Europe

When Simon Harris made headlines in his local County Wicklow newspaper in 2003 for criticising the government, the future Irish prime minister was described as “a well-known local activist”. He was 16 ...

By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their ...

When Simon Harris became Ireland’s prime minister-in-waiting in March, he turned to a favoured platform to express himself: TikTok. In a video with ‘THANK YOU’ written in yellow lettering, ...

By Maria Demertzis The European Union faces huge investment gaps. For the climate and digital transitions alone, EU countries need to find or encourage annual investment of at least €481 billion ...

Nine Egyptian men who were on board a migrant boat that sank off Greece last year, killing hundreds of people, are to face trial next month, accused of people smuggling, ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday rejected assertions by French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer, calling them absolutely unfounded. Peskov also denied ...

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has joined the board of The Hellenic Initiative (THI), an organisation investing in Greece through philanthropic actions and programmes focused on economic recovery, according to an announcement ...

Spanish nongovernmental organization (NGO) Open Arms said it and U.S. charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) were suspending attempts to get aid to Gaza via sea after seven WCK workers ...

The leadership of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has asked one of its lawmakers to “clarify” a report that he received money from a pro-Russian news portal, amid ...

The design for the number four on Germany’s national team shirts will be changed over concerns that the number ’44’ resembled the symbol used by Nazi ‘SS’ units, the German ...

One child was killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of ...

Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the most important day on the Christian ...

Airports in Sofia and Bucharest on Sunday removed passport check points for those departing to or arriving from most European Union member states as Bulgaria and Romania partially joined the ...

A hostage drama at a nightclub in the eastern Netherlands ended peacefully after several hours on Saturday with the arrest of a suspect – a man wearing a balaclava mask who ...

The government of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces a no-confidence vote on Thursday over the handling of a train crash last year that killed 57 people, after media reports emerged ...

A prosecutor at Spain’s High Court is seeking a prison sentence of 2-1/2 years for former football federation chief Luis Rubiales over his unsolicited kiss on player Jenni Hermoso, ...

Several people were killed and more injured in a coach crash on a motorway near the eastern German city of Leipzig on Wednesday, police said. “Several people were fatally injured ...

The individual circumstances of member states should be considered when working towards EU climate goals, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Monday. She was attending the European Union’s Environment ...

The deadline to enter the contest to become the leader of Ireland‘s Fine Gael party – and the country’s next prime minister – has been brought forward by one day ...

By Zafiris Tzannatos What was once a common practice in authoritarian regimes, such as those of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and Communist Romania, is now being revived all over ...

Tourists arriving at Barcelona’s airport or gazing at its iconic Sagrada Familia basilica will this Easter holiday be met with large signs in English that read: “Drought alert. During ...

Ukraine could dismantle within days its “sponsors of war” blacklist, central to Kyiv’s campaign to expose companies doing business with Russia, after a backlash from countries including China and ...

Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday he would step down as Ireland’s prime minister in a surprise move, saying the country’s coalition government would stand a better chance of ...

Brazilian football player Dani Alves can be released from jail on a one million euro bail while he appeals his rape conviction, after serving about a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year ...