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Canary Islands fresh fires blaze forced 4,700 people to leave their homes
Firefighting teams in Spain’s Canary Islands are struggling anew to contain forest fires said to have forced some 4,700 people to leave their homes. On the island...
Drunk Norwegian tourist naps on moving baggage belt at Rome’s Fiumicino airport
X-ray has identified a Norwegian tourist sleeping on a moving baggage belt at Rome's Fiumicino airport. The unnamed 36 year-old man reportedly climbed over one...
Paris catacombs: bones and skulls of 6 million dead fill 200-mile network of caves and tunnels
Below Paris' 12million residents lay the remains of 6 million others - known as France's Empire of the Dead, a world which is brought...
Vladimir Putin’s hand kissed by Russian Orthodox priest
Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts awkwardly as a priest bows to kiss his hand during a visit to country's northern Valaam Island. Vladimir Putin visited...
Angela Merkel running “The Fourth Reich”: Silvio Berlusconi’s newspaper prints picture of Chancellor in Nazi salute
Italian newspaper Il Giornale, owned by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has caused controversy by printing a front page headline which said “Fourth Reich”...
Greek police to deport more than 1,600 illegal immigrants
Greek police has announced that more than 1,600 illegal immigrants will be deported following a major crackdown in Athens in recent days. More than 6,000...
King Juan Carlos falling over during Madrid military visit
King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who is still recovering from his fall in Botswana and who has been using a crutch, took another...
European markets fall following ECB’s proposals
European markets have fallen after the European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi said the bank would come up with ways to help struggling...
Three al-Qaeda members arrested in Spain
Three men suspected to be al-Qaeda members have been arrested in San Roque and Almuradiel, southern Spain. Explosive material was seized at an address in...
Boris Johnson left dangling on zip wire at an Olympic live screen event
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson was left dangling on a zip wire for several minutes when it stopped working at an Olympic live screen event. Boris...
Golden Dawn party hands out free food only to Greek nationals
Far-right Golden Dawn party in Greece has handed out free food to hundreds of struggling people in central Athens, but only to Greek nationals. The...
Pussy Riot’s Mariya Alekhina falls ill during trial
Mariya Alekhina, one of the three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, on trial for an anti-Putin protest at Moscow's main cathedral, has...
Bulgaria releases Burgas bomber image
Bulgarian police have released a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a local driver on a bus on...
Hans Kristian Rausing sentenced for preventing Eva Rausing’s burial
Tetra Pack billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing has been sentenced after admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife, Eva Rausing. The body of...
Activist Alexei Navalny charged with embezzlement
Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny has been charged with embezzlement in a case he describes as "strange and absurd". Federal investigators in Moscow brought charges...
Oxford University changes gender dress code
Oxford University students will no longer have to wear gender-specific academic clothing after concerns it was unfair to the transgender community. It will mean men...
Romania votes on President Traian Basescu’s impeachment
Romanians are voting in a referendum on whether to impeach President Traian Basescu. Traian Basescu has already been suspended by parliament in a series of...
Poland: four hikers killed by lightning in Pieniny mountains
Four people hiking in Pieniny mountains, southern Poland, were killed by lightning, Polish media report. The four, a couple in their 50s, their daughter and...
Jose Manuel Barroso in Athens for Greece economy talks
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is heading to Athens for talks on Thursday amid concern over whether Greece has done enough to get...
France: six people die in helicopter crash in Provence
Six people have reportedly died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Provence in southeastern France. The aircraft came down at around 13:40...
11-year-old boy boards plane from Manchester to Rome without passport and ticket
An 11-year-old boy from UK boarded a plane from Manchester to Rome on his own without a passport, tickets or boarding pass. The boy got...
Germany at risk to lose its AAA credit rating
Moody's has warned the outlook for Germany's AAA credit rating is negative, the first step towards a possible downgrade. Credit ratings agency Moody's said the...
Greece: troika to audit country’s progress on debt reduction
Representatives from the troika of international lenders arrive in Greece on Tuesday to assess its progress towards reducing its huge debts. They must decide whether...
Norway commemorates Utoeya and Oslo victims
Norway is today commemorating one year since 77 people were killed and 242 hurt in gun and bomb attacks in Oslo and on the...
King Juan Carlos sacked by Spanish WWF over elephant hunt
Spanish affiliate of the conservation group WWF has removed King Juan Carlos as its honorary president for going on an elephant hunting trip in...
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