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Macron's office closes press room, moves reporters off-site

Macron's office closes press room, moves reporters off-site

-- 2018-02-14 22:32:22

French President Emmanuel Macron's office is closing the press room inside the presidential palace amid broader efforts by the French leader to control his public image. Advisers for Macron announced...

Denmark's prince, who wanted to be king, dies

Denmark's prince, who wanted to be king, dies

-- 2018-02-14 18:28:58

Prince Henrik of Denmark, the husband of Queen Margrethe who was famous for his public unhappiness at never being named king, has died at the age of 83. The controversial French-born prince had retur...

Slovenia shuts schools amid teachers’ strike

Slovenia shuts schools amid teachers’ strike

-- 2018-02-14 14:43:43

Most of the schools in Slovenia have been closed on Wednesday as some 38,000 teachers held a one-day strike for higher wages in the largest labour protest so far this year. Later on Wednesday some 15...

Macron warns Syria of attack over chemical weapon use

Macron warns Syria of attack over chemical weapon use

-- 2018-02-14 13:11:41

French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to attack Syria if proof emerges that the Syrian government is using chemical weapons against civilians. "We will strike the place where these launches...

Danish Prince Henrik passes away

Danish Prince Henrik passes away

-- 2018-02-14 10:43:24

The husband of the Danish Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, breathed his last on Tuesday night at the age of 83 at Fredensborg Castle. “His Royal Highness Prince Henrik died peacefully in his sle...

UK, Irish PMs hopeful to break N Ireland stalemate

UK, Irish PMs hopeful to break N Ireland stalemate

-- 2018-02-13 13:14:22

The British and Irish prime ministers held talks with Northern Ireland’s feuding political parties on Monday and said later they were hopeful the province’s year-old political stalemate wo...

‘WW2 bomb’ prompts closure of London airport

‘WW2 bomb’ prompts closure of London airport

-- 2018-02-12 13:13:11

London City Airport has been closed after a World War Two bomb was found in the River Thames nearby. Flights have been cancelled, with passengers advised not to travel to the airport and to contact t...

Merkel calls for younger ministers in cabinet

Merkel calls for younger ministers in cabinet

-- 2018-02-12 12:02:44

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for younger members of her party to fill ministerial positions in the new government. "We need to ensure that not only the over-60s are considered but also...

Passenger plane crash kills 71 near Moscow

Passenger plane crash kills 71 near Moscow

FE Online Desk 2018-02-11 20:39:45

A passenger plane operated by Saratov Airlines crashed in the Moscow region of Russia on Sunday – thereby killing all 71 people on board. Russian news agency Interfax said this citing a source...

Thousands take to streets in Italy against racism

Thousands take to streets in Italy against racism

-- 2018-02-11 12:58:09

Thousands of people marched in an anti-racism rally in the Italian city of Macerata on Saturday, a week after a far-right extremist targeted African citizens in a racially motivated attack. An estima...

Merkel refuses to interfere with Polish Holocaust law

Merkel refuses to interfere with Polish Holocaust law

-- 2018-02-11 10:57:10

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declined to comment on a Polish law that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust. Merkel said on Saturday that she did not wan...

Igloos warm tourists’ hearts as migrants fill hotel

Igloos warm tourists’ hearts as migrants fill hotel

-- 2018-02-10 19:02:46

San Simone, a tiny village in the Italian Alps, once had a thriving ski trade. But financial issues kept the lifts closed this winter. A local hotel houses about 80 African asylum-seekers. But restau...

Turkish police detain 31 ‘IS members’

Turkish police detain 31 ‘IS members’

-- 2018-02-10 15:26:17

Turkish police have detained 31 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul who were preparing to launch an attack, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday. Police raided six addresses in...

Eiffel Tower remains shut as snowfall hits Paris

Eiffel Tower remains shut as snowfall hits Paris

-- 2018-02-10 15:12:18

Paris's Eiffel Tower, which attracts six million tourists every year, will remain closed until Sunday as a result of heavy snowfall in the city. The tower, a symbol of Paris, has been closed since Tu...

Merkel’s critics vow to block coalition projects

Merkel’s critics vow to block coalition projects

-- 2018-02-10 13:24:48

The business wing of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives vowed to block certain projects included in this week’s coalition agreement with the Social Democrats (SPD), as tensions roile...

