone is on track for a slow recovery from recession later this year, but the European Commission’s spring economic forecast said Spain and

Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks, at the centre of Britain’s phone hacking scandal, has been laying bare her close ties to top

An alliance of Algerian Islamist parties has failed in it bid to take control of the country’s parliament, a year after Arab Spring protests.   The

French conceptual artist Daniel Buren brings bright colours to the Grand Palais for his exhibition called ‘Monumenta’. The show, which is

In the sunny Albanian city of Tirana, Kosovo-born singer Rona Nishliu gets ready for the Eurovision Song Contest – where she will represent Albania

Newly weds Atul and Vina are forced to spend their first few nights of marital bliss with their in-laws in the new British comedy ‘All in Good

Following its battle for the presidency, France commemorated victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. For the first time, the outgoing and the new head of

Last ditch talks continue to form a coalition government in Greece in an attempt to avoid another election. Socialist PASOK leader Evangelos

Urban climber Alain Robert, known as “the French Spiderman”, scaled his country’s tallest building, La Tour First.

Egypt has held its first ever televised presidential debate ahead of an election that begins later this month.   Two candidates of the 13 running

While Greek politicians attempt to cobble together a new government, Germany’s Finance Minister said the eurozone would survive if Greece were to

Indonesian rescue workers have recovered the first bodies from the mountainous terrain where a Russian superjet crashed on Wednesday, killing all 45