Switzerland Croatia: first victim of Swiss immigration vote Croatia has been reacting to Switzerland’s announcement that it will not now be able sign a labour market pact with the EU’s most recent new member 17/02/2014
Sport Sochi Olympics: results and action on day 10 Biathlon In the women’s biathlon, Belarus’ Daria Domracheva is fast becoming one of the standout performers of the Sochi games after Monday’s 17/02/2014
Spain Spanish women earn almost a quarter less than men says official data. Female workers in Spain earn 23 percent less than their male counterparts, according to a report by the country’s workers union. While the average 17/02/2014
Libya Libyan parliament agrees to 'early' election in divided country There were scenes of jubilation in Tripoli’s Martyrs Square on Monday as Libyans marked the third anniversary of the revolution that brought down 17/02/2014
brussels bureau Water as a human right To encourage the participation of Europeans in the EU decision-making process, the Lisbon Treaty created the Citizens Initiative, which requires 17/02/2014
brussels bureau No talks on third Greek bailout yet: eurozone ministers There will be no talks on a possible third bailout for Greece before August, a senior eurozone official said on Monday. Eurogroup president Jereon 17/02/2014
the corner The Corner: Bayern tip top in Bundesliga In this week’s edition of The Corner, our weekly round up of European club football, we feature matches in Germany, Spain, The Netherlands and 17/02/2014
Ukraine Ukraine opposition leaders meet Merkel in Germany Former boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko and fellow Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk have held talks in Berlin with Chancellor Angela 17/02/2014
Thailand Yingluck under pressure from protesters as Thai rice farmers demand payment In Thailand, around 10,000 protesters cemented entrances to Government House in Bangkok to prevent prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra from working 17/02/2014
Nepal Nepal plane crash kills all 18 on board Search and rescue helicopters have recovered bodies of all 18 people on board a small aircraft that crashed in Nepal. The state-run Nepal Airlines 17/02/2014
Georgia Georgian court sentences ex-premier to five years in prison A Georgian court has jailed a former prime minister for five years for corruption. Vano Merabishvili was convicted of abuse of power and other 17/02/2014
Insight Renzi will lead Italy successfully - analyst Sabrina Pisu, euronews: “Matteo Renzi has been asked to form a government. As Italy’s probable next premier, what are his strong and weak 17/02/2014
Switzerland Swiss police say hijack co-pilot is claiming asylum Swiss police say an Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot who hijacked the plane he was flying, did so in order to claim asylum in Switzerland, The co-pilot 17/02/2014
economy EU mobile roaming prices 'economic madness' says Kroes The European Commission vice-president responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has slammed mobile phone roaming charges in Europe as 17/02/2014
North Korea North Korea crimes 'strikingly similar' to Nazi era UN investigators have called for North Korean security chiefs and possibly even Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un to face international justice for ordering 17/02/2014
Italy Italy getting easier ride on international bond market The cost of borrowing for the Italian government continues to fall, and the economy has been given a further boost by a ratings agency upgrade 17/02/2014
corporate Barclays trio to be charged with Libor fraud The Serious Fraud Office in London is pressing criminal charges against three former Barclays bank employees over alleged manipulation of interest 17/02/2014
corporate Italy fines budget airlines for taking their customers for a ride Italy’s competition watchdog AGCOM has fined Europe’s two biggest budget airlines for misleading their customers. Ryanair and Easyjet have been 17/02/2014
Syria Four-year-old fleeing Syria reportedly found alone in the desert Update: Tuesday, February 18 - 10:30AM CET It has emerged that little Marwan, while separated from his family for a period of time , was not alone in 17/02/2014
futuris Elixir of youth An elixir of eternal youth may be the stuff of legend and beyond the reach of humans, but it is not such a fantasy in the world of art restoration 17/02/2014
Spain Migrants storm border fence with Morocco to enter Spanish Melilla enclave Some 150 sub-Saharan migrants have managed to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco, after storming the border fence. Dozens of others 17/02/2014
Germany Merkel's coalition shaken by minister's departure Angela Merkel’s grand coalition government is looking shaky as the Chancellor faces recrimination for forcing a cabinet colleague to 17/02/2014
le mag Fashion takes a splash in London Taking its cue from the current bad weather sweeping across Britain, the catwalk was flooded for Hunter Original’s spectacular show at London Fashion 17/02/2014
le mag Meet your ancestors in London museum It’s a grand scale family reunion – London’s Natural History Museum is turning back the clock a million years for the first ever exhibition bringing 17/02/2014
Italy Majority of Italians back Renzi - opinion poll An opinion poll published in the Corriere della Sera suggests that 52 percent of Italians have confidence in Matteo Renzi to lead the government and 17/02/2014
science Amputee recovers feeling with robotic arm European researchers have created a robotic hand that gave an amputee a sense of touch he had not felt in a decade. With the artificial limb, the 17/02/2014
North Korea North Korea's gulag horrors condemned by UN United Nations human rights investigators have tabled a report on conditions in at least four large prison camps they say are known to exist in North 17/02/2014
corporate Google snaps up Israel's SlickLogin Google has reportedly bought Israeli security startup SlickLogin. The company’s three-man team announced the deal, saying Google shared their 17/02/2014
no comment Two whales found stranded in Denmark Two sperm whales have stranded in West Jutland this weekend. One was already dead, the other one is still alive, but will be impossible to save. It 17/02/2014