EU loses out on Ukraine, but may have dodged a bullet
By Luke Baker In post-Soviet Europe, Russia looks to have won a decisive victory by convincing Ukraine to reject a trade deal with the European...
Europe
Irish fiscal watchdog warns government may miss deficit target
Ireland no longer has any margin for error in its bid to meet the European Union’s budget deficit limit by 2015 and there is a...
Thirty-two dead, more feared trapped in Latvian supermarket collapse (updated)
By Aija Braslina Rescue workers pulled more bodies from the ruins of a collapsed supermarket in the Latvian capital, Riga, on Friday, taking the death...
Four killed, dozens feared trapped in Latvia shop collapse
By Aija Braslina Four people were killed and dozens more were feared trapped after the roof of a busy supermarket in Latvia’s capital Riga collapsed...
France, Iran trade barbs as powers struggle to reach nuclear deal
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi and Justyna Pawlak France and Iran traded tough words on Thursday as major powers struggled to finalise an interim deal...
Ukraine drops plan to go West, turns East
By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk Ukraine abruptly abandoned a historic new alliance with its western neighbours on Thursday, halting plans for an imminent trade...
Green groups quit Warsaw climate talks over lack of progress
By Susanna Twidale and Nina Chestney Several major environmental groups, including Greenpeace and WWF, have walked out of U.N. climate talks in Warsaw in protest...
Merkel defends German surplus against international criticism
By Stephen Brown Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended Germany against international criticism that it was not doing enough to reduce its high trade surpluses...
French police arrest Paris shooting suspect
French police have arrested a man they suspect shot a newspaper employee and fired at a bank this week, saying he had been jailed in...
Ukraine parliament rejects proposed laws to release Tymoshenko
By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday rejected draft laws that would allow jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to go to Germany...
