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France

France's former PM investigated over coronavirus crisis handling

Edouard Philippe said he "took note" and will provide authorities will all the information necessary. France's health minister and former health minister are being investigated too.

04/07/2020

Germany

German police probe 30,000 people over child abuse network

The investigation was launched in October after police arrested a man in Bergisch Gladbach, near the western city of Cologne.

30/06/2020

United Kingdom

Man jailed for life for throwing French six-year-old from Tate Modern

“Words cannot express the horror and the fear that his actions have brought upon us and our son," the child's parents said.

25/06/2020

World

Italy care home negligence probe: 18 bodies ordered to be exhumed

Prosecutors are investigating how Italy’s care homes handled the coronavirus crisis, just as new clusters of infection break out across the country.

24/06/2020

Russia

Ex Russian spy takes ‘moral responsibility’ for downing MH17 plane

Igor Girkin says as a military commander in eastern Ukraine at the time he has "indirect" responsibility for bringing down the MH17 plane.

20/05/2020

United Kingdom

Explained: The 'embarrassment' and 'chaos' of Scottish football

A controversial vote to abandon the 2019-20 season had angered several clubs, leading to calls for an independent investigation.

15/05/2020

Europe Decoded

TikTok subject of Dutch data protection probe

The watchdog say they will “examine whether TikTok adequately protects the privacy of Dutch children”.

12/05/2020

Germany

'There are vultures out there': Police thwart €2.38m face mask scam

€2.38 million euros were paid up front for masks that never arrived. Two arrests have been made in the Netherlands, and more are expected, says Interpol.

15/04/2020

France

Two dead and several others injured in French knife attack

A man has killed at least two people and injured four others in a knife attack in the southeastern French department of Drôme.

04/04/2020

Germany

Investigation continues as injury toll rises in Germany car ramming

Police say the driver was arrested at the scene in Volkmarsen, after around 60 people including children, were injured at Carnival in the German town.

24/02/2020

World News

US and German intelligence 'used Swiss firm to spy on governments'

The Swiss encryption firm Crypto was secretly used for spying by CIA and West Germany for decades, a new German and American media investigation says.

13/02/2020

China

China probes death of coronavirus whistleblower doctor after outcry

Investigators are to examine the death of LiWenliang, warned by Chinese authorities for raising the alarm about the coronavirus outbreak, and who died from it.

07/02/2020

Europe Decoded

'Disgusting': Attack on office of Africa-born MP in Germany is slammed

Bullet holes have been discovered at the office of high-profile Bundestag politician.

15/01/2020

Sweden

Sweden charges former China envoy over Gin Minhai meetings

Swedish prosecutors suspect Anna Lindstedt of organising a meeting in January between Gui’s daughter, China's ambassador and two businessmen about the possible release of her father, a dissident bookseller who is current imprisoned.

09/12/2019

Czech Republic

Andrej Babis: Czech PM fraud investigation to continue

The ruling reverses an earlier decision to drop the case that the PM had received European Union subsidies.

04/12/2019

France

Notre Dame: Probe examines power fault or cigarette as possible causes

French authorities have no grounds to believe that the fire that wrecked Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral in April was the result of criminal activity, although they are looking into the possibility of negligence, said the Paris prosecutor's office.

26/06/2019

World News

Russia denies claims of involvement in Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash

Russia said claims of alleged Russian military involvement in the fatal crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 are groundless, blaming Ukraine instead

19/06/2019

France

Notre Dame fire: investigators probe restoration work

Officials believe the fire that ravaged the world-famous cathedral in Paris was begun acccidentally, and could be linked to restoration work.

16/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. Mueller report is the end of the beginning for Trump, not the beginning of the end ǀ View

Democrats are gearing up to fulfill their oversight responsibilities in a manner wholly consistent with what Republicans called for during the Obama years.

23/03/2019

Netherlands

Dutch prosecutors investigate terrorist motive in tram shooting

"Up to this point, a terrorist motive is seriously being considered," prosecutors said in a statement, citing "the nature of the shooting and a letter found in the getaway car."

19/03/2019