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Ukraine

Court rules EU sanctions against five Ukrainians should be overturned

The EU has suffered a blow over its decision to impose sanctions on five Ukrainians. The General Court of the EU says the men, including ex prime

World News

Disneyland Paris: man arrested with guns in bag

Italy

Italy: Senate debates civil partnership legislation

The long-awaited debate on the rights for unmarried heterosexual and homosexual couples

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France

Man arrested with two handguns at hotel in Disneyland Paris

Security staff stopped the man and a female companion at the entrance

Sport

Olympic flame to pass through refugee camp

The flame for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will pass through a refugee camp in Athens and one refugee will be among the torch bearers

World News

Sweden to fly home as many as 80,000 failed asylum seekers

Sweden is preparing to send back nearly half of all the asylum seekers that entered the country last year, and is ready to charter planes to take

Sport

CONMEBOL backs Infantino for FIFA presidency

Gianni Infantino has become hot favourite to replace Sepp Blatter as President of football’s world governing body FIFA after he received the

Ivory Coast

Gbagbo: ICC hears details of war crimes charges

Former Ivory Coast president goes on trial in the Hague

Israel

Ban Ki Moon dismisses Netanyahu's "bolstering terrorism" accusation

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has not taken his tongue-lashing from Israel’s leader Bejamin Netanyahu lying down. Netanyahu said Ban’s

Economy

New EU rules to stop businesses using legal loopholes to pay less tax

The EU is proposing new rules aimed at reducing annual tax losses of up to 70 billion euros from companies like Google, Amazon, Starbucks and Apple using aggressive tax avoidance.

Culture news

Carnival in Venice brings out masks and elaborate costumes to the squares of the canal city

It’s carnival time in Venice. In the streets and squares of the canal city people parade in elaborate masks and spectacular costumes. This year

Cinema

Sundance Film Festival flies high with "Eddie the Eagle"

Park City, Utah has become the home of Sundance. Now there’s a word which has a particular resonance with those who remember the movie Butch Cassidy

Economy

Russia to talk to OPEC about pumping less oil to boost prices

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has confirmed that Saudi Arabia had proposed oil producing countries cut production by up to 5 percent each in order to support weak oil prices.

Economy

Spanish unemployment falls by record amount, still almost 21 percent

Spanish unemployment has fallen by record amount, but is still almost 21 percent of the workforce presenting a threat to the country's long-term economic growth.

Economy

UK GDP growth for 2015 slows to weakest in nearly three years

Britain's economy saw the annual pace of growth in 2015 slow to its weakest in nearly three years. GDP grew by 2.2 percent.

Cyprus

Cyprus, Israel and Greece talk regional issues

Bilateral agreements were signed in Tel Aviv between the Israeli and Greek prime ministers before they travelled to Cyprus

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Daredevil skier falls 1,000 feet, emerges unscathed

Pro-skier Angel Collinson was shooting a documentary in Alaska’s Neacola range in April 2015 when she tumbled and plummeted 1,000 feet (just over 304

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Performance for Pope

Circus members perform a marine-themed show for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Wednesday (27 January).

My Europe Series

Can aid help to resolve the Syrian crisis?

As Syria bleeds, how should an upcoming aid conference relieve the suffering? How to get the world to provide billions in needed funding? And could