Lights filled the sky but the mood was sombre in Kyiv’s Independence Square on Friday (February 20). Ukrainians gathered to mark the first

Belgium’s Charline Van Snick produced a superb display to stun favourite Munkhbat Urantsetseg of Mongolia in the final of the women’s under 48 kilo

Around 50 people are now known to have died in three suicide car bombings in Libya. Fighters loyal to the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL)

Hundreds of people gathered in Ashbourne to take part in the annual Shrovetide Football Match, which is a tradition dating back to the 12th century

Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an agreement on Friday evening to extend Greece’s international bailout

Shards of light stretched up into the sky in central Kyiv on Friday evening in honour of more than 100 people who died during the bloodiest days of

Many German newspapers backed their country’s stance in the protracted Greek debt crisis with one claiming Athens thought it could treat the Germans

Portugal’s Luis Figo announced on Friday he would consider a bigger World Cup if he is elected to replace Sepp Blater as FIFA president. The

The Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis arrived in Brussels on Friday afternoon for crunch talks with his Eurogroup counterparts, optimistic that

Sporadic fighting has pierced the fragile ceasefire in east Ukraine. The OSCE which is charged with monitoring the truce which entered into force

For two years, Giorgos and Evgenia Kouzilos and their three children have been living without electricity. Athens says 300,000 households in Greece

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday he was certain that eurozone finance ministers would accept Athens’ loan extension. request

Over 12.5 million Germans are now living below the poverty line which is the highest number on record since reunification 25 years ago. Berlin, the

Security forces have cordoned off the Central Hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu shortly after a suicide attack by Islamist militants. Police say

France and Germany are more convinced than ever that the Minsk agreements aimed at resolving an ongoing crisis in Ukraine should be fully implemented

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The Minsk ceasefire agreement did the 25,000 inhabitants of Debaltseve little good, in the heart of the fighting that continued in eastern Ukraine

A power output the equivalent of around three nuclear plants is to be shared between France and Spain. The link to carry energy across the Pyrenees

Companies across the eurozone are taking on staff at the fastest rate since August 2011 to meet demand. That’s a key point in a survey published on

At least eleven people have died and several MPs have been injured in a suicide attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The deputy prime

At least ten people have died and several MPs – including the Deputy Prime Minister and the Transport Minister – have been injured injured after a

The “Salt of the Earth” directed by Juliana Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders, is one of the documentaries nominated at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

To mark the fresh ridicule being aimed at North Korea’s Kim Jong-un for his new haircut, we look at other world leaders with unique style. One of

At least five people are injured - one seriously - in a train collision north of Zurich, Switzerland.