Search teams in Italy find four more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January, Italian media

France’s top court rejects a request by far right candidate Marine Le Pen to grant her supporters anonymity as she struggles to secure her place in the

Professor Timothy Garton Ash of Oxford University and comedian Rainer Hersch discuss the success of the film comedy Iron Sky and whether or not making light of Germany’s history means coming to terms with

Bells at Notre Dame in Paris are being replaced to mark the 850th anniversary of the

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon decides that the term “mademoiselle” should disappear from official

Europe’s top human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, urges Germany to end the practice of surgically castrating sex

The de facto president of Abkhazia escapes an attack on his convoy which leaves two of his guards dead and one seriously

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez apologises for his recent conduct following a touchline row with his manager Roberto

Napoli heap more pressure on Andre Villas-Boas, defeating Chelsea in an absorbing Champions League last-16 first

Greece is facing more spending cuts and years of hardship after agreeing to a bailout deal of 130bn euros to save the country from

A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, believed to have been painted at the same time as the original, has gone on display at Madrid’s Prado

French drivers will be required to have breathalysers on them as part of new measures to target

EU faces attacks for charging airlines for carbon

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Caucasus feels impact of Iran nuclear

Alan Johnston reports from a town in Italy that is refusing to pay protection money to the

A court in India remands two members of an Italian navy security team, accused in the fatal shooting of two fishermen, in custody for two

Businesses near Naples stand up to

Investment bank Goldman Sachs was exposed as helping Greece mask its true debt by author Nick Dunbar in his book ‘The Devil’s

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled as ground crew launched a two day strike in Frankfurt,

Locals in the Italian town of Ivrea have been taking part in an unusually colourful carnival ritual – a mass gathering where participants throw oranges at each

Scientists in Russia raise plants from fruit stored away by squirrels 30,000 years ago, smashing the previous age

A rapid thaw has brought chaos to the River Danube in the Serbian capital Belgrade, where ice damaged boats, pontoons and floating

Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first lab-grown hamburger later this

European stock markets finish higher before a meeting of eurozone finance ministers that many hope will finalise a new bailout for

Manu Tuilagi is expected to “play some part” in Saturday’s Six Nations game against Wales, says England interim coach Stuart

A rapid thaw brings chaos to the River Danube in Belgrade as large blocks of ice damage boats, pontoons and floating

Santander is fined £1.5m for being too slow to explain to customers whether investments were covered by a financial safety

A police sniffer dog caught a drugs courier with heroin with a street value of almost £100,000 at Aberdeen railway station, a court

Ten people remain in hospital after a coach taking a Worcestershire school party home from a skiing trip crashes in France, killing a