Ukraine Ukraine warned of 'crisis of trust' with EU over Tymoshenko 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 11/05/2012
United Kingdom Leveson Inquiry: Brooks lays bare close ties to UK PM Cameron Cosy texts from David Cameron, private dinners with Tony Blair…. As a powerful newspaper executive, Rebekah Brooks was courted for years by the 11/05/2012
Greece Greece: Third bid to form government fails 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 11/05/2012
Greece Second Greece election likely after stalled coalition talks Chances appear slim of a breakthrough in talks between several Greek political leaders attempting to form a coalition government five days after 11/05/2012
Ukraine Ukraine grants gas rights to Shell and Chevron The Ukrainian government has confirmed that two Western energy companies have been awarded the right to develop two large shale gas fields. The 11/05/2012
Euro 2012: The trophy arrives in Kiev 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 11/05/2012
The backlash of the French and Greek elections 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 11/05/2012
Nigeria MSF urges Nigeria to act over deadly lead poisoning A leading charity has criticised the Nigerian government for not doing enough to tackle an outbreak of lead poisoning caused by unofficial gold 11/05/2012
Syria Syria says new bomb attack has been foiled 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 11/05/2012
Greece Rehn plays down renewed talk of Greek euro exit 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 11/05/2012
France French police protest in support of arrested colleague Hundreds of French police have demonstrated in central Paris over the arrest of a colleague, who is under investigation for alleged voluntary 11/05/2012
Italy Clashes outside Italy tax office Protests took place outside several tax collection offices in Italy on Friday after a crackdown on tax evasion. Police clashed with demonstrators 11/05/2012
Russia Russia: 'Occupy Moscow' protests continue 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 11/05/2012
right-on Can I vote if I move abroad? While the right for foreigners to vote is being debated in several European countries, EU citizens already have certain rights within the 11/05/2012
state of the union Europe Weekly: the return of Europe's Achilles heel 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 11/05/2012
JPMorgan trading blunder spooks bank stocks JPMorgan Chase has shocked the markets by revealing a trading loss of over two billion dollars. It admitted there had been “errors” and “bad 11/05/2012
Israel Palestinian hunger strikers 'close to death' 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 11/05/2012
interview Egyptian Presidential hopeful outlines his policies 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 11/05/2012
Eurozone set for slow recovery 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 11/05/2012
United Kingdom UK: Ex-Murdoch aide exposes ties to PM Cameron Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks, at the centre of Britain’s phone hacking scandal, has been laying bare her close ties to top 11/05/2012
Algeria Islamists pushed into third place in Algeria poll 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 11/05/2012
Colourful new look for Grand Palais French conceptual artist Daniel Buren brings bright colours to the Grand Palais for his exhibition called ‘Monumenta’. The show, which is 11/05/2012
Kosovo-born singer represents Albania at Eurovision In the sunny Albanian city of Tirana, Kosovo-born singer Rona Nishliu gets ready for the Eurovision Song Contest – where she will represent Albania 11/05/2012
'Claustrophobic' marital comedy hits cinemas 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 11/05/2012
WWII Victory Day 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 11/05/2012
Greece Socialists and centre-right in Greek coalition talks Last ditch talks continue to form a coalition government in Greece in an attempt to avoid another election. Socialist PASOK leader Evangelos 11/05/2012
'Spiderman' scales France's tallest tower Urban climber Alain Robert, known as “the French Spiderman”, scaled his country’s tallest building, La Tour First. 11/05/2012
Egypt Egypt holds first ever televised presidential debate Egypt has held its first ever televised presidential debate ahead of an election that begins later this month. Two candidates of the 13 running 11/05/2012
Greece Germany says eurozone would 'survive' without Greece While Greek politicians attempt to cobble together a new government, Germany’s Finance Minister said the eurozone would survive if Greece were to 11/05/2012
Indonesia Indonesian rescuers find first bodies at jet crash site Indonesian rescue workers have recovered the first bodies from the mountainous terrain where a Russian superjet crashed on Wednesday, killing all 45 11/05/2012