Новости по теме Europe

Charles Michel, Belgium's youngest PM for 174 years Belgium's Charles Michel, who became prime minister, is a 38-year-old French-speaking liberal who is now one of the youngest leaders in Europe.

08 October 2014 13:57

Quincy Jones honoured with top French award American record producer and musician Quincy Jones was bestowed with the Order of Arts and Letters, one of France's top cultural honours.

07 October 2014 13:58

Spain newspaper El Pais launches site in Catalan Spain's top-selling newspaper El Pais launched an online edition in Catalan.

07 October 2014 13:41

Russian 'bear' needs firmness and tact, says EU's Mogherini The European Union's incoming foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said that the Russian "bear" needed to be handled with a mixture of firmness and tact.

07 October 2014 13:37

Femen protest at Paris' Moulin Rouge nightclub Two members of the Femen feminist movement staged a bare-breasted protest on the roof of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris.

07 October 2014 13:29

UK police find suspect's body in hunt for schoolgirl's killer A body found in a London woodland is that of the Latvian prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross.

07 October 2014 11:14

Pope accepts 'unfaithful' British bishop's resignation Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a British bishop who stood down after admitting to an affair with a woman.

07 October 2014 11:00

Trio win Nobel medicine prize for brain's 'GPS' British-American researcher John O'Keefe won the Nobel Medicine Prize with May-Britt and Edvard Moser, for discovering an "inner GPS" that helps the brain navigate.

07 October 2014 10:16

Tesco appoints ex-Ikea head, Compass chief to board Troubled British supermarket giant Tesco announced that the former head of Ikea and the current head of catering firm Compass have joined the group's board.

06 October 2014 15:07

Deflated Bulgarian strongman vows to form government Bulgarian strongman Boyko Borisov said he would try to form a government and avoid national "bankruptcy" after his right-wing party came first in elections.

06 October 2014 14:31

France to step up air patrols in Iraq: minister France will "increase" the rate of its air patrols over Iraq against the Islamic State group, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

06 October 2014 13:06

Scientists stretch haul of height-related genes Scientists said they had pinpointed nearly 700 genetic variations that determine human height, more than tripling the haul in researc.

06 October 2014 12:49

Oktoberfest hops as thieves take police for mugs Thousands of revellers who tried to steal beer mugs have set a new record for naughtiness at Oktoberfest, Germany's annual lager and lederhosen extravaganza.

06 October 2014 10:59

Borisov to bounce back in Bulgaria election Bulgarian strongman Boyko Borisov was set for a possible return to power in elections.

05 October 2014 15:18

Eiffel Tower's new glass floor aims to turn heads A much-anticipated facelift of the Eiffel Tower will be unveiled with a new glass floor to dizzy the tourists who flock to Paris's best-known landmark.

05 October 2014 12:52

Song and dance as pro-Russia rebels mark 'liberation' from Ukraine Ukraine's largest rebel-controlled city marked six months of "independence" from Kiev with Russian and separatist flags.

05 October 2014 10:51

Scientists sound alarm over long wait for Nobel prize Awarding Nobels decades after the original scientific discovery could lead to the coveted prize becoming irrelevant.

05 October 2014 10:14

Teach English, not Russian in Ukraine schools: president Ukrainian President risked further angering the Kremlin by suggesting that English lessons replace Russian ones in schools.

04 October 2014 15:22

Catalans defy Spanish court in independence duel Catalan leaders forged ahead for a vote on independence, defying a court challenge by the national government in their bid to redraw the map of Spain.

04 October 2014 14:49

British PM confirms 'brutal murder' of Alan Henning by IS group British Prime Minister confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group Friday and vowed to bring his killers to justice.

04 October 2014 13:06

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