News about Europe

Nazarbayev awards Order of Friendship to Francois Hollande Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a meeting with President of France Francois Hollande as part of his official visit to France on November 6.
10 November 2015 14:05
Belgian court gives Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users A Belgian court gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users who do not have accounts with the US social media giant, or risk fines of up to 250,000 euros ($269,000) a day.
10 November 2015 11:28
Catalan parliament begins process of secession from Spain Lawmakers in Catalonia officially kicked off a process to secede fromSpain by 2017, despite impassioned pleas against independence, in an unprecedented showdown with Madrid's central government.
10 November 2015 10:38
Fitch slashes VW ratings over poor management of pollution fraud Fitch ratings agency on Monday cut Volkswagen's credit rating by two notches, saying that a widening pollution cheating scandal has exposed weak corporate governance at the German auto giant.
10 November 2015 10:33
Croatian parties in tough talks to form government Croatia's political parties faced tough negotiations to cobble together a government after the conservative opposition won a narrow election victory.
09 November 2015 16:18
Catalan parliament to vote on secession in showdown with Madrid Catalonia's pro-independence regional parliament is expected to launch a secession process in Spain's wealthiest region, in a showdown with the central government in Madrid.
09 November 2015 15:45
Romania president meets with protesters as fire toll mounts Romania's president appealed for protesters' support in reforming the country, as the death toll rose to 45 from a horrific nightclub fire that brought down the government
09 November 2015 15:25
French PM says opposed to Renault, Nissan merger French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he was opposed to a full merger of Renault and Nissan, but wanted to "preserve the alliance", following a week of mounting tensions over the role of the state in the carmaker.
09 November 2015 12:51
UK seeks extra security abroad in wake of Russian jet crash Britain will push for higher security at foreign airports in risky areas even if it means extra delays for passengers, foreign minister Philip Hammond said.
09 November 2015 11:30
Pope deplores Vatican leaks, vows to continue reforms Pope Francis pledged to forge ahead with reforms within the Church, while decrying "deplorable" leaks over uncontrolled spending by the Vatican.
09 November 2015 10:11
Thousands in Paris anti-racism rally mark 2005 riots Condemning racism and police heavy-handedness, thousands of people attended a "march of dignity" rally in Paris to mark a decade since the deaths of two youths sparked nationwide riots.
07 November 2015 15:17
Curfew, mass arrests in Indian Kashmir ahead of Modi visit Authorities ordered a curfew in parts of Indian-administered Kashmir after hundreds of separatist activists were arrested on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the disputed region
07 November 2015 14:52
Russian plane black boxes point to 'attack', Putin halts flights Analysis of black boxes from the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing 224 people points to a bomb, sources close to the probe said, as Moscow halted flights to the country.
07 November 2015 12:38
Estonia PM questions Baltic plan to price Soviet occupation Estonia's premier raised doubts Friday about the decision of three Baltic states to calculate how much money they lost under some 50 years of Soviet occupation.
07 November 2015 11:21
'No politics please': Russians bury first Egypt crash victims Numb with grief, a young woman wept and called for her mother at a funeral in a small village in northwestern Russia for one of the victims of the plane crash inEgypt.
06 November 2015 15:53
France still in thrall to its 'sacred monster' Alain Delon France celebrates the 80th birthday of its greatest screen seducer Alain Delon this weekend with all the circumstance usually accorded to an ageing monarch.
06 November 2015 14:31
Violence as anti-capitalist march hits London Activists set a police car alight and scuffled with riot police in central London as thousands took part in a "Million Mask March" anti-capitalist demonstration night.
06 November 2015 12:53
Second Baltic pipeline will cost Ukraine $2bn a year: PM Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blasted a planned second gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea, claiming it would cost his country $2 billion (1.8 billion euros) a year in lost revenue.
06 November 2015 11:30
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.
06 November 2015 11:20
France advises against non-essential travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort France advised its nationals against all non-essential travel to Sharm el-Sheikh following the crash of a Russian passenger jet that took off from the Egyptian resort at the weekend.
06 November 2015 10:57
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