Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:28:17 GMT
France's opposition Socialists are voting for a new leader, amid bitter infighting and deep divisions in the party.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:56:23 GMT
Thieves have stolen the remains of a billionaire who died in 2006 from his vault in southern Austria, police say.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:32:08 GMT
Polish researchers say they have solved an ancient mystery and identified the remains of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:13:55 GMT
EU ministers agree to reform farm policy by moving more subsidies away from production and liberalising the dairy market.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:45:58 GMT
Russia's prime minister vows to prevent another financial "collapse", referring to the country's 1990s crises.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:17:45 GMT
A German court overturns a decision to protect electronic band Kraftwerk's copyright on a track sampled by a producer.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:25:24 GMT
Leading European stock markets fall by as much as 5% amid growing concerns of a protracted global downturn.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:25:50 GMT
Latvia becomes the second European Union country to seek the International Monetary Fund's help to stabilise its financial system.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:13:58 GMT
Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:44:47 GMT
Pirate copies of the anti-mafia film Gomorra go on sale in the heartland of the Naples Camorra clan it depicts.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:20:09 GMT
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds Uefa's ruling that Atletico Madrid should play a Champions League game behind closed doors.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:08:53 GMT
Geordan Murphy returns to the Ireland side along with Stephen Ferris and Jerry Flannery for the game against Argentina.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:19:30 GMT
Icelanders numbed by economic collapse
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:32:45 GMT
Serbia's iconic car finally runs out of road
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:55:57 GMT
EU alarmed by mystery collapse of bee colonies
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:31:58 GMT
Why fishermen are letting cod slip the net
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:31:29 GMT
Writers targeted as violent nationalism grips Turkey
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:18:36 GMT
Funding pressures threaten European space projects
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:32:31 GMT
Romania signs a 4bn-euro deal to put two more reactors into its only nuclear power station.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:47:44 GMT
The International Monetary Fund approves a $2.1bn (£1.4bn) loan for Iceland, after its banking system collapsed in October.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:01:45 GMT
The British Library is among more than 1,000 cultural groups contributing to a European online library.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:32:26 GMT
A fire breaks out at Berlin's Tegel airport, forcing the authorities to divert flights from the German capital, officials say.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:34:56 GMT
A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:47:37 GMT
A 14th-Century Greek icon stolen from a monastery 30 years ago is sent back to Greece by the UK.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:49:22 GMT
A senior Rwandan aide is placed under formal investigation in France over the killing of a former Rwandan president.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:47:39 GMT
The Italian government agrees to sell the bankrupt airline Alitalia to a business consortium, paving the way for a relaunch.
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:09:23 GMT
Proposed cuts to Italy's education budget continue to bring thousands of protesters onto the streets of Rome.
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:05:46 GMT
Russia hands back war booty to a German church.
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:18:03 GMT
How significant is the arrest of Eta's 'military chief'?
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:44:54 GMT
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes explains why the trial of three men over the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya resolves little.
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:03:52 GMT
Hundreds of children in Albania live imprisoned in their homes for fear of being killed in blood feuds, writes the BBC's Mike Lanchin.
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:22:07 GMT
The sting which toppled an alleged arms dealer
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:35:31 GMT
Japan is the latest country to cut interest rates to stimulate its economy. Has the downturn hit you?
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:05:20 GMT
Russia demands Ukraine to repay a $2.4bn gas debt, raising fears of a renewed dispute which could disrupt supplies to Europe.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:35:10 GMT
The giant Spanish bank Santander has excluded 1.8 million UK shareholders from taking part in a new share issue.
