Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024

Europe

Find all the latest Europe News and breaking stories across Europe. Expert analysis and comment on politics, business and foreign affairs…

Russia police arrest Alexei Navalny amid protests

Alexei Navalny organises nationwide rallies, calling for boycotting March presidential vote, prompting police crackdown. Russian police have arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the capital, Moscow, after he joined nationwide protests he organised demanding fair presidential elections. A video posted on his Twitter account on Sunday showed several policemen wrestling him to the ground before […]

Germany Proposes to Ease, Not End, Nazi-Era Abortion Law

BERLIN — For the first time in generations, German women would have legal access to public information about who performs abortions and what services they provide, under a compromise that seeks to end a dispute that has plagued Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government for months. The compromise floated by the government would ease a Nazi-era law […]

Couple's €280,000 was a loan not a gift, and must be repaid, judge rules

A couple found to have accepted a “loan” rather than a “gift” of €280,000 from a former friend must repay that sum immediately plus interest, a High Court judge has ruled. Fidelma ‘Della’ Kerrigan is also entitled to the legal costs of the eight day case brought by her against Jacqueline and John Keenaghan, Ms […]

North Korea says it wants peace, relations with US

GENEVA (REUTERS) – North Korea said on Tuesday (Jan 29) that relations with the United States will develop “wonderfully at a fast pace” if Washington responds to its efforts on denuclearisation with trustworthy measures and practical actions. North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Mr Han Tae Song, also told the UN-sponsored Conference […]

Donegal communities united in grief at the loss of young lives

The people of Donegal have been here before. Sadly, this is not the first tragedy that has claimed multiple young and vibrant lives that the county has experienced. In 2010 eight people lost their lives when seven young men in a black VW Passat died after the car was in collision with a red Toyota […]

British PM May and Parliament fight for control over Brexit decisions

LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May will return to Parliament on Tuesday (Jan 29) to face a House of Commons trying to wrest control of Brexit from her, as the clock ticks down toward Britain’s departure from the European Union in just 60 days. Members of Parliament, frustrated by the inability of the prime minister […]