An associate of Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman man who drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in a case that has shocked France and the world, told a court that he committed similar crimes against his own wife under Pelicot's...
Google on Wednesday won a court challenge against a €1.49-billion fine levied by the European Union for abuse of dominance over online advertising in the latest in a series of legal clashes between the tech giant and the European Bloc. EU courts...
France has a "very serious" budgetary deficit, Prime Minister Michael Barnier said, weeks after France was placed on a formal procedure for violating European Union budgetary rules. Barnier, who was appointed to lead the French government on...
High winds and heavy rainfall have hit Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen revealed her top team Tuesday, appointing French candidate Stéphane Séjourné to the powerful post of executive vice president overseeing industrial strategy. Von der Leyen also raised eyebrows with her...
New York Times: Central Europe flooding leaves at least 17 dead and thousands displaced.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday praised Italian PM Giorgia Meloni for her efforts to go after gangs that profit from illegal immigration, which he said have contributed to a 60-percent drop in the number of illegal migrants arriving in...
Russian authorities have ordered the evacuation of “multiple” villages that border Ukraine in the Kursk region, a local governor said on Monday. The news comes as Moscow says its forces have wrested two more villages in the region out of Kyiv’s...
Intense flooding caused by heavy rain across central Europe has killed at least 10 people, with more rivers bursting their banks on Monday. More than 12,000 people have been evacuated in the Czech Republic, the country's prime minister said Sunday...
French European commissioner Thierry Breton announced he was standing down from his role effective immediately Monday, publicly accusing EU chief Ursula von der Leyen of having tried to block him from being reappointed. Breton, one of the most...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged a "new era" of cooperation to tackle people smuggling gangs, ahead of talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Starmer, prioritising European relations since his July election win, will...
At least one person was killed by Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, while Moscow's troops advanced around the city.
With the shadow of the war in Ukraine to its east, the Baltic nation is seeking to reaffirm its ties with the West. The Season of Lithuania in France, running from September to December, will be an opportunity for Lithuania to anchor itself in the...
Torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across central and eastern Europe.Four people were killed and two others are missing in Romani...
One person died in Poland and four are reported missing in the Czech Republic, authorities in the countries said on Sunday, as Storm Boris brought some of the heaviest rains in years to central and eastern Europe. The storm has already caused the...
At least eight migrants died early Sunday when the boat they were travelling in capsized during an attempt to cross the English Channel, according to a French police source. The accident took place shortly after the vessel embarked, less than two...
Storms battered eastern Romania on Saturday, flooding several neighbourhoods, where emergency workers found four people dead in a search and rescue mission. The stormy weather comes as several central European nations anticipate severe flooding to...
Russia and Ukraine successfully exchanged 103 prisoners of war each on Saturday in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates. Despite ongoing hostilities, the two nations have managed several POW swaps throughout the conflict, with this latest...
Paris will bid a final farewell to the 2024 Olympics with a grand parade on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday, celebrating athletes and volunteers, followed by a concert featuring artists from this summer's ceremonies. Romain Pissenem, the creative...
France will bid a final farewell to the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday with a grand parade along the Champs-Elysées, followed by a concert featuring artists from the opening and closing ceremonies. Organised at the request of President Emmanuel...
Upon his return from a 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, Pope Francis denounced Donald Trump and Kamala Harris as being "against life," citing their respective positions on immigration and abortion rights. The 87-year-old pontiff...
