2013-02-13

Greek farmers blocked the country’s main north-south highway in a protest on Wednesday over rising fuel prices. They have been holding occasional

Shockwaves from the pope’s surprise resignation announcement are continuing to be felt far and beyond the Vatican. After his final public mass at

Manchester United struck early in their Champions League clash against Real Madrid in the Bernabeu with Danny Wellbeck scoring in the 20th

Jaka Hvala clinched his maiden win in World Cup ski jumping in the large hill event at Klingenthal in Germany. The 19-year-olds previous best

Japan has been floored by the news wrestling will be thrown out of the Olympics. Tokyo is bidding to host the showpiece games in 2020 but it seems a

Germany is carrying out tests on meat and meat products as supermarkets in North Rhine-Westphalia removed suspicious products from shelves as the

Romania has defended its abattoirs and a probe has cleared two producers suspected of relabelling horsemeat as beef. The journey from

Joaquin Navarro-Valls was the Director of the Vatican’s press office for more than 20 years, stepping down in 2006. His role as gave him perhaps

What Benedict XVI will leave to posterity and how he will be seen to have contributed to the Roman Catholic Church are questions being posed after

At least five people have been killed in a plane crash in Ukraine.   The twin engined Antonov turboprob was carrying supporters to a European

The second report in eight months on the refugees from the conflict in Syria compiled by the humanitarian NGO Doctors Without Borders presents

Pope Benedict XVI has held his last mass as pontiff at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome in front of a congregration of thousands. He was given a

EU officials held emergency talks in Brussels on Wednesday on the horsemeat scandal. Environment, agriculture and consumer ministers were in the

  The horsemeat scandal is yet to hit Belgian supermarkets, but nevertheless consumers there are worried by developments in France and

Sales of mobile phones fell last year for the first time since 2009. The research company Gartner said that was due to “tough economic conditions

The European Union and the United States have agreed to talks on a free trade alliance. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said they

Salvatore, a fine dining entrepreneur who has worked on three continents and speaks three languages, has come down in the world since his days as

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Monday’s deadly bomb attack at the Turkish-Syrian border was meant to provoke the Ankara

As romantic Romeos rush to buy flowers ahead of Valentine’s Day on Thursday, business is booming at the world’s largest flower

PSA Peugeot Citroën has defended its recovery plan at the same time that it announced its biggest-ever full-year loss.   The French carmaker vowed to

The US correspondent for a Ukrainian television station managed to enter the Grammy award ceremony with no ticket or accreditation by just walking up

French President François Hollande has held talks with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in Paris with the leaders debating Libyan calls for Western

The European Union and the United States have agreed to talks on a free trade alliance. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says they

Norwegian police have arrested a man they suspect of threatening to attack on government buildings in Oslo. Late on Tuesday, an armed man told

Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook has said it is carefully considering calls for the company to return more cash to investors; it is currently sitting

Is a new form of right-wing politics sweeping Europe? Beyond terrorist attacks and lone wolves like Norway’s Anders Bering Brevik, support for

ING has announced deeper job cuts in its retail banking business in the Netherlands and Belgium. The latest layoffs by the Dutch financial

The Spanish parliament has bowed to public pressure and agreed to debate a citizens’ motion that would protect indebted homeowners from

A roof at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has collapsed under the weight of snow. There are no immediate radiation concerns. The Emergencies