In Syria former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has brokered a plan to stop the fighting - but will it work? Spanish unions call a general strike. Ireland prepares to vote on another ...
It's January 1, the start of a New Year, and this last week the press around Europe has been focused on 2011. It was a year marked by economic crisis, natural disasters, and social upheaval.
The Israeli navy has boarded two international ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists who were trying to break the blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
The eurozone is struggling to find an answer to financial problems which are putting a strain on relations between its members. How did Greek overspending land the European Union in the ...
Germany's Constitutional Court has rejected an attempt to declare aid for Greece and other eurozone rescue packages illegal but said parliament must have greater say in any future bailout ...
In a long-awaited reaction to an official report, the Vatican has admitted "grave failures" over the handling of a child sex abuse scandal involving priests in southern Ireland but ...
Stock exchanges around the world took their biggest tumbles since the 2008 financial crisis, reacting to fears of a US recession and lack of faith in Europe’s efforts to deal with ...
US president Barack Obama arrived in Dublin on Monday for a highly personal stop in Ireland, where he will visit the tiny village of Moneygall, from where his great-great-great grandfather on ...