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Turkey protests: Clashes break out near PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office
Tens of thousands of Turks have staged a third day of protests across the country with police again using tear gas and water cannon...
High flood alert across Central Europe
Hundreds of homes have been evacuated across southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland as rivers reach dangerously high levels. The Czech capital Prague...
Turkey protests: Thousands of protesters return to Istanbul and Ankara streets after 1,700 arrests
Turkish protesters have returned to the streets of Istanbul and capital Ankara after two days of unrest that have seen more than 1,700 arrests. Largely...
Andorra to introduce income tax for first time to tackle evasion
Andorra has decided to introduce a tax on personal income for the first time as the country faces pressure from its European neighbors to...
Alexandra Kinova gives birth to quintuplets in Czech Republic
Alexandra Kinova has given birth to quintuplets in the Czech Republic, officials say, a first for the country. Alexandra Kinova, 23, had four boys and...
Michael Adebolajo charged with murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich attack
Michael Adebolajo has been charged with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22. Michael Adebolajo, 28, of Romford, Essex,...
Taksim Gezi Park protests: Police pull out of Istanbul square
Turkish police have pulled out of Istanbul’s Taksim Square which has become the focus of the largest anti-government protest in years. Thousands of people are...
Marine Le Pen loses immunity and faces criminal charges for inciting racism
France's far right National Front leader Marine Le Pen is facing criminal charges for inciting racism. The French authorities opened a case against Marine Le...
Istanbul: Taksim Gezi Park protesters attacked by police with tear gas and water cannon
Turkish police have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters occupying Gezi Park in central Istanbul. Scores of people have suffered injuries, several of...
Eurozone unemployment rate hits another record high in April 2013
According to official figures, eurozone unemployment rate has reached another record high in April 2013. The seasonally-adjusted rate for April 2013 was 12.2%, up from...
Alexandra Kinova: Czech mother pregnant with country’s first naturally conceived quintuplets
Alexandra Kinova from Czech Republic has beaten staggering odds to become pregnant with quintuplets without using IVF. Alexandra Kinova, 23, is due to give birth...
EU sues Spain in European Health Insurance Card dispute
The European Commission is suing Spain over the refusal of some of its hospitals to recognize the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). The EHIC entitles...
OECD revises eurozone growth forecasts
The OECD has revised its growth forecasts for the eurozone and called on the European Central Bank to consider doing more to boost growth. The...
EU member states allowed to slow their pace of austerity cuts
The European Commission has announced it will allow some EU member states to slow their pace of austerity cuts, amid concerns over growth. France, Spain,...
Cedric Cordier case: Man arrested over soldier knife attack in Paris
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in France in connection with a knife attack on soldier Cedric Cordier near Paris on Saturday, officials say. The...
Woolwich attack: New arrest in connection with Lee Rigby murder
British authorities have arrested a 10th person in connection with the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. The 50-year-old man was arrested in Welling,...
World’s largest national flag: Romania enters Guinness World Records with biggest flag ever made
Romania broke the world record for the biggest national flag making a triumphal entry in the famous Guinness Book. A Romanian village unfurled what is...
Pope Francis condemns Mafia for exploiting and enslaving people
Pope Francis has condemned mafia groups for "exploiting and enslaving people", urging mobsters to repent. Speaking after his weekly blessing in St Peter's Square in...
Michael Adebolajo arrested in Kenya in 2010
Michael Adebolajo, one of the suspects in the Woolwich attack case, was arrested in Kenya in 2010, the Foreign Office has confirmed. It said Michael...
King Peter II: Serbia holds state funeral for Yugoslavia’s last king
Serbia is holding a state funeral for Yugoslavia's last king, Peter II, and three other members of his family. King Peter II acceded to the...
Bayern Munich wins 2013 Champions League Final after beating Borussia Dortmund with 2-1
Bayern Munich won a pulsating all-Bundesliga encounter against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final on Wembley. Borussia Dortmund 1 (Gundogan 67′ penalty) - Bayern...
French soldier stabbed in Paris suburb La Defense
The soldier was on patrol in the area of La Defense when he was stabbed in the neck by an unknown man who...
Did Pope Francis perform an exorcism? Vatican denies claims.
The Vatican has denied claims that Pope Francis performed an exorcism, after TV 2000 images showed a man apparently reacting to the pontiff putting his...
Don Giuseppe Puglisi: First Mafia martyr beatified in Sicily
Don Giuseppe Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the mafia in 1993, has been beatified in a ceremony attended by 50,000 people in Sicily. The...
Michael Adebolajo: MI5 asked Woolwich suspect to work for them 6 months before attack
MI5 asked Michael Adebolajo if he wanted to work for them about six months before Woolwich attack, his childhood friend Abu Nusaybah has claimed. During...
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