'Rarest white diamond’ likely to sell for record price

'Rarest white diamond’ likely to sell for record price

-- 2018-02-09 21:53:48

A flawless diamond, the size of a large strawberry, is expected to fetch a world record price when it comes to market at Sotheby's in London this month.  Weighing just over 102 carats, the round...

Macron refuses to make Corsican language official

Macron refuses to make Corsican language official

-- 2018-02-08 11:12:35

France's Emmanuel Macron has said he will not recognise Corsican as an official language on his first visit to the French Mediterranean island. The president also rejected another demand by Corsican...

Angela Merkel reaches deal with SPD to form coalition government

Angela Merkel reaches deal with SPD to form coalition government

-- 2018-02-07 21:13:28

Angela Merkel's conservatives (CDU/CSU) have finally hashed out a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) that could break months of political deadlock in Germany. Negotiators have...

West London house fire kills one

West London house fire kills one

-- 2018-02-07 11:19:13

A fierce fire broke out at a house in west London’s Holland Park, killing a man and prompting evacuation of several residents, the fire brigade said early on Wednesday. Around 12 fire engines a...

Poland’s Duda signs Holocaust bill defying criticisms

Poland’s Duda signs Holocaust bill defying criticisms

-- 2018-02-07 10:53:05

Polish president has signed a controversial bill that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust, prompting sharp criticism from Israel and the United States. Andrze...

Poland bars Israeli minister's visit to Warsaw

Poland bars Israeli minister's visit to Warsaw

-- 2018-02-06 12:53:25

Poland cancelled Israel’s education minister Naftali Bennett’s visit to its capital, Warsaw this week as he refused to back off of condemnation of a bill that would outlaw suggesting Polan...

German cops hunt witches after teen thrown into cauldron

German cops hunt witches after teen thrown into cauldron

-- 2018-02-06 11:20:48

Police in south-west Germany are investigating after an 18-year-old spectator suffered second-degree burns at an annual "witches' parade". Some witnesses said that the woman was carried to a cauldron...

Paris attack: Suspect continues silence as trial begins

Paris attack: Suspect continues silence as trial begins

-- 2018-02-05 15:13:36

The prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Islamic State attacks on Paris went on trial in Brussels on Monday, accused of the attempted murder of police shortly before his arrest in Belgium two years ago...

Cyprus president Anastasiades wins second term

Cyprus president Anastasiades wins second term

-- 2018-02-05 12:47:33

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades vowed to push on with attempts to reunify the ethnically divided island nation and to improve the economic fortunes of its people after he was re-elected by a wide...

Russia denounces US nuke-weapon plans

Russia denounces US nuke-weapon plans

-- 2018-02-04 11:11:16

Moscow has denounced US military proposals to develop new, smaller atomic bombs mainly to deter any Russian use of nuclear weapons. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov called the move "confrontat...

Army choppers collide in France, killing five

Army choppers collide in France, killing five

-- 2018-02-03 12:24:37

Five people have been killed after two army helicopters collided in southern France, officials say. The crash happened near Carcès lake in Var area, about 50km (30 miles) north-west of St Trop...

Prominent Islamic scholar faces rape charges in France

Prominent Islamic scholar faces rape charges in France

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

Swiss Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan has been charged with rape and ordered to stay in the custody in France. Ramadan, the 55-year-old professor of Islamic studies, was questioned by police in Par...

French baby milk contamination 'began in 2005'

French baby milk contamination 'began in 2005'

-- 2018-02-02 14:56:26

The French dairy group at the centre of a baby milk scandal, Lactalis, has admitted some of its products may have been tainted over more than a decade. Millions of boxes of powdered milk have been re...

Brexit transition deal in seven weeks, May says

Brexit transition deal in seven weeks, May says

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that a Brexit transition period will be agreed with the European Union in the next seven weeks as she tries to ease concerns that a deal could take lo...

Two army helicopters crash kills five in French

Two army helicopters crash kills five in French

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

Two army helicopters have crashed in southern France, killing at least five people, French media report. The crash happened at Carcès lake, just north of St Tropez. Rescuers are at the scene,...