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Business Line: diesel's loss, hybrid and electric's gain?

The emissions fixing scandal which has engulfed Volkswagen, the world’s biggest car maker, is showing no sign of abating with the news that other

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Expensive running shoes 'rated worse' than cheap ones, survey finds

Expensive running shoes are rated worse than cheap ones, according to a international survey. RunRepeat.com looked at over 130,000 reviews of nearly

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Refugees heading to Europe? I'd do the same, says EU Commissioner

EU Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans has been recounting his experience of meeting migrants and discussing their plight. He has been

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VW 'endangers whole diesel car industry'

Many customers are typically shy of buying a used car, not a new one. But now world number one Volkswagen is faced with having to figure out how to

World News

Austria returns migrants to point of entry into Europe to register

Migrants attempting to move through the EU to the country of their choice face disappointment, as Austria and Germany have reestablished rules

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Supermoon eclipse double feature!

This Sunday night, Earth will have a Supermoon Eclipse, its first in 33 years! It is important to note that there are two things happening here at

Greece

New Tsipras government is upbeat about getting Greece back on track

Having attended the swearing-in ceremony for his new government in Athens on Wednesday, Alexis Tsipras set off for Brussels to discuss the migration

Europe News

EU ministers approve migrant relocation plan in face of eastern opposition

EU interior ministers have approved a plan to share out 120-thousand refugees among member states, overriding vehement opposition from four eastern

World News

Migration crisis: EU Interior Ministers meet to seek solutions

Can Europe finally come up with a response to its refugee crisis? Ahead of an EU leaders’ migration summit on Wednesday, Interior Ministers from the

World News

Migrant crisis: deepening disarray as Croatia comes under fire from neighbours

Cracks in Europe’s handling of the migrant crisis are deepening, with Croatia under fresh fire from its neighbours. In the latest of a series of

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU struggles for solution to refugee crisis

In this edition of Europe Weekly, EU governments fail to agree on a solution to the influx of refugees heading towards Europe; some countries have

World News

Eurostat data reveals increase in first time asylum seekers for the second quarter of 2015

A report has put numbers to the human tide of first time asylum seekers who have registered in Europe. Figures from the Brussels statistics body

Sport

Gas man Gasol asphyxiates France in Eurobasket semis

Spain dumped France out of the semi-finals of Eurobasket 2015 with an 80-75 overtime win. The plaudits go to Pau Gasol, he came good for his country

My Europe Series

On patrol with Germany's elite anti-trafficking police

Germany’s southern border has become a frontline in the battle against human traffickers. The country is the preferred destination of most of those

Hungary

Hungary is slammed over treatment of migrants

Hungary has been severely criticised after water cannon and tear gas were fired at migrants at its closed border on Wednesday. UN Human Rights

Economy

Altice expands in US with Cablevision purchase

European telecoms group Altice is set to become a major player in the US market. The latest acquisition for the company founded by French-Israeli

Europe News

Anti-Uber protest brings central Brussels to a standstill

The Belgian capital of Brussels came to a standstill on Wednesday as some 300 taxi drivers protested against ride-hailing service Uber. Taxi drivers

World News

Which European countries offer the most social benefits to migrants?

People seeking refugee status in European countries are generally entitled to food, or money to buy it, plus shelter and medical attention, schooling