2015-02-10

France

Ukraine peace talks in Minsk: 'A chance that cannot be missed'

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has told MEPs in Strasbourg that Wednesday’s Ukraine peace talks represent “a chance

10/02/2015

World News

UN backs Italy's warning over more migrant tragedies

Italy has repeated its appeal for more help to deal with a massive influx of migrants on its southern shores. It comes after 29 people died of

10/02/2015

Ukraine

'Ceasefire deal' reported for eastern Ukraine

A ceasefire deal has reportedly been reached for eastern Ukraine as diplomatic efforts intensify ahead of a leaders’ summit in Belarus

10/02/2015

Switzerland

Missing da Vinci masterpiece found in Swiss bank vault

A long-lost portrait by Leonardo da Vinci has been seized from a Swiss bank vault by Italian police investigating tax and insurance fraud. Talks were

10/02/2015

World News

Chilean plane crash wreckage found after 50-years in Andes mountains

Chilean mountaineers have discovered the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the Andes 54 years ago, killing 24 people, including eight players from

10/02/2015

World News

Hungarian police smash Europe's "largest illegal cigarette factory"

Hungarian police say they have raided and shut down Europe’s largest illegal cigarette factory near Budapest. Authorities seized 2.3 million

10/02/2015

France

2m euros damages for babies switched at birth in France

Two French families whose daughters were accidentally swapped at birth have won nearly 2 million euros in damages. The switch happened at a clinic in

10/02/2015

Tunisia

Strike and protests on Tunisia-Libya border amid anger over tax

A strike has shut up shops and offices in large parts of southern Tunisia, bordering Libya. It follows clashes between police and protesters on

10/02/2015

Bulgaria

Bulgaria 'failing to probe racist attacks' on asylum seekers

10/02/2015

Europe News

Less talk and more action, Ukraine envoy tells EU

Ukraine’s ambassador to the EU Kostiantyn Yelisieiev on Tuesday condemned fresh attacks in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine which Kiev blames on

10/02/2015

Syria

US aid worker and ISIL hostage Kayla Mueller confirmed dead

The United States has confirmed the death of aid worker and ISIL hostage Kayla Mueller. Her family say they are heartbroken. It comes four days after

10/02/2015

World News

ESA preps for its first space-plane blast off

The European Space Agency is making the final preparations for its first ever space-plane launch on Wednesday. The IXV, short for Intermediate

10/02/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: diplomacy or weapons?

Euronews’ Kyiv correspondent Maria Korenyuk, asks What can stop the conflict escalating in Donbas; diplomacy or weapons? “Western leaders will make

10/02/2015

Syria

US hostage Kayla Mueller, held by ISIS, is dead, Obama confirms

10/02/2015

Nigeria

Vow to crush Boko Haram met with scorn

The Nigerian government is insisting that a widening offensive by Boko Haram will be crushed, and there will be no further election postponement

10/02/2015

Belarus

Little optimism ahead of Ukraine peace talks in Minsk

Last year’s Minsk agreement failed to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine and there is little reason for optimism about the latest peace talks in the

10/02/2015

World News

[As it happened] Europe's IXV spaceplane mission success

10/02/2015

France

Trial of Picasso's ex-electrician accused of stealing artworks opens in France

A French court has opened proceedings in the trial of Pablo Picasso’s former electrician and his wife who stand accused of stealing 271 pieces of the

10/02/2015

Italy

Costa Concordia captain's actions

On the night of 13th January, at around nine o’clock, the Costa Concordia approached Giglio, sounding its horn in a salute to the Tuscan island’s 800

10/02/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine troops and rebels wage counter-offensives ahead of talks

Fighting is intensifying across eastern Ukraine with both government troops and rebels launching offensives to gain ground ahead of peace talks in

10/02/2015

Europe News

Eurozone officials seek Greek debt deal

Eurozone finance ministers want to clinch an interim debt deal with Greece on Wednesday. Athens wants to strike an agreement on stop gap financing

10/02/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine conflict: Timeline

It’s considered Europe’s most dangerous conflict since the 1991-2001 wars in the former Yugoslavia. Pro-Russian rebels in the east of Ukraine have

10/02/2015

Culture news

The show goes on at Donetsk opera house

As war unfolds on its streets, the opera house in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk remains open against all odds with performers giving their services for free and audience members expressing app

10/02/2015

Sweden

Abbas visits Stockholm after Swedes recognise Palestinian statehood

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in Sweden for talks with the country’s new Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. It is his first visit to the

10/02/2015

Egypt

Kalashnikov diplomacy: Putin offers unusual gift on Egypt visit to boost trade ties

Day two of President Putin’s visit to Egypt continued with as much fanfare on Tuesday, as President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi rolled out more red carpet

10/02/2015

France

[Pictures] FEMEN's topless protest as Strauss-Kahn arrives for trial over alleged pimping

10/02/2015

France

'No wild activity took place': DSK testifies in pimping trial

"I've committed no crime or offence. No wild activity took place," says former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as he takes the stand on charges of pimping.

10/02/2015

Cinema

JJ Annaud brings controversial Chinese best-seller to the big screen

Set in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, ‘Wolf Totem’ by Jean-Jacques Annaud is the film adaptation of the best-selling Chinese novel of the same

10/02/2015

Cinema

New Sherlock Holmes movie starring Ian McKellen opens in Berlin

Crowds gathered at the world premiere of ‘Mr. Holmes’ at the Berlin film festival in the hope of getting an autograph from the legendary Ian

10/02/2015

Taiwan

New footage of Taiwan crash reveals how the plane barely missed buildings

Dramatic new footage has emerged of the moment a Transasia plane crashed in Taiwan. Surveillance tape on a 21-storey building near the Keelung river

10/02/2015