Macron, Merkel urge ‘full’ Ukraine ceasefire ahead of planned truce
AFP | The leaders of France and Germany on Friday reiterated their call for a "solid, full and permanent ceasefire" in Ukraine's conflict-torn east ahead...
Spike in illegal Channel crossings ‘concerning’: UK minister
AFP | Britain's Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said Thursday that a spike in migrants crossing the Channel by boat was "deeply concerning", after dozens of...
London’s Gatwick airport sold to French Vinci conglomerate
AFP | French conglomerate Vinci said Thursday it had bought control of Gatwick airport, Britain's second-busiest, for nearly three billion pounds only months before Brexit....
Five things to know about Romania
AFP | Romania, which takes over the rotating EU presidency in January for the first time since it joined the bloc in 2007, is a...
Twenty years of the euro: key dates
AFP | Two decades ago the euro currency was launched, at first existing virtually for accounting and financial transactions and then three years later as...
‘Anti-Muslim Denmark’: Handshake made mandatory for citizenship
News Desk | In the new citizenship bill, the government of Denmark has made it compulsory for applicants to shake hands with the officials conducting...
Oil giant Total fined in France for Iran corruption
AFP | A French court on Friday fined oil giant Total 500,000 euros ($575,000) for corruption over bribes it paid to secure a huge gas...
Protesters return to streets as Hungary’s Orban digs in
AFP | At least 5,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the Hungarian capital Budapest late Friday, as rightwing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban dismissed...
British Army joins drone hunt after London airport shutdown
AFP | Britain called in the army Thursday after dozens of drone sightings grounded all flights from London's Gatwick airport for more than 24 hours,...
Spanish government to meet in Barcelona amid separatist protests
AFP | Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona on Friday amid tight security as Catalan pro-independence groups plan to...
EU probes hack of ‘thousands’ of diplomatic cables
AFP | The EU announced an urgent investigation on Wednesday after suspected Chinese military hackers accessed thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables. Area 1 Security, a...
How Germany will turn lights out at last black coal mine
AFP | After more than 150 years, Germany's last black coal mine will close in the Ruhr region, posing a gigantic geological and environmental challenge...