2015-04-01

Sport

For Sale - two Brazilian World Cup stadiums

Brazil’s football World Cup dream continues to be the stuff of nightmares. Two stadiums that hosted several games are now up for sale as the owner

01/04/2015

France

Three skiers killed in avalanche in French Alps

Three skiiers have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. It happened in the Ecrins mountain range, more than 3,000 metres above sea level

01/04/2015

Sport

China's Dongfeng quits leg five of Volvo Ocean Race

China’s Dongfeng Race Team has been forced to abandon stage five of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team’s vessel suffered a broken mast as it approached

01/04/2015

World

Kyrgyzstan will push for "close engagement" with EU says President Almazbek Atambayev

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has been on an extended tour of Europe meeting major European Union leaders. He plans to go to Moscow soon to

01/04/2015

Sport

Knee injury rules Bayern's David Alaba out for seven weeks

Bayern Munich’s versatile left-back David Alaba has been ruled out for around seven weeks with a torn knee ligament. The German Bundesliga champions

01/04/2015

My Europe Series

All at sea: Europe's struggle to cope with growing migrant crisis

Thousands of desperate migrants continue to undertake the relatively short but highly dangerous voyage from north Africa to southern Europe

01/04/2015

Turkey

Female attacker shot dead near Instanbul police HQ

Turkish police shot dead a woman carrying guns and hand grenades and detained a man as they tried to attack Istanbul’s police headquarters on

01/04/2015

Syria

Syria: ISIL militants seize parts of Palestinian camp

ISIL militants have reportedly taken control of large parts of a Palestinian camp in the Syrian capital. Video uploaded to the internet purportedly

01/04/2015

France

Don't ask about the co-pilot: Lufthansa boss refuses questions at Alps crash site

The head of Germanwings and the boss of parent company Lufthansa have visited the scene of the French Alps crash

01/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa's claim of 100% pilot fitness jars credibility

Germany’s airline Lufthansa, parent company for several other airlines as well, is trying to recover and stabilise its credibility in the aftermath

01/04/2015

Turkey

Turkish police shoot two attackers outside Istanbul HQ – At least one dead

Turkish police shot two attackers outside Istanbul’s police headquarters on Wednesday, killing one of them and leaving two officers injured in an

01/04/2015

Sport

Real Madrid agree deal to buy Porto defender Danilo

Real Madrid have boosted their ranks by buying the Brazilian defender Danilo from Porto. The 23-year-old, who mainly plays at right-back, will join

01/04/2015

Ukraine

Russia's gas discount to Ukraine extended

Ukraine, locked in a longstanding pricing row with Russia over gas, hopes to sign a memorandum with Moscow this month on supplies that will run until

01/04/2015

Europe News

New meat labelling rules come into force

New EU meat labelling rules have come into effect to ensure consumers know where the animal was reared and slaughtered. That means pork, lamb, goat

01/04/2015

Gaza

Palestinian Authority joins International Criminal Court

The Palestinian Authority has joined the International Criminal Court, vowing to hand over suspects to The Hague – including their own government

01/04/2015

Belgium

Row in Belgium over child killer's ex-wife sharing home with former judge

There is controversy in Belgium over news the ex-wife of a serial child killer is to move into the home of a former judge

01/04/2015

France

Controversy over footage recovered from Germanwings plane crash

French magazine Paris Match and German daily Bild report that a cellphone video found in the Germanwings wreckage shows the flight's last moments

01/04/2015

Chad

Nigerian refugees bear terror trauma from Boko Haram

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres or MSF) has deployed an emergency team to Chad. The NGO is helping an estimated 18,300 refugees and

01/04/2015

Turkey

Funeral ceremony held for Turkish prosecutor, as police make arrests

Crowds of people have attended a funeral ceremony in the Istanbul courthouse where a prosecutor was taken hostage on Tuesday and who later died

01/04/2015

Culture news

Greece and Ukraine crises reflected at European cultural awards

In Brussels, Greece and Ukraine picked up prestigious a European cultural award on Tuesday named after Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. Her

01/04/2015

Cinema

New Robert Altman documentary honours an American cinema giant

One of world cinema’s greats, the late American director Robert Altman, gets an overdue documentary from filmmaker Ron Mann, which offers an in-depth

01/04/2015

Iraq

Iraqi soldiers and Shi'ite militia celebrate victory in Tikrit

The Iraqi interior minister says most of Tikrit is now under the control of government forces

01/04/2015

No Comment

Deadly air strike destroys a dairy factory in Yemen

01/04/2015

World News

The best April fools day pranks for 2015

01/04/2015

France

Germanwings and Lufthansa bosses refuse questions about co-pilot during visit to crash site

Just over a week after the Germanwings plane crash, the airline boss and head of parent company Lufthansa visit the scene

01/04/2015

Turkey

Armed men break into AKP office in Istanbul

01/04/2015

Turkey

Two armed people entered an office of Turkey's ruling AK Party

01/04/2015

France

Lufthansa under pressure over revelations about co-pilot's medical history

Pressure is mounting on Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, over what it knew about the co-pilot before last week’s plane crash in the

01/04/2015

Culture news

Ancient Greek statues still excite in new British Museum show

The British Museum in London has a new exhibition examining Ancient Greece’s preoccupation with the body beautiful, and the influence sculptures have

01/04/2015

Culture news

Ringo Starr sends us "Postcards from Paradise"

He may have famously told his fans to give him a break and stop sending fan mail a few years ago but former Beatle Ringo Starr is still making music

01/04/2015