Greek lawmakers pass the 2014 budget, which predicts a return to growth after six straight years of painful recession.
Posted 4 hours 20 minutes ago - 12/08/13 - Full Story

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians gather in Kiev, intensifying pressure on the government over its refusal to sign a deal on closer EU ties.
Posted 4 hours 26 minutes ago - 12/08/13 - Full Story

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar launches a scathing broadside at his homeland's government at this year's European Film Awards, calling it "deaf and insensitive" to the country's problems.
Posted 5 hours 32 minutes ago - 12/08/13 - Full Story

Irish supermarket workers who went on strike to force a ban on produce from apartheid-era South Africa are set to attend Nelson Mandela's funeral.
Posted 18 hours 18 minutes ago - 12/07/13 - Full Story

Edouard Molinaro, who directed classic French farce La Cage aux Folles and other much-loved films, dies in Paris at the age of 85.
Posted 19 hours 41 minutes ago - 12/07/13 - Full Story

The African Union is to increase significantly the number of troops sent to end sectarian fighting in the Central African Republic.
Posted 21 hours 35 minutes ago - 12/07/13 - Full Story

A reinforced French force in the Central African Republic expands operations in the capital and beyond, to try to end deadly sectarian fighting.
Posted 1 day 1 hour ago - 12/07/13 - Full Story

Russia says differences with Ukraine on reducing the price of Russian gas have been narrowed after talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Posted 1 day 5 hours ago - 12/07/13 - Full Story

Flights at several airports in the UK and the Irish Republic are being delayed because of a technical problem at Swanwick air traffic control centre in Hampshire.
Posted 1 day 6 hours ago - 12/07/13 - Full Story

Ukraine's President holds unscheduled talks with his Russian counterpart on a strategic partnership treaty.
Posted 1 day 13 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Spain will open their defence of the World Cup against 2010 finalists Netherlands at next year's tournament in Brazil.
Posted 1 day 22 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

A Glasgow-based asylum seeker is jailed for seven years for helping to finance a suicide bomb attack in Sweden.
Posted 1 day 22 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Investigators in Russia examine whether the pilot of an airliner which crashed near Kazan with no survivors had a valid pilot's licence.
Posted 1 day 22 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

A former Royal Marine who murdered an insurgent in Afghanistan says he is "devastated" at being given a life sentence.
Posted 1 day 23 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

England are drawn alongside Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in Group D at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
Posted 1 day 23 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Hurricane-force winds and tidal surges have killed at least seven people in northern Europe, flooded parts of Hamburg and left thousands of homes without electricity.
Posted 1 day 23 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Royal Marine Sergeant Alexander Blackman has been sentenced to life in prison by a court martial for murdering an insurgent in Afghanistan.
Posted 2 days 15 minutes ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

French troops in the Central African Republic have fought a battle with armed men near the airport of the capital Bangui, it has emerged.
Posted 2 days 27 minutes ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych and Russia's Vladimir Putin hold surprise talks on a "strategic partnership treaty" a week after Ukraine backed out of signing a key deal with the EU.
Posted 2 days 2 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

As fans prepare for the draw, what changes could be made
Posted 2 days 3 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

A blood-soaked stage version of Swedish vampire story Let the Right One In opens at London's Royal Court and aims to attract more teenagers to the theatre.
Posted 2 days 3 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Samsung and Philips are among several consumer electronics companies raided by the European Commission over suspected breaches of competition rules.
Posted 2 days 4 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Russian promoters insist Elton John's concerts will happen this weekend, despite concerns over the country's legal crackdown on gay rights.
Posted 2 days 4 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Egyptian Muslim cleric Abu Omar, abducted by the CIA in Italy in 2003, is given a six-year jail term in absentia in Milan for terror offences.
Posted 2 days 6 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story

Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank, raises its forecasts for German economic growth in 2013 and 2014.
Posted 2 days 6 hours ago - 12/06/13 - Full Story