World / Europe

Finnish election highlights Nordic dilemma about welfare state 15 Apr 2019 - 09:24 pm

HELSINKI: Voters across the Nordics are telling politicians to safeguard their cherished, comprehensive welfare model but Sunday's election in Finland shows how prohibitive...

Industrial policy row masks deeper German struggle over post-Merkel era 15 Apr 2019 - 09:24 pm

BERLIN: After a brief ceasefire, Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats are fighting among themselves again over the future shape and leadership of their party...

Fire devastates Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris 15 Apr 2019 - 09:09 pm

PARIS: A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris' soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of...

Extreme-right Frenchman sent to prison for Holocaust denial 15 Apr 2019 - 07:57 pm

PARIS: An extreme-right Frenchman has been convicted and sentenced to a year in prison for denying the Holocaust and was ordered jailed. His...

Macron to set out fix for 'yellow vest' anger 15 Apr 2019 - 05:09 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was to make a series of major policy announcements Monday in response to five months of nationwide "yellow...

Thousands of climate protesters block London roads 15 Apr 2019 - 02:27 pm

LONDON: Thousands of climate change activists have blocked main roads in London on Monday in a bid to protest government inaction over rising...

Hundreds evacuated in Frankfurt so WWII bomb can be defused 14 Apr 2019 - 02:36 pm

BERLIN: Some 600 people have been evacuated from their homes in the old city of Frankfurt so specialists could remove a World War...

Voting begins in Finland's 'anti-austerity election' 14 Apr 2019 - 09:33 am

Helsinki: Finns began voting in a general election Sunday where the centre-right government is expected to be overturned amid widespread opposition to its...

EU countries to take in 64 shipbound migrants 13 Apr 2019 - 08:07 pm

ANKARA: Four EU countries will take in a group of migrants who have now been stranded in the Mediterranean for more than 10...

UK pressured not to overlook Swedish claims to Assange 13 Apr 2019 - 07:38 pm

LONDON: British lawmakers are heaping pressure on the government to make sure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there...

London police fire shots after vehicle rams Ukraine embassy car 13 Apr 2019 - 07:20 pm

London, April 13, 2019 (AFP) - Police opened fire outside Ukraine's embassy in London on Saturday after a vehicle rammed into the ambassador's...

Bosnian Serb wrongly calls Srebrenica massacre a 'myth' 13 Apr 2019 - 06:56 pm

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: A Bosnian Serb leader has wrongly called the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by...

Five injured in Sweden as rally car crashes into crowd 13 Apr 2019 - 06:51 pm

Stockholm: Five people were injured in Sweden on Saturday when a rallycross car veered off a racetrack during a race and crashed into...

Making a splash: Centenarian runs for office in German town 13 Apr 2019 - 12:37 pm

KIRCHHEIMBOLANDEN: For most people, reaching 100 would be reason enough to put one's feet up and take things easy, but Lisel Heise has...

Assange faces time in ‘Britain’s Guantanamo’ after years in embassy 12 Apr 2019 - 08:47 pm

Without consistent internet access, medical attention or the ability to go outside, Julian Assange complained that his almost seven-year stay in the Ecuadorian...

UK arrests WikiLeaks' Assange at Ecuador embassy in London 11 Apr 2019 - 02:45 pm

LONDON: British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday, after the South American nation decided to...