News: Europe

Asian stocks follow Europe down amid investor panic that global governments may not be able to stem the financial crisis.

Clown-king in court over lucrative rights to wonderland

In a first address of its kind, a Jewish cleric addresses the Synod of Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican.

Georgia’s critics cite a lack of press freedom as a glaring example of the shortfalls in the country’s democratic standards.

Russia accused Georgia of “seeking to provoke new hostilities” even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Unions are to ballot for all-out industrial action as Aer Lingus announces plans to cut up to 1,500 jobs.

The EU's attempt to lead the world on climate change will crumble unless its current policy crisis is resolved, a study warns.

Moscow asks Britain to extradite former oil tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev who fled Russia alleging harassment by the state.

National interests trump EU unity over bank crisis

Forty-two people, including members of the French elite, go on trial accused of involvement in trafficking arms to Angola.

The scientists, who discovered the viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS, will share the award.

The global financial crisis shows that the pursuit of money and success is pointless, Pope Benedict says.

Kurdish rebels say they are holding two Turkish soldiers - though it is not clear whether they are alive or dead.

The countries worst hit by the growing credit crisis

The FBI is seeking a British man and his German accomplice over attacks on web shops selling satellite TV equipment.

The German government will not pass any new legislation to provide extra protection for savers, the BBC learns.

The discovery of HIV and work linking a virus to cervical cancer jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

BMW Sauber rule out the possibility of joining up with Fernando Alonso in 2009 by announcing they will stick with their current drivers.

Asian and European stock markets fall sharply as investors worry over the growing level of financial turmoil in Europe.

Germany's finance ministry has agreed a 50bn euro ($68bn; £38.7bn) plan to save one of the country's biggest banks.