Latest from Europe

LVMH sales growth slows in third quarter

UK bank poised to pull plug on Somali remittances

Russia: Attack on chemical weapons facility foiled

Big gains on tap for small Royal Mail shareholders

France's retirement reform: too little, too late?

EU clears way to create joint banking supervisor

Rufus Norris named chief of UK's National Theatre

Muslim ceremony disturbed by pro-animals group

UK inflation remains steady at 2.7 percent

Germany sees sharp rise in energy subsidy costs

Azerbaijani president pardons jailed govt critic

Norway: An icy reception

Norway's snow hotel is a truly seasonal venue, writes Andrea Kitay.

Hundreds protest Italy funeral for Nazi criminal

Shouting "murderer" and "executioner," hundreds of people jeered as the coffin of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke arrived Tuesday for a funeral Mass celebrated by a splinter Catholic group opposed to the Vatican's outreach to Jews.

UK Prosecutor - Armed man wanted to see the Queen

A man with a history of mental illness was hoping to see Queen Elizabeth II when he tried to rush through a Buckingham Palace gate carrying a six-inch (15-cm) knife, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Much ado about Italy

From fair Verona, where we lay our scene, to Mantua, Padua and Rome, Shakespeare was fascinated by Italy.

NZ Greenpeace activists being detained in Russia

One of the New Zealand Greenpeace activists being detained in Russia has been refused bail.