A court in Brescia, northern Italy, has ordered the release from jail of seven activists who allegedly plotted to 'liberate' Ve...
Italy raises €371,400 from eBay luxury car sale
Italy's government on Friday said it had raised €371,400 so far in an eBay auction of luxury official cars in a symbolic effort to ...
Italy asks EU for more time to meet debt target
Italy on Thursday asked the European Union to push back a deadline for cutting its public deficit to 2016, days after France reportedly...
Eurostar: Major train delays after two incidents
Hundreds of travelers on Eurostar trains between Paris and London saw hours of delays and cancellations on Thursday night due to back-t...
Police finish DNA sweep in hunt for school rapist
All 527 male students and staff at a private school in France have turned over their DNA as part of an unprecedented hunt for whoever r...
University applications rocket to record high
Swedish universities continue to draw vast amounts of applicants with the number of prospective students seeking a third level educatio...
French MP proposes puppy custody law
Who gets custody of a dog after a divorce? A French lawmaker has proposed a bill to create a legal framework to answer precisely that a...
Threat letter to French mosque praises far right
After pork products turned up in the mailbox of a suburban Paris mosque along with a threatening letter praising the town's recentl...
New scandal means more bad news for president
The latest blow to struggling President François Hollande came on Friday when a close aide quit over allegations he'd used taxpayer...
Berlusconi is 'pleased' to be helping the needy
Italy's former premier and billionaire tycoon Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday he was happy to do his community service in a centre ...
Italian bank backs €5bn capital boost plan
Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena gave the go-ahead on Friday to a €5.0 billion equity raising that will boost its capital and all...
Croatia extradites ex-top spy to Germany
Croatia extradited a former Yugoslav spy chief, Zdravko Mustac, to Germany on Thursday to face charges for the 1983 murder of a disside...
SPD: Restore 45-percent investment tax
The centre-left half of Germany's coalition government has called for the old top rate of a 45-percent tax on investments to be bro...
Customs find smuggled cash in every third car
The number of Germans smuggling large amounts of cash across the Swiss border into Germany rose dramatically last year. Customs officer...













