Europe

Ronan Keating accepts phone hacking damages

He is the latest high-profile person to receive damages for historical phone hacking by tabloid repo...

Man, 62, accuses BCM Group boss of assault

He hinted that he suspected the allegation was part of a scheme by his estranged wife to acquire his...

EU tells Hungary to reverse its controversial LGBT laws or face punishment

Hungary has for years defied the EU with authoritarian laws that critics say have undermined free sp...

French champagne industry group fumes over new Russian champagne law

The “Comite Champagne” (Champagne Committee) added in a statement that it was also calling on French...

Italian court acquits two in Nigeria oil graft case

The judges dismissed the charges against the companies and defendants saying there was no case to an...

Woman who killed her abusive husband goes on trial for murder in France

This year alone, 43 women have lost their lives at the hands of their partners or husbands, accordin...

Spanish man jailed for killing and eating his mother

A Spanish man has been jailed for 15 years and five months for killing and eating his mother at the ...

U.S, EU agree truce in 17-year aircraft subsidy battle

The two sides have been battling since 2004 in parallel cases at the World Trade Organization over s...

Russian court declares Navalny groups ‘extremist’ ahead of elections

The court ordered that FBK be liquidated and its property transferred into the ownership of the Russ...

French Court jails man who slapped President Macