(Guardian) The right of journalists to protect their sources will be strengthened throughout Europe, after a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights today.
Europe Archives
September 16, 2010
July 13, 2010
Italy arrests 'top mafia boss'
(BBC) A suspected Italian mob boss is among at least 300 people arrested in connection with alleged mafia activity in Italy.
July 10, 2010
Huge Catalan protest in Barcelona
(BBC) More than a million people take part in a rally in north-eastern Spain seeking greater autonomy for the Catalan region.
July 7, 2010
No closure
Slow hunt for truth about Balkans' missing
June 27, 2010
Pope hits out over Belgium raids
Pope Benedict escalates Vatican criticism of raids by Belgian police investigating alleged child sex abuse, calling them "deplorable".
June 23, 2010
Russia shuts off more Belarus gas
(BBC) Russia further reduces its gas supply to Belarus because of a dispute over payments - now amounting to a 60% cut.
June 21, 2010
Five die in Istanbul bus bombing
Five people are killed and at least 12 hurt in a bomb attack on a bus carrying soldiers and civilians in Istanbul, Turkey.
June 19, 2010
Poland heads for election run-off
A strong sympathy vote for the brother of Poland's ex-president, who died in a plane crash, carries him into an election run-off.
June 17, 2010
Sweden to replace nuclear plants
(BBC) Sweden's parliament narrowly votes to replace nuclear plants, three decades after a referendum decided to phase them out.
Five Somali men jailed for piracy
(BBC) A Dutch court sentences five Somali pirates to five years in jail, in the first such case to be tried in Europe.
June 15, 2010
H&M hostages released in Germany
(BBC) Several people are released unharmed after being taken hostage at an H&M store in the German city of Leipzig, police say.
June 9, 2010
Immigrant youths riot in Sweden
Youths in a mainly immigrant suburb of Stockholm rampage for a second night after being refused entry to a school dance.
June 8, 2010
Pain in Spain
(BBC) Spaniards resist government austerity plan
June 2, 2010
German bishop accused over abuse
Prosecutors investigate one of Germany's top Catholic bishops on suspicion of aiding and abetting child sex abuse.
June 1, 2010
Trafigura toxic waste trial opens
The trial of a Swiss-based firm over its alleged role in exporting toxic waste to Ivory Coast starts in the Netherlands.
May 29, 2010
Latvian blondes march to beat recession blues
(BBC) Hundreds of blonde Latvian women march through the capital Riga to try to bolster spirits during a time of recession.
May 23, 2010
French farmers turn Champs-Elysees green
(BBC) The Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris is turned into a green space by farmers to highlight their financial plight.
May 22, 2010
Italy ordains first woman priest
(BBC) A married teacher who belongs to a breakaway Catholic faction becomes the first female priest to be ordained in Italy.
May 21, 2010
Germans approve euro rescue plan
Germany's parliament backs a huge eurozone rescue deal, though one party votes against it and two others abstain.
May 18, 2010
Cordoba scandal
(BBC) Spain shocked as sex abuse claims hit Church
French free Iran ex-PM's assassin
An Iranian convicted of the 1991 murder of Iran's ex-Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar is released from prison in France.
May 14, 2010
Spanish judge Garzon suspended
(BBC) High-profile Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon is suspended from his post by the country's judicial body for alleged abuse of power.
May 11, 2010
Pope pins scandal on Church 'sin'
Pope Benedict XVI blames the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal on "sin within", and not outside persecution.
May 9, 2010
EU agrees euro stability package
(BBC) EU finance ministers agree emergency measures worth 500bn euros (£430bn) to stop the Greek debt crisis from spreading.
May 5, 2010
Three killed in Greece protests
At least three people are killed in Greece as protesters set fire to a bank building during a general strike over austerity measures.
May 4, 2010
Maori heads to return to NZ
The French parliament votes to return the heads of at least 15 tattooed Maori warriors to New Zealand.
Tensions high as Greeks strike
(BBC) Greek public sector workers storm the Acropolis and scuffle with riot police during a strike against austerity measures.
April 29, 2010
Athens clash over austerity cuts
(BBC) Athens police fire tear gas at hundreds of protesters angered over cuts the country faces in return for a debt bail-out plan.
Belgium votes on burka ban
(BBC) Belgium's parliament passes a law which would ban women from wearing Islamic veils like the burka or niqab in public.
April 27, 2010
Bid to ban 'racist' Tintin book
A Congolese man tries to have a controversial Tintin book banned in the cartoon star's home of Belgium.
Chaos as Ukraine votes on fleet
(BBC) Chaos erupts in Ukraine's parliament as members vote to extend the lease on a Russian naval base in Ukraine.
April 26, 2010
Tito's legacy
(BBC) The dream of 'One Yugoslavia' that fell to pieces
April 24, 2010
Belgium in new bid to end crisis
(BBC) Belgium's king asks a minister to mediate in the row between French and Dutch-speaking parties which toppled the government.
April 22, 2010
Armenia halts deal on Turkey ties
(BBC) Armenia halts ratification of a historic deal to normalise relations with Turkey amid a row over its terms.
April 20, 2010
Life in limbo
(BBC) The ethnic Russians born in Latvia but classed as aliens
April 18, 2010
Concrete hulks
(BBC) Divisions over fate of Vienna's Nazi-era towers
Landmark vote in North Cyprus
(BBC) Polls open for an election in Northern Cyprus that may have a major impact on the chances of reunification.
April 17, 2010
Papal generalities
(BBC) Pope avoids addressing issue of abuse in Malta
Ash shuts major European airports
(BBC) Volcanic ash continues to disrupt air travel across Europe, as UK air traffic control warns the situation is likely to worsen.
April 14, 2010
Arab-Israeli row thwarts Med deal
(BBC) A row about how to name the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories scuppers a 43-nation scheme for managing Mediterranean water resources.
April 12, 2010
Dream over
(BBC) New generation of Irish and Greeks starts to emigrate
Melting the ice
(BBC) Russia-Poland thaw grows from air crash tragedy
April 11, 2010
Poles to pay tribute to dead president
(BBC) The body of Polish President Lech Kaczynski is to lie in state in Warsaw as the nation mourns the victims of the Smolensk air crash.
April 6, 2010
Priestly vows
(BBC) Does Catholic celibacy encourage child sex abuse?
April 5, 2010
L'Aquila marks quake anniversary
(BBC) The Italian city of L'Aquila is marking the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed 300 and left 60,000 homeless.
April 3, 2010
Fury at anti-Semitism link in abuse row
Church abuse victims and Jewish groups condemn the Pope's preacher for comparing criticism of the pontiff to anti-Semitism.
April 2, 2010
Turkey to send envoy back to US
(BBC) Turkey says it will send its envoy back to the US, one month after a panel voted to call killings of Armenians in World War I genocide.
March 31, 2010
Belgian board votes for veil ban
(BBC) A committee of Belgian MPs votes to prohibit face-covering Islamic veils, paving the way for the first such ban in Europe.
Sorry state
(BBC) Not all Serbs support apology for Srebrenica
March 30, 2010
EU wants to block child pornography sit
(EU Observer) EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The EU commission on Monday (29 March) proposed that access to internet sites offering child pornography images and videos be blocked in all member states.
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