2015-03-12

Hungary

Confusion over Hungary's nuclear deal with Russia

Confusion reigns over the fate of Hungary’s nuclear deal with Russia, with reports from British newspaper the Financial Times that the EU has blocked

12/03/2015

France

French say man close to Mohammed Merah is IS killer in video

French officials now appear convinced the unidentified jihadi in a video which purports to show the execution of a prisoner of the so-called Islamic

12/03/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine to start talks with creditors to plug $15bn funding gap

Seeking to plug a 15 billion dollar funding gap, Ukraine has said it will begin crucial talks with its creditors on how to restructure the conflict-torn country's debt on Friday.

12/03/2015

Iceland

Iceland drops EU membership bid

12/03/2015

USA

Steinmeier: Minsk process no guarantee for success but without alternative

12/03/2015

Cinema

New film honours unsung hero who tried to kill Hitler

In ’13 Minutes’, Oliver Hirschbiegel tells the story of Georg Elser, a German carpenter who planned and carried out an assassination attempt on Adolf

12/03/2015

Italy

Italian police seize Rome restaurants in anti-mafia raid

Italian police have seized two restaurants in Rome as part of a major anti-mafia raid in the city. The owner of both establishments was arrested on

12/03/2015

Netherlands

30,000 chickens culled in bird flu outbreak, Dutch government confirms

Thirty-thousand chickens have been destroyed in the Netherlands after bird flu was found at a free-range farm in eastern town of Barneveld. The

12/03/2015

France

Skier seriously injured after being hit by plane at French resort

12/03/2015

Greece

Tsipras strikes deal to help Greece reform as war of words grows with Germany

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed a cooperation deal with the OECD group of industrialised nations in Paris. The Organisation for

12/03/2015

World

Ogier avoids a crash-fest for Mexico hat-trick

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12/03/2015

World News

Students in Italy protest Renzi's 'Good School' reform

Thousands of students have taken to the streets of Italy to protest against education reforms, ahead of the so-called 'Good School' bill being debated in Parliament.

12/03/2015

United Kingdom

British fantasy writer Terry Pratchett dies at 66

British writer Terry Pratchett has died aged 66, his publishers have announced. They released a statement on social media saying: “It is with

12/03/2015

Europe News

France spends diplomatic capital by blocking commemorative Waterloo coin

The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was one of France’s worst military defeats. Napoleon Bonaparte’s men were defeated by the allied forces of Britain and

12/03/2015

United Kingdom

Fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies at 66

12/03/2015

Israel

How Netanyahu's American influence wavered

Benjamin Netanyahu — nickname ‘Bibi’ — was born on October 21, 1949, in Tel Aviv, but his family then lived in Jerusalem. They moved to Philadelphia

12/03/2015

Bangladesh

Bangladesh cement factory collapses, scores trapped

At least six people have died and 30 more have been injured when a building collapsed in Bangladesh. Another 50 are still feared trapped. Authorities

12/03/2015

Germany

German court fines father who 'tried to marry gay son off to Lebanese girl'

12/03/2015

Iraq

Iraq PM seeks to reassure Tikrit's Sunnis before imminent Shi'ite assault

Iraqi forces and largely Shi'ite militia, believed to be Iranian-backed, are poised to retake Tikrit from ISIL. The authorities say action is being taken in the face of fears for the majority Sunni po

12/03/2015

Spain

Spain’s ghost airport set for first flights - four years after it ‘opened’

12/03/2015

Germany

German court fines father who 'tried to marry gay son off to Lebanese girl'

12/03/2015

Culture news

Sweet revenge for UK country singer who makes chart history

You may not have heard of them yet, but The Shires have just made British music history by becoming the first ever homegrown country music band to

12/03/2015

Syria

UN resolutions have 'failed' people of Syria, say aid groups

On the fourth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, a report by several charities and humanitarian organisations finds that in 2014, the worst year of the war to date, three United Nations Security Coun

12/03/2015

Argentina

France steps up role in probing deadly 'reality TV' helicopter crash

Air accident investigators from France are already at the scene. Now five French police officers have reportedly been sent to Argentina to help probe

12/03/2015

Russia

Russian rumour mill suggests Putin suffering poor health

12/03/2015

Culture news

Chanel's Lagerfeld creates pop-up brasserie for Paris fashion show

A pop-up brasserie named after Chanel’s founder Coco, whose real name was Gabrielle, was the latest creation by Karl Lagerfeld to show off his

12/03/2015

Culture news

20 years of Björk at MoMA

‘Björk’ is a new exhibition at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art which chronicles the career of the iconic Icelandic artist. Her experiments with

12/03/2015

USA

Ferguson shootings: Debate on race relations reignites in US

Fifty years after the historic Selma to Montgomery marches, the debate on race relations in the US has flared up once again. A few dozen

12/03/2015

Russia

Russia: Five dead and up to 25 missing in shopping centre blaze

A fire at a shopping centre in Russia has killed at least 5 people, with up to 25 more feared trapped under the rubble. But as emergency crews

12/03/2015

USA

Ferguson: Police officers conscious, but mixed reports on location of shooter

The debate on race relations reignites: two US officers are shot in Ferguson, Missouri, as Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigns over claims of widespread racial bias within the force.

12/03/2015