World / Europe

Failing to hire women, ECB extends supervision job deadline: sources 27 May 2019 - 11:52 am

FRANKFURT, The European Central Bank has extended a deadline for filling three top jobs at its bank supervision arm after it failed to...

French police arrest suspect over Lyon explosion 27 May 2019 - 11:38 am

Lyon: French police have arrested a suspect over an explosion in the heart of the southeastern city of Lyon last week which injured...

Britain's Brexit Party triumphs in EU vote 27 May 2019 - 11:12 am

London, Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage's Brexit Party triumphed early Monday in European Parliament elections that Britain was never meant to hold, while the...

Absolved of 'betrayal', Liberal Democrats win anti-Brexit vote 27 May 2019 - 12:43 am

London: With strobe lights dancing over the London nightclub, Liberal Democrats leader Vince Cable tapped the microphone and hushed the room with a...

Centrist bloc loses majority in EU poll: projection 26 May 2019 - 09:57 pm

Brussels: The main conservative group in the European Parliament will remain the largest bloc after Sunday's elections, but has lost ground and will...

Merkel coalition suffers heavy losses in Euro elections 26 May 2019 - 08:21 pm

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative-left coalition government suffered huge losses in Sunday’s European elections, while the far-right, Islamophobic AfD party made major gains. ...

EU election by country: estimates and forecasts 26 May 2019 - 08:00 pm

Paris: About 51 percent of voters across Europe are estimated to have taken part in elections which wrap up Sunday to choose members...

UK must leave EU on Oct. 31 even without a deal - PM candidate McVey 26 May 2019 - 11:25 am

LONDON, Britain must quit the European Union at the end of October even if that means leaving without a deal, Conservative lawmaker Esther...

German state vote could threaten future of Merkel coalition 26 May 2019 - 10:22 am

BERLIN, Voters in the northern state of Bremen look set to inflict a humiliating blow to Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), in an election...

French police hunt suspect after Lyon bomb attack 25 May 2019 - 04:05 pm

Lyon: French police were on Saturday pulling out all the stops to locate a suspect following a blast in the heart of Lyon...

EU votes as far right challenges Macron 25 May 2019 - 03:38 pm

Brussels: Voters were called out for a third day in EU parliamentary elections on Saturday as the far right hoped to win a...

What happens now? Key dates ahead as British PM quits 24 May 2019 - 08:19 pm

London: Here is the timetable ahead for Britain's prime minister as Theresa May prepares to step down from the role: May 24: Theresa...

As May steps aside, rival Boris Johnson makes his Brexit pitch 24 May 2019 - 08:19 pm

As Prime Minister Theresa May finally succumbed to the pressure to step aside as leader of the Conservative Party, she had a message...

British PM May resigns, paving way for Brexit confrontation with EU 24 May 2019 - 12:12 pm

LONDON: Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit after failing to deliver Brexit, setting up a contest that will...

Britain's May set to announce resignation 24 May 2019 - 11:56 am

London, Beleaguered British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to announce on Friday that she will step down within weeks, according to reports,...

How the 20-year-old ECB has learnt to flex its muscles 24 May 2019 - 09:07 am

Frankfurt am Main, The European Central Bank is the youngest by far among the world's major monetary authorities and the only one steering...

German YouTuber's diatribe against Merkel's party goes viral 23 May 2019 - 03:03 pm

Berlin: A German YouTuber's hour-long rant against Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party has gone viral, attracting more than five million views by Thursday...