Activists enraged by Putin party’s ‘dirty tricks’ in

How poverty is changing the face of Greece’s

Unions representing French pilots and aircrew plan to strike from Monday to

Homeless in Ukraine struggle to stay alive in cold

Images of tactical nuclear sites still operating in

Russia’s deputy foreign minister says Moscow “cannot support” the current draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria, Russian media

An EU data protection group writes to Google to ask them to suspend changes to their privacy

Poland delivers braziers and hot soup in bitter

Sweden is often referred to as one of the most equal societies in the world, however in the challenging economic climate, many wonder if it can retain this

The UN’s highest court rules that Italy was wrong to allow its courts to make claims for compensation against Germany for Nazi war

The FA will remove the England captaincy from John Terry, who faces trial for alleged racial abuse, BBC Sport

More than 100 people have died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government has announced in

Preview of Saturday’s Six Nations fixture between France and

Eastern Europe’s recent freezing weather has hit the poorest hard, particularly in

This weekend, voters are expected to take to the streets in Russia, to demand free and fair

Will London 2012 fulfil its ‘Greenest Olympics’

Meet the diverse opposition to Vladimir

The ‘magician’ who got Greece into the

A German pensioner who received a tin of American lard 64 years ago in an aid package has only just tasted it, after discovering that it is still

As the cold spell continues in Europe, more than 20 people have died of hypothermia in the Ukraine in the last two

Heavy snow leaves at least 11,000 people cut off in remote areas of Serbia as Europe’s cold snap claims more than 130

The father of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko says he regrets blaming Russia’s secret services for his son’s death in

A Moldovan woman who reportedly dined with the Costa Concordia captain has told police she was on the bridge when the ship ran aground, Italian media

Euro MPs block changes to food labels that would have allowed claims such as “now contains 15% less

The European Parliament votes after a heated debate to back a call for national sports teams to wear the EU flag on their

A German pensioner finally tastes some American lard imported 64 years ago, having got approval from food safety

Euro MPs voice alarm after two men are arrested in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus under a British-era law criminalising gay

The most infamous crime carried out by Willem Holleeder, the man known as the ”godfather” of Dutch crime, has been turned into a film, soon to be released across

One month before the presidential election, the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports from the industrial heartland of Russia, the Ural Mountains, to find out what people there think of Vladimir

Grim industrial heartland embraces Vladimir