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'Change is possible': Thousands join Moscow opposition protest Thousands of people poured onto Moscow's streets for the first authorised opposition protest in a year-and-a-half, with Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny telling the crowds: "Change is possible."
21 September 2015 16:12
Dance meets martial arts at London Fashion Week Cocktail dresses tied with karate belts set the tone at London Fashion Week as Georgian designer David Koma produced a sleek catwalk mashup of dance and martial arts.
21 September 2015 12:18
Tsipras marginally ahead in knife-edge Greek vote: exit poll Former Greek left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras has a slight lead over his conservative rivals in the country's cliffhanger vote.
21 September 2015 10:37
Hundreds of migrants mass on Slovenia border Hundreds of migrants gathered on Croatia's main border crossings with Slovenia on Saturday, seeking transit through Slovenian territory in their bid to travel to northern Europe.
19 September 2015 15:37
Moody's downgrades France rating citing slow growth Moody's cut France's sovereign debt rating one notch to Aa2, saying the country will struggle with slow growth and a high debt burden for the next five years.
19 September 2015 15:16
Final polls give Tsipras slight lead in Sunday's Greek vote Final polls before Sunday's key Greek election gave a slim lead to radical left former prime minister Alexis Tsipras over his conservative rival.
19 September 2015 13:54
Tintin braves new adventure at real-life opera Over the years Tintin has battled spies, climbed the Himalayas and travelled to the Moon but the intrepid Belgian boy reporter now faces what could be his biggest adventure yet -- an opera.
18 September 2015 17:58
Germany says EU majority vote could force members to accept migrants German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that EU members reluctant to accept migrant quotas may have to be outvoted and overruled in the 28-member bloc.
18 September 2015 16:46
Scottish leader warns Cameron a year after vote Scotland's First Minister warned that a united Britain was "on borrowed time" unless Prime Minister David Cameron devolved more powers to Edinburgh.
18 September 2015 16:35
Hollande warns against 'dangers' facing Schengen French President Francois Hollande warned that a failure to resolve the refugee crisis would put the borderless Schengen zone "in danger".
18 September 2015 15:20
EU summons leaders for refugee crisis summit next Wednesday The European Union has announced an emergency summit in Brussels next in a bid to find solutions to the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
18 September 2015 12:09
To kneel or not to kneel: UK's Corbyn faces royal dilemma The Labour Party's new leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing a new dilemma in his rocky first days in the job -- whether or not to kneel before Queen Elizabeth II.
18 September 2015 11:32
Bulgaria deploying up to 1,000 troops at Turkish border Bulgaria began deploying up to 1,000 troops to buttress its southeastern border with Turkey as hundreds of migrants remained stranded for a third day on the Turkish side.
17 September 2015 15:29
Thousands arrive in Croatia after migrant clashes at Hungary border Thousands of migrants arrived in Croatia early seeking to open up a new route to northern Europe, after Hungary sealed its border, sparking ferocious clashes with angry refugees.
17 September 2015 15:19
Greek party ads spice up election campaign Alexis Tsipras is a six-year-old with a broken left arm and Greece's leading female politician changes a tyre in high heels while refusing to pay the country's debt.
17 September 2015 15:00
Ukraine expands list of sanctions against Russia Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expanded a list of sanctions against Russian companies and individuals held responsible for the ex-Soviet state's eastern uprising and for Moscow's annexation of Crimea.
17 September 2015 11:07
Hundreds of Greece-bound refugees blocked in Turkey for second day Around 1,000 refugees remained stranded in the northwestern Turkish city of Edirne, near the Greek border, after being barred by Turkish authorities.
16 September 2015 18:20
Fans flock to honour queen of crime fiction Agatha Christie Agatha Christie fans have descended on her hometown of Torquay on the English Riviera for the 125th anniversary of the murder master's birth.
16 September 2015 15:26
EU's Tusk mulls special migration summit, decision Thursday EU president Donald Tusk said he would consider requests by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others for an emergency summit on migrants and decide later this week.
16 September 2015 14:38
Hungary plans anti-migrant fence along Romania border too Hungary plans to build a fence to keep migrants out along part of its border with Romania in addition to the barrier being erected along the frontier with Serbia.
16 September 2015 10:31
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