News: Europe

Asian shares echo Europe plunge

BBC Europe News - 2 hours 28 min ago
Asian stocks follow Europe down amid investor panic that global governments may not be able to stem the financial crisis.
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Fairy-tale feud

BBC Europe News - 5 hours 34 min ago
Clown-king in court over lucrative rights to wonderland
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Rabbi gives first Synod address

BBC Europe News - 6 hours 47 min ago
In a first address of its kind, a Jewish cleric addresses the Synod of Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican.
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News Media Feel Limits to Georgia’s Democracy

New York Times Europe News - 7 hours 30 min ago
Georgia’s critics cite a lack of press freedom as a glaring example of the shortfalls in the country’s democratic standards.

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Russia Accuses Georgia of ‘New Hostilities’

New York Times Europe News - 7 hours 33 min ago
Russia accused Georgia of “seeking to provoke new hostilities” even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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Aer Lingus axes up to 1,500 jobs

BBC Europe News - 8 hours 58 sec ago
Unions are to ballot for all-out industrial action as Aer Lingus announces plans to cut up to 1,500 jobs.
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EU's climate package 'in crisis'

BBC Europe News - 11 hours 37 min ago
The EU's attempt to lead the world on climate change will crumble unless its current policy crisis is resolved, a study warns.
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Russia asks UK to extradite mogul

BBC Europe News - 13 hours 6 min ago
Moscow asks Britain to extradite former oil tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev who fled Russia alleging harassment by the state.
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Empty smiles?

BBC Europe News - 13 hours 53 min ago
National interests trump EU unity over bank crisis
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Angola arms trial opens in Paris

BBC Europe News - 14 hours 26 min ago
Forty-two people, including members of the French elite, go on trial accused of involvement in trafficking arms to Angola.
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Three Europeans Win the 2008 Nobel for Medicine

New York Times Europe News - 15 hours 7 min ago
The scientists, who discovered the viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS, will share the award.

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Pope criticises pursuit of wealth

BBC Europe News - 16 hours 2 min ago
The global financial crisis shows that the pursuit of money and success is pointless, Pope Benedict says.
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PKK 'holding two Turkish troops'

BBC Europe News - 16 hours 16 min ago
Kurdish rebels say they are holding two Turkish soldiers - though it is not clear whether they are alive or dead.
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Europe shaken

BBC Europe News - 17 hours 8 min ago
The countries worst hit by the growing credit crisis
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Europeans sought over hack attack

BBC Europe News - 17 hours 26 min ago
The FBI is seeking a British man and his German accomplice over attacks on web shops selling satellite TV equipment.
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No extra safety for German savers

BBC Europe News - 17 hours 38 min ago
The German government will not pass any new legislation to provide extra protection for savers, the BBC learns.
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European researchers' Nobel victory

BBC Europe News - 18 hours 39 min ago
The discovery of HIV and work linking a virus to cervical cancer jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
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Kubica and Heidfeld stay with BMW

BBC Europe News - 18 hours 46 min ago
BMW Sauber rule out the possibility of joining up with Fernando Alonso in 2009 by announcing they will stick with their current drivers.
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Europe worries dent stock markets

BBC Europe News - 20 hours 21 min ago
Asian and European stock markets fall sharply as investors worry over the growing level of financial turmoil in Europe.
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Germany clinches bank rescue deal

BBC Europe News - October 6, 2008 - 2:59am
Germany's finance ministry has agreed a 50bn euro ($68bn; £38.7bn) plan to save one of the country's biggest banks.
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