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Italy's Renzi likely to win Democratic Party election 30 Apr 2017 - 03:57 pm
Italy's Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium April 28, 2017. Reuters/Eric Vidal
Vacant apartments held for ransom in Spain 30 Apr 2017 - 10:27 am
A man passes by a bricked up entrance to a building in Barcelona on April 28, 2017. AFP / PAU BARRENA
Brexit offers hope for Irish oyster farmers 30 Apr 2017 - 10:18 am
In this photograph taken on April 26, 2017, Brexit posters are pictured at the border crossing at Muff in Co Donegal near Lough Foyle, on the border with Northern Ireland and Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. AFP / PAUL FAITH
Merkel's conservatives widen lead to 7 points 5 months before German vote 30 Apr 2017 - 08:54 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Thousands of revellers celebrate Dutch king's 50th birthday 29 Apr 2017 - 10:27 pm
Hundreds of people pose for a picture with Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander (centre) after a dinner with 150 fifty-year-old Dutch people who were invited on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the King at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, late on Frid
Working relationship with Trump good: Merkel 29 Apr 2017 - 10:27 pm
Donald Trump (left) and Angela Merkel.
UKIP leader Nuttall to stand in pro-Brexit stronghold in UK election 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Paul Nuttall will stand in the Conservative-held seat, and will test the extent to which the country’s most eurosceptic areas trust British Prime Minister Theresa May’s party with the Brexit process.
Merkel says she has a `preference' for Macron in French election 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Emmanuel Macron
Orban scolded by EU over law targeting Soros's university 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at a special EU leaders' meeting of the European Council to adopt the guidelines for the Brexit talks, in Brussels on April 29, 201. AFP / Olivier Hoslet
Le Pen has potential prime minister, no rush on Euro exit 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
Peninsula
EU leaders close ranks over Brexit 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) speaks with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (left) while French President Francois Hollande looks on during a special EU leaders' meeting at the main headquarters of European Council and the Council of the EU,
EU suspects Brexit mind games in UK veto on budget 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at an election campaign rally near Aberdeen in Scotland, yesterday.
Le Pen announces eurosceptic PM pick, if she wins 29 Apr 2017 - 07:50 pm
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen (R), flanked by Former French presidential election candidate for the right-wing Debout la France (DLF) party Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (L), gestures as she speak
EU chiefs want to meet Erdogan at NATO summit: Merkel 29 Apr 2017 - 07:07 pm
Angela Merkel
Hungary’s Orban accepts EU demands, EU party says 29 Apr 2017 - 06:59 pm
Viktor Orban
Hollande urges French: vote Macron for sake of France and Europe 29 Apr 2017 - 06:54 pm
Francois Hollande had previously said he would vote for his former economy minister but had not given voting instructions.
Paris show for African art amassed by collector who's never been there 29 Apr 2017 - 06:04 pm
Peninsula
Russians, in peaceful protest, call for Putin to quit 29 Apr 2017 - 05:58 pm
Open Russia movement coordinator Maria Baronova (2nd R), surrounded by journalists and an Interior Ministry officer, walks during a protest, calling for Russian President Vladimir Putin not to run for another presidential term next year, in central Moscow