World / Europe

Divided European Parliament to elect new president 15 Jan 2017 - 05:25 am

Brussels: The European Parliament faces a stormy election for a new president on Tuesday after a long-standing coalition of pro-EU parties collapsed just...

Serbia halts 'provocative' train heading to Kosovo's Serbian north 15 Jan 2017 - 04:21 am

Belgrade: A Serbian train decorated with the national colours and plastered with icons and a nationalist slogan left Belgrade on Saturday for Kosovo,...

Music in the snow 15 Jan 2017 - 04:16 am

MPs demand Brexit plan by mid-February 15 Jan 2017 - 04:13 am

London: An influential group of MPs called on Prime Minister Theresa May (pictured) yesterday to publish by mid-February her plans for leaving the...

Need to solve world problems jointly: Merkel 15 Jan 2017 - 04:13 am

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured) is stressing as she awaits Donald Trump’s inauguration that the world’s problems need solving in cooperation, rather...

Kukeri Carnival in western Bulgaria 15 Jan 2017 - 04:08 am

Romania’s number 2 spy suspended over scandal 15 Jan 2017 - 03:11 am

Bucharest: THE deputy chief of Romania’s intelligence service Florian Coldea was suspended from his job over alleged links with a fugitive media boss...

Play seeks to exorcise Austrian truck tragedy horrors 15 Jan 2017 - 03:11 am

Parndorf, Austria: The gruesome discovery of 71 dead migrants in the summer of 2015 in an abandoned truck on a motorway near Austrian...

MH17 relatives mull new search in Ukraine 15 Jan 2017 - 03:10 am

The Hague: Families of the MH17 plane disaster victims may push for a renewed search of the crash site in eastern Ukraine after...

Kardashian heist mastermind charged 15 Jan 2017 - 03:08 am

Paris: A French judge charged the alleged mastermind of spectacular Paris heist in which five masked men robbed US reality TV television star...

German AfD leader distances himself from European meet 15 Jan 2017 - 03:08 am

Berlin: DIVISIONS appeared in the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party over a planned meeting of European right-wing populist parties next week, from...

750 migrants rescued in Mediterranean: Italy coastguard 15 Jan 2017 - 03:07 am

Rome: AROUND 750 migrants making the perilous crossing to Europe were rescued from the Mediterranean, with two bodies also recovered, the Italian coastguard...

France’s Fillon tries to win over critics 15 Jan 2017 - 03:06 am

Paris: French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon tried to win over party critics at a meeting yesterday at a time when polls show...

Spain and Hungary arrest five with alleged IS links 15 Jan 2017 - 03:05 am

Madrid: Five people with suspected links to Islamic State (IS) jihadists were arrested yesterday in separate incidents in Spain and Hungary, with several...

Poles welcome US troops as Nato eyes Russia 15 Jan 2017 - 03:04 am

Zagan, Poland: Polish authorities and ordinary Poles welcomed yesterday US troops which arrived this week as part of an unprecedented deployment to Nato’s...

Five migrants die in Mediterranean, 750 rescued 14 Jan 2017 - 05:51 pm

ROME: Rescuers saved around 750 migrants from rubber and wooden boats in the central Mediterranean but recovered five dead bodies during the operations,...

EU top negotiator wants 'special' Brexit deal with UK finance sector: report 14 Jan 2017 - 09:23 am

London: The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator has told colleagues that they need to strike a "special" deal with Britain's finance sector in...

France should sell non-strategic stakes in firms: Francois Fillon 14 Jan 2017 - 09:14 am

PARIS: Francois Fillon, the conservative politician seen by opinion polls as most likely to win the French presidential election this year, says France...