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EU to host international Mali meeting Feb. 5
The European Union will host an international meeting on Feb. 5 to organize support and aid to the Malian government. France's military intervention ...
Cameron to deliver Europe speech Wednesday
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver his long-awaited speech on the U.K.'s future in Europe on Wednesday. The speech, billed as one of ...
Austria backs status quo conscript army
Austrians voted overwhelmingly Sunday to retain their conscript army, with preliminary results showing around 60 percent rejecting the proposed shift ...
UK PM Cameron to give key speech on Europe ties
British Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver a long-awaited speech about his country's future in the 27-nation European Union this week.
Growth slows, markets feeling good ahead of Davos
The world's financial and political elite will head this week to the Alps for 2013's gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with ...
March protests immigrant's slaying in Greece
Several thousand people marched through central Athens on Saturday to protest a spate of anti-immigrant attacks in Greece, including the fatal ...
Spain's ruling party to probe alleged corruption
Spain's governing Popular Party announced Saturday that it will investigate the financial activities of a former treasurer whom a court said had ...
Ukrainian ex-PM suspected in murder case
Ukrainian authorities have formally notified jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that she is a suspect in the murder of a businessman and ...
Germany balks at bailing out Cyprus
When it came to helping out Greece, Ireland and Portugal, Germany grudgingly went along with its European partners and backed hundreds of billions in ...
2 Greeks charged in Pakistani immigrant's killing
Two Greeks were charged Friday with the fatal stabbing of a Pakistani immigrant, which rights groups and mainstream political parties have denounced ...
New EU fish quota deal bodes well for fishermen
The European Union and fisheries nations say a deal with Norway on fish quotas in the North Sea is further proof of a move toward more efficient and ...
Spanish banks' bad loan ratio at record 11.38 pct
Spain's central bank says the level of bad debt in the country's banks rose to a new record 11.38 percent in November, up from 11.23 percent in ...
Serbia, Kosovo reach preliminary deal on customs
The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo agreed on collecting custom duties and other taxes at a meeting in Brussels with European Union foreign policy chief ...
Irish plant shuts over new horsemeat in burgers
Food quality officials said Thursday they have identified more horsemeat traces in beef burgers produced in Ireland and pinpointed the problem in an ...
Greece: Race motive suspected in migrant murder
Police arrested two Greek men accused of stabbing a Pakistani immigrant worker to death in Athens on Thursday, and are investigating whether the ...
Obama tells Cameron that US values Britain in EU
President Barack Obama is wading into a sensitive issue with close ally Britain, making clear to Prime Minister David Cameron that the U.S.
Mother of Poland's Kaczynski twins dies at 86
Jadwiga Kaczynska, the mother of the late President Lech Kaczynski and his identical twin brother Jaroslaw — an unusual political duo who shaped ...
Dutch finance min confirms Eurogroup candidacy
Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has confirmed he is seeking to become the next leader of the influential group of finance ministers from ...
EU budget fight returns to Feb. 7-8 summit
The European Union's 27 leaders will try again to reach a seven-year budget deal for the bloc at a summit on Feb. 7-8. EU spokesman Preben Aamann said ...
Its allies reluctant, France goes it alone in Mali
France's allies have offered vocal support for the country's military operation in Mali, but when it comes to sending troops or weapons, they are ...