Europe

Head of Romania budget airline arrested
Romanian police have arrested the head of low-cost Romanian airline Blue Air on suspicion that he embezzled €6 million ($7.8 million) of European ...
British government challenges Abu Qatada ruling
The British government is challenging a court ruling that it cannot deport to Jordan the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who has been described ...
Akzo Nobel CEO Ton Buechner to return
Akzo Nobel, the biggest maker of paints and coatings by sales, says its Chief Executive Ton Buechner will be returning to work next week after ...
Counselor: Manning's history showed self-harm risk
An Army private charged with sending U.S secrets to the website WikiLeaks had a history of suicidal thoughts and aloof behavior that outweighed a ...
Langenhan leads German sweep at luge World Cup
European champion Andi Langenhan led a German sweep of the top 3 positions on Sunday in the second luge World Cup event of the season. Langenhan edged ...
Fourcade, Berger take biathlon pursuit races
Martin Fourcade of France took advantage of calm weather to win the men's World Cup biathlon despite starting Sunday's race in 10th position, while ...
Austria wins Nordic Combined team sprint race
Austria won the team sprint in the Nordic Combined on the back of strong jumps in the first phase of the World Cup event on Sunday. The Austrian team ...
Norway dominates pursuit races in Finland
Norway's Marit Bjorgen continued her domination of women's cross-country skiing, easily winning the 10-kilometer pursuit on Sunday. Bjorgen finished ...
Wendl, Arlt lead German 1-2 at luge World Cup
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt led a German 1-2 finish to maintain a perfect start to the season with their second luge World Cup win on Saturday.
Freund wins ski jumping World Cup event
Severin Freund reached 135 meters on his second jump to win the ski jumping World Cup event with 266.1 points, ahead of Dimitry Vassiliev of Russia ...
Pope's ex-sex crimes prosecutor to advise Vatican
The Vatican's former sex crimes prosecutor, who was recently named a bishop in Malta, is keeping a foot in his old office. The pope on Saturday named ...
2nd defendant in Vatican leaks case drops appeal
A computer expert convicted along with the pope's former butler in the Holy See's leaks scandal has dropped his appeal, the Vatican said Saturday, ...
Lamy Chappuis wins, leads Nordic Combined overall
Jason Lamy Chappuis of France took the lead in the Nordic Combined World Cup by winning the 10-kilometer skiing race on Saturday, ahead of Magnus Krog ...
Merkel acknowledges Germans' frustration on Greece
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she understands the frustration felt by many Germans over the repeated bailout programs for debt-ridden Greece, but ...
Russia's Legkov wins men's 10K cross-country
Russia's Alexander Legkov won the men's 10-kilometer freestyle World Cup cross-country race on Saturday ahead of Petter Northug of Norway and Maurice ...
Bjorgen wins women's 5-kilometer race
Norway's Marit Bjorgen dominated the women's 5-kilometer World Cup cross-country race on Saturday, followed by Kikkan Randall of the United States and ...
Portuguese man convicted in NY castration killing
A Portuguese model charged in the castration killing of a Portuguese TV personality nearly two years ago in a Times Square hotel room was convicted ...
Attorneys for Strauss-Kahn deny settlement reached
Attorneys for Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Friday denied that the former International Monetary Fund chief has reached a settlement with a New York City ...
Kriukov, Bjorgen wins cross-country WCup races
Olympic champion Nikita Kriukov won a cross-country World Cup sprint race Friday. The Russian finished the 1.4-kilometer race in 2 minutes, 42.
Swiss skicross venue gives up WCup race rights
Organizers of a skicross World Cup where Canadian racer Nik Zoricic fatally crashed last season will not host scheduled races in March for commercial ...
Dutch police arrest 3 Syria-bound Muslims
Dutch prosecutors say police have arrested three Muslim men who wanted to travel to Syria to fight in the country's civil war. Prosecutors announced ...
UCI names 3-member panel to probe Armstrong links
An investigation panel examining the International Cycling Union's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case will include British Paralympic great ...
Metro sells east Europe supermarkets to Auchan
Germany's Metro AG is selling its Real supermarket business in eastern Europe to French retailer Auchan in a deal valued at €1.1 billion ($1.
Injured Lipnitskaia withdraws from GP Final
The Russian Figure Skating Federation says Julia Lipnitskaia has withdrawn from the Grand Prix Final due to injury. Lipnitskaia had qualified to be ...
UPS offers regulators concessions on TNT bid
United Parcel Service Inc. says it has offered the European Union's regulatory watchdog some concessions in its proposed €5.16 million ($6.8 billion) ...