France’s President Francois Hollande has reaffirmed his commitment to nuclear arms. Boldly going where no French head of state has gone for almost

Ukrainian police have fired teargas and used batons on protesters after parliament voted to make Russian the main language in schools and local

Germany’s Andre Greipel held his nerve to claim the fourth stage of the Tour de France in Rouen on Wednesday. After a relatively slow start to the

Italy and Germany are ready to face the economic downturn together – that is the message coming from both countries’ leaders as German Chancellor

The EU parliament has overwhelmingly rejected the global anti-piracy agreement, ACTA. MEPs ditched the controversial deal fearing it threatened

Danish biotech group Christian Hansen bucked the downward trend on Wednesday with its shares up 11.65 percent. The company makes natural additives

Only days after becoming the fifth eurozone country to seek a bailout, Cyprus is taking charge of the EU’s rotating council presidency. But

The rich and big companies are the targets of France’s new Socialist government as it announced tax rises of 7.2 billion euros. A one-off levy on

Critics say the ACTA agreement is undemocratic. They argue that it was negotiated behind closed doors from 2008 by representatives who were not

Here is a necessarily oversimplified stab (using material provided by specialist writers) at rendering in layman’s terms the potential impact of a

Public perception that banking practices are inherently dishonest may make the Barclays Libor scandal in Britain a tipping point away from the

German police say a gunman who held several people hostage in a flat in Karlsruhe executed his victims. They believe he planned the killings, which

Police have found a priceless medieval religious manuscript stolen from a church in northwest Spain one year ago. The Codex Calixtinus is a 12th

Responding to a lawsuit brought by one of Spain’s smaller political parties, a Spanish court has opened a fraud case looking at the actions of former

Cuban President Raul Castro is on his first visit to China since replacing his brother Fidel as leader four years ago. The country is Cuba’s second

Turkey’s armed forces say they have found the bodies of both pilots from a fighter jet shot down by Syria last month. They did not say where they

Austrian police say hundreds of suspected paedophiles on the internet have been identified in a huge worldwide operation. The year-long trawl

The Karlovy Vary film festival attracts thousands of young film enthusiasts, as getting tickets for screenings of its 200-plus films is relatively

Paris’s Haute Couture shows continue with Alexandre Vauthier choosing the Natural History Museum’s Jardin des Plantes to show his new collection, for

The European Parliament has rejected a global anti-piracy deal aimed at fighting copyright theft amid fears it threatens internet freedom. A total

One person with little reason to trust banks is British businessman Mike Lloyd, part owner of a group running 12 pubs in southern England. He says

Ex-chief executive of Barclays Bank Bob Diamond is appearing in front of a UK parliament committee to answer questions about the bank’s role in

Traditional bandages for protecting and healing wounds may soon be a thing of the past thanks to a team of scientists in Wroclaw University, Poland

Police investigating the deaths of five German climbers in the Alps say their initial inquiries suggest the group were not roped together. The leader

Police in Ukraine have clashed with protesters in Kiev, demonstrating over the passing of a law to boost the status of the Russian language. Police

The European Union is currently undergoing one of the most turbulent economic periods in its short history, with political, ideological and financial

Sweden’s central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.5 percent and plans to keep it there for just over one year. But in a

The eurozone economy is still shrinking. The latest surveys of purchasing managers for the manufacturing and services sectors showed a slight

Crude oil prices have fallen as investors focused again on the grim economic situation. Traders also were selling to take profits after the sharp

Five people are reported killed after a gunman took a number of people hostage in Germany. Police say they believe the hostage-taker is also