Caroline Mortimer

Austria

#FiftyShadesOfKurz: Sebastian Kurz biography mocked for fawning prose

The official biography has been compared to the erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey"

12/09/2019

Russia

Russian theatre director has house arrest conditions lifted by court

Kirill Serebrennikov has been under house arrest since 2017 following accusations of embezzlement which supporters say are politically motivated

12/09/2019

United Kingdom

Opposition politicians attack Boris Johnson for ignoring parliament

Opposition politicians have criticised Johnson's decision to hold "people's pmqs" where he answers the public's questions but has ignored a court order nullifying his suspension of parliament

11/09/2019

United Kingdom

UK's 'no-deal' Brexit document predicts delays at border

The UK government has released its 'Operation Yellowhammer' which details 'significant disruption' at the borders which could lead to medicine and fuel shortages

11/09/2019

Netherlands

Dutch doctor cleared over euthanasia of women with dementia

The unnamed doctor performed euthanasia on the 74-year-old as she had previously made a living will asking for it if her condition deterioated

11/09/2019

Mauritius

Where are the Chagos Islands and why do they matter to the UK?

Pope Francis has called for the UK to honour a UN resolution calling for it to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

11/09/2019

Hungary

30th anniversary of Pan-European picnic: How did it lead to the fall of the Iron Curtain?

The Pan-European picnic was supposed to see the opening of the border between Austria and Hungary for three hours to promote peace but triggered a domino effect leading to the fall of the Iron Curtain itself

19/08/2019

Denmark

What's behind Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland?

The U.S. President is said to have suggested purchasing the autonomous territory from Denmark to expand U.S. territory

16/08/2019

United Kingdom

Former Conservative MP joins Liberal Democrats to stop no-deal Brexit

The MP for Totnes in Devon left the Conservatives to join Change UK in February but left that party after the disaster result in the European elections and has now joined the Liberal Democrats bringing their firmly anti-Brexit block in parliament up to 14 MPs

15/08/2019

Italy

Hundreds gather to honour 43 killed in Genoa bridge collapse

Today marks the one year anniversary of the collapse of the Ponte Morandi in which 43 people were killed who were crossing the bridge at the time

14/08/2019

Malaysia

Nora Quoirin: France opens criminal probe into teenager's death

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation into the death of an Irish-French teenager found dead in a Malaysian jungle, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Wednesday.

14/08/2019

United Kingdom

Met police officer facing the sack after appearing Big Brother Nigeria

Khafi Kareem is currently starring in Big Brother in the Nigerian capital Abuja while being on unpaid leave from her job in London

13/08/2019

USA

Opera union launches investigation into Domingo assault allegations

The director of the Los Angeles opera has been accused of mistreatment by nine women.

13/08/2019

Italy

Trove of jewels, beads and good luck charms found at Pompeii

Archaeologists say the finds at the House of the Garden in Regio V of Pompeii

13/08/2019

Switzerland

What are the Geneva Conventions and what do they mean in modern war?

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the agreement of the fourth and final Geneva Convention following an 85-year process of defining the rules of war

12/08/2019

Russia

Russia tells Google to stop promoting Moscow protests on YouTube

Russia tells Google to stop promoting Moscow protests on YouTube

12/08/2019

Ukraine

Ukraine election: Zelensky's party on course for historic win

Ukraine's Servant of the People party is set to secure a historic win by commanding the country's first overall majority in parliament.

21/07/2019

Poland

Polish police arrest 25 people after attacks on LGBT march

Police in Bialystok have arrested 25 men after videos on social media showed attacks on LGBT activists taking part in the city's first Pride parade

21/07/2019

Egypt

British Airways cancels all flights to Cairo due to security concerns

British Airways cancels all flights to Egyptian capital after the UK Foreign Office updates its travel guidance to warn of threat to aviation

21/07/2019

Italy

Watch: Mount Etna erupts spewing lava and ash into the sky

Mount Etna in Sicily has erupted spewing lava and ash into the air and forcing the closure of two airports in nearby Catania

20/07/2019