Opposition: SAfrican troops must withdraw from CAR
South Africa's leading opposition party on Monday urged President Jacob Zuma to withdraw troops from Central African Republic, where 13 South African ...

German migrant program offers cautions for US
In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time ...
German jobless rate dips to 7.3 percent in March
Germany's unemployment rate edged down to 7.3 percent in March even though a traditional springtime upturn was limited by unusually cold weather, ...
Protest action in Poland against government
Thousands of workers held work stoppages in Poland's southern industrial region on Tuesday to demand more job security, higher pensions and government ...

Senators close in on immigration deal
A last-minute dispute over wages for lower-skilled workers flared Friday as senators scrambled to sketch out a deal on a sweeping immigration bill ...
Polish jobless rate rises to 14.4 percent
Polish government statistics show that the unemployment rate in February inched up to 14.4 percent from 14.2 from the previous month, underlining the ...

UN joins football leaders to rid sport of racism
The ugly side of the beautiful game was exposed Thursday as the U.N.'s top human rights official joined football officials and players in calling for ...
Lufthansa strike forces flight cancelations
Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, are staging a several-hour strike that has prompted the company to cancel hundreds of flights.

Boateng testifies in Pro Patria fans' racism trial
Kevin-Prince Boateng and AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri are among those testifying in the racism trial against six fans of lower division club ...
Lufthansa workers to strike at German airports
A union says workers at Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, will stage one-day strikes Thursday to increase pressure ahead of a new round of wage ...
Major Nigeria airline halts flights over strike
A major Nigerian airline says it has suspended its flights after failing to reach an agreement with striking workers. Simon Tumba, a spokesman for ...

France considers amnesty for ransacking strikers
With its long vacations, short hours and myriad workers' rights, France has a reputation for being a hard place to do business. Now add this to the ...

Madrid hopes frugal Olympic bid will win over IOC
With Spain mired in recession and buckling under deep austerity cuts, Madrid faces the tough task of convincing the IOC that it has the resources to ...
Germany: Strike at Duesseldorf, Cologne airports
More than 300 flights have been cancelled at Germany's Duesseldorf and Cologne-Bonn airports after security personnel walked off the job to press wage ...
Unions at Spain's Iberia agree to end strike
Unions representing most workers at Spanish airline Iberia have cancelled strikes planned for next week to protest staff layoffs. The cancellation ...

Mining proponents win Greenland election
Greenland is poised to get its first female prime minister after a centrist party that supports tapping the Arctic island's vast mineral wealth, ...
172 flights canceled in Duesseldorf airport strike
Scores of flights have been canceled at Duesseldorf airport after security personnel walked off the job in a one-day strike to press their demands for ...
Congress wants role as Obama pushes trade agenda
The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase U.S. exports to many of the economic giants ...
Greek archaeological sites shut due to strike
Archaeological sites and museums across Greece have shut down for 24 hours due to a strike by Culture Ministry employees protesting planned reforms ...
50 flights canceled amid strike at Cologne airport
Dozens of flights have been cancelled after security personnel walked off the job at Germany's Cologne airport in a wage dispute. Verdi union ...
French jobless rate up again in Q4, hits 10.6 pct
France has yet to hit bottom. The unemployment rate in Europe's second-largest economy rose again in the last quarter of last year to 10.6 percent, ...
UK civil servants to strike over pay, pensions
British civil servants are planning to strike this month amid an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions. The Public and Commercial ...
Spain's royal palace workers call 1st ever strike
Workers at Spain's royal palaces will stage their first strike ever to protest austerity cutbacks. The CSI-F union said Wednesday the strikes on Mar.
France starts shaking up labor laws
France's Socialist government has unveiled a plan to relax and simplify labor laws in hopes of stemming job losses that are threatening Europe's ...

French unions protest loosening of labor rules
France's toughest unions are protesting a potentially landmark plan to loosen the country's famously rigid labor rules, calling it a betrayal by ...