World / Europe

France to ban electric scooters from sidewalks 23 Oct 2018 - 07:55 pm

PARIS: The French government plans to ban electric scooters from sidewalks and will require riders to use bike lanes or roads, the transport...

Italy will not leave EU or eurozone: PM Conte 22 Oct 2018 - 02:44 pm

Rome: Italy will not leave the European Union or abandon the euro, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Monday amid a standoff with...

Norway hero behind WWII sabotage of Nazi plant dies at 99 22 Oct 2018 - 12:56 pm

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Norway's prime minister says World War II saboteur Joachim Roenneberg, who headed the four-man team that blew up a plant producing...

Poland vote results due on Tuesday at earliest - committee 22 Oct 2018 - 11:12 am

WARSAW, Poland will announce regional election results on Tuesday at the earliest, an election official said, after an exit poll showed the ruling...

Migrants storm Spanish border enclave fence, 200 get in 21 Oct 2018 - 05:21 pm

BARCELONA, Spain: Some 300 migrants attacked a fence separating Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco on Sunday, an effort that left...

Scottish government identifies case of mad cow disease 20 Oct 2018 - 02:42 am

LONDON: Scotland's government said on Thursday that a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, had been discovered on a...

EU to sign trade deal with Singapore, avoid criticising China 19 Oct 2018 - 01:52 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union was set to sign a trade deal with Singapore on Friday after talks with Asian leaders keen to push...

To overcome Brexit impasse, May open to extending transition 18 Oct 2018 - 12:49 pm

BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Theresa May signalled on Thursday she would consider extending a so-called transition period "for a matter of months" after...

London's black taxi cabs to launch in Paris next year 18 Oct 2018 - 11:10 am

LONDON: London's black taxi cabs will hit the streets of Paris next year as the Chinese Geely-owned London Electric Vehicle Company continues its...

South Tyrol debates dual Italian-Austrian citizenship 18 Oct 2018 - 08:20 am

Bolzano, Italy: The Austrian government has angered Italy with plans to offer dual citizenship to the majority German-speaking population of South Tyrol province....

Student gunman killed 17 at Crimea college: Russian official 17 Oct 2018 - 04:17 pm

MOSCOW: A Russian official said a student attacked a vocational college Wednesday in Crimea, a rampage that killed 17 other students and left...

Reports: 10 feared dead in gas explosion at Crimean college 17 Oct 2018 - 12:56 pm

MOSCOW: Russian news agencies say that up to 10 people may have been killed and at least 40 others wounded by a natural...

Barnier offers to extend Brexit transition by a year: diplomats 17 Oct 2018 - 10:25 am

Brussels: The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has opened the possibility of extending the one-year transition period in an effort to unblock...

Harry and Meghan 'gift' rain to drought-stricken Aussie outback 17 Oct 2018 - 08:30 am

Dubbo, Australia, Prince Harry and his expectant wife Meghan visited a drought-stricken region of Australia Wednesday, bringing a rare and welcome rainstorm with...

Kremlin: No plans for Putin-Trump meeting in Paris 16 Oct 2018 - 04:34 pm

MOSCOW: The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Paris for an event that President Donald Trump is also set to...

War drills on the school curriculum in eastern Ukraine 16 Oct 2018 - 12:59 pm

Sartana, Ukraine: Huddled in a basement, dozens of children cover their heads with their hands, practising what to do if their school comes...

Macron moves ruling party chief to Interior Ministry in reshuffle 16 Oct 2018 - 10:52 am

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Tuesday, naming loyalist and head of his ruling party Christophe Castaner to the post...