UniCredit, feeling squeeze from low rates, cuts 18,200 jobs
Italy's top bank UniCredit announced plans to shed over 18,000 jobs in an effort to stay profitable as low interest rates and the weak economy weigh on earnings.
EU, African leaders to tackle migration crisis
Europe's leaders will offer Africa up to 3.6 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in aid at a summit in Malta in exchange for help tackling the migration crisis rocking Europe.
Italy's painstaking bid to identify shipwrecked migrants
The shy children from a dog-eared photograph found in the pocket of a migrant drowned off Italy may never know what happened to the man who might have been their father.
Germany to speed up repatriations of rejected asylum-seekers
Germany plans to speed up repatriations of rejected asylum-seekers from new central hubs, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition allies agreed, vowing to bring order to a record migrant influx.
Migrant crisis 'may derail' EU budgets: Dijsselbloem
Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the fallout from the refugee crisis should be considered when assessing some members' budgets, adding it had already had a major impact on debt-ridden Greece.
EU risks 'disintegration' over migrant crisis, warns EU's Mogherini
The European Union risks disintegrating if it fails to respond to its worst migration crisis since World War II collectively.
Vienna talks best chance to save Syria from 'hell': Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that this week's international talks on the war in Syria will not find an immediate political solution but nevertheless represent the best hope available.
Germany to send 'tens of thousands' of migrants back to Balkans
Germany will send thousands of rejected asylum applicants back to the Balkans in the coming months as Berlin toughens its stance on economic migrants in the face of a refugee crisis.
Bodies of 43 would-be migrants wash up on Libyan beaches
The bodies of at least 43 people thought to be migrants washed up on Libyan beaches east of the capital Tripoli at the weekend.
EU will 'start falling apart' if no quick action on migrants: Slovenia
The European Union will "start falling apart" if it fails to take concrete action to tackle the migrant crisis within the next few weeks.
Economic migrants use children as 'human shields': Czech leader
The Czech president accused economic migrants of using children as "human shields" in their bid to reach Europe, as the continent grapples with its biggest migration crisis since World War II.
Juncker backs Merkel on refugees ahead of EU mini-summit
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker backed Angela Merkel's welcoming stance towards migrants ahead of a mini-summit of leaders this weekend aimed at tackling record arrivals.
Juncker urges EU member states to respect migrant aid pledges
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker chided EU member states for not respecting their pledges of humanitarian aid to tackle the migrant crisis, saying "urgency" was needed.
We are approaching a more severe crisis than the one we faced back in 2007-2009: President Nazarbayev
According to him, due to falling global prices for hydrocarbons, budget revenues have dropped by 40%. Besides, global prices are falling for major Kazakhstan’s commodities.
UN chief regrets 'root causes' of refugee crisis were unaddressed
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said more should have been done to tackle the "root causes" of the worst refugee and migrant crisis since World War II.
Stalin portraits and Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraine's rebel regions
Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the centre of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraineю
Turkey PM hails 'better approach' from EU on refugees after Merkel talks
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu praised a "better approach" from the European Union in sharing the burden of the refugee crisis.
'Glimmer of hope' for political solution in Ukraine: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was a "glimmer of hope" that Ukraine could finally head towards a political solution to ending the separatist war in the country's east.
Europe needs to 'crack down' on asylum abuse: Britain
The EU must speed up deportation of economic migrants and "crack down" on abuse of its asylum system, British interior minister Theresa May said as ministers met to discuss Europe's refugee and migrant crisis.
Crisis-hit Russia toiling to keep factory towns alive
The hulking Soviet-era mineral refinery in Pikalyovo, one of Russia's hundreds of factory towns hit by a crippling economic crisis, has been a blessing, and at times a curse, for a place dependent on a single industry.
