Six Italian scientists and an ex-government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 deadly earthquake in L'Aquila. A regional court...
British restaurant Smokey’s Joint has unveiled the largest chilli cheese hotdog in Europe with 13,000 calories - that's six times a woman's recommended daily...
International media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists has accused Turkey of waging "one of the world's biggest anti-press campaigns in recent history". The CPJ says...
Native American Kateri Tekakwitha and six others have been named as saints by Pope Benedict XVI at the start of a new drive to...
Luxembourg is celebrating the marriage of its Crown Prince Guillaume to Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy - the biggest royal event in decades in...
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, the heir to the throne - the grand duke-to-be - married Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy in a civil wedding...
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied any "intimate ties" with underage prostitute Ruby Rubacuori he is charged with. Speaking at his trial in...
European Union leaders have agreed to set up a single eurozone banking supervisor - a major step towards a banking union. A legislative framework is...
Leaked documents suggest that French secret services stopped tracking Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, despite evidence of his extensive links to jihadists. Le Monde newspaper says...
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the EU to be given the power to veto member states' budgets, as leaders meet in Brussels...
Google has threatened to exclude French media sites from its search results if France goes ahead with plans to make search engines to pay...
World-famous Turkish pianist Fazil Say has appeared in court in Istanbul charged with inciting hatred and insulting the values of Muslims. Fazil Say is being...
The European Union is due to begin a two-day summit in Brussels that will focus on issues surrounding the eurozone crisis. High on the agenda...
Germany has called on countries using the euro to take decisive steps to bring about closer fiscal integration. Berlin wants the EU's 27 countries to...
Sweden's National Food Agency has issued a warning after as much as 20 tons of meat labeled as beef turned out to be colored...
Jakub Halik, a Czech father of one who survived for more than six months without a real heart, has died at the age of...
The EU commissioner for health, John Dalli, has resigned after an anti-fraud inquiry linked him to an attempt to influence tobacco legislation. The EU's anti-fraud...
Guests at a London bar were hoping it wasn't their round after a £5,500 ($8,600) cocktail was mixed by leading drinks expert Salvatore Calabrese. Salvatore...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has begun his defence at his war crimes trial at The Hague court by denying the charges and...
All Syrian planes have been banned from Turkish air space, Turkey’s foreign ministry has announced. The ban follows similar restrictions imposed by Syria, after a...
Lithuanians have begun voting for a new parliament in a ballot seen in the wider EU as a test for austerity policies to tackle...
Authorities in France and Switzerland have arrested 20 people, including Florence Lamblin, the deputy mayor of a Paris district, on suspicion of laundering some...
At first glance it's your average baby doll, diaper clad and equipped with various bottles of “milk”. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed youngster looks life-life enough, her...
Police in Norway are investigating the theft of some of the Ghanaian Ashanti crown jewels from Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Oslo. The jewels were...
The European Union has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for six decades of work in advancing peace in Europe. The committee said the EU...