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Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino Resigns over Dinnergate Scandal
Rome's Mayor Ignazio Marino has resigned following a scandal over his credit card expenses. Ignazio Marino has denied allegations he paid personal restaurant bills using...
ARD TV Station Under Fire After Airing Image of Angela Merkel Wearing Islamic Headscarf
German TV station ARD has come under fire after airing a mocked-up image of Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing Islamic headscarf. ARD has denied broadcasting "anti-Islamic...
French Riviera Flooding: At Least 19 People Found Dead
According to new reports, at least 19 people have been found dead following flash floods on the French Riviera. The death toll rose after two...
Refugee Crisis: Germany Facing 1.5 Million Asylum Claims in 2015
According to German media, the number of refugees seeking asylum in Germany this year will be as high as 1.5 million - almost double...
Turkey Intercepts Russian Warplane near Syrian Border
Turkish army jets have intercepted a Russian warplane while violating Turkey's airspace on October 3, Turkey’s foreign ministry says. The Russian fighter plane "exited Turkish...
Portugal Elections 2015: Pedro Passos Coelho’s Coalition Wins
Portugal's centre-right governing coalition has won the country's parliamentary elections, exit polls and early results suggest. The coalition, led by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho,...
French Riviera Flooding: At Least 17 Dead After Violent Storms
At least 17 people have died and four more are missing after violent storms hit south-eastern France, officials say. Three elderly people drowned when their...
2015 World Beard and Moustache Championships Leogang, Austria
This year’s World Beard and Moustache Championships are taking place in the small village of Leogang, Austria. Located in the heart of Salzburg Land, Leogang...
French Riviera Flooding: At Least 13 Dead After Violent Storms
At least 13 people have been killed and six are missing after violent storms and flooding have hit southeast France, officials said. Three elderly people...
Portugal Elections 2015: PM Pedro Passos Coelho Poised to Lead Centre-Right Coalition to Victory
Portugal is voting in a parliamentary election that is widely seen as a referendum on four years of spending cuts and market reforms. The centre-right...
VW Emissions Scandal: Italy Opens Inquiry over Rigged Tests
Italian authorities have opened an inquiry into Volkswagen over the rigging of emissions tests. Italy's competition watchdog said it had received several complaints from consumer...
Kolya Lukashenko: Belarus President Takes 11-Year-Old Son to UN General Assembly
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko surprised everyone by taking his 11-year-old son, Kolya, to the UN General Assembly in New York. Kolya, short for Nikolai, was...
Anders Breivik Threatens Hunger Strike over Jail Treatment
Anders Behring Breivik has threatened to starve himself to death in protest at his treatment in a Norway prison, according to media reports. The mass...
Eurozone Countries Back in Deflation in September 2015
Eurozone countries returned to deflation in September 2015 as prices fell at an annual rate of 0.1%, according to the Eurostate statistics agency. It is...
Ursula von der Leyen: German Defense Minister Denies Plagiarism in PhD Thesis
Germany’s Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen denies claims she plagiarized parts of her doctoral thesis. The crowd-sourced plagiarism hunting website VroniPlag Wiki claims to...
Catalonia Elections 2015: Pro-Independence Parties Win Absolute Majority
Catalonia’s pro-independence parties have won an absolute majority in Spain’s regional elections, early results show. With more than 90% of the votes counted, the main...
Catalonia Elections 2015: Nationalist Parties Join Forces for Independence
Catalonia is voting in regional elections that nationalist parties hope will set them on the road to independence from Spain. Two separatist parties have joined...
Refugee Crisis: Europe Gets a Daily Flow of 8,000 Syrians and Iraqis
The United Nations warns that a daily flow of about 8,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to Europe is likely to continue. The figure came from...
Romanov Family Murder Case Reopened in Russia
Russia has reopened the 1918 murder case of Tsar Nicolas II and his family, the Romanovs. The bones of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, and...
Refugee Crisis: EU Approves Controversial Quota Plan
EU home affairs ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 migrants across Europe over the next two years. It will see refugees moved...
Refugee Crisis: EU Home Affairs Ministers Try to Solve Mandatory Quotas Dispute
EU ministers are meeting in Brussels to try to resolve a dispute over how to relocate 120,000 refugees who have recently arrived in Europe. Some...
Refugee Crisis: Hungary PM Viktor Orban Says Europe’s Borders Are Threatened by Migration
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said Europe's borders are threatened by migration, at the start of a week of intense diplomatic activity on the...
Greece Snap Election Results: Alexis Tsipras Celebrates Syriza Victory
Greece former PM Alexis Tsipras has hailed a "victory of the people" after his left-wing Syriza party won the country's snap election. Alexis Tsipras said...
Eiffel Tower Closed Due to Terror Suspect
Eiffel Tower was closed after a man carrying a backpack was seen scaling the tower. The alarm was raised early on Sunday, September 20, and...
Refugee Crisis: At Least 10,000 People Arrive in Austria amid EU Tensions
At least 10,000 refugees have arrived in Austria on September 19, amid bitter rows among EU nations on how to handle the growing crisis. The...
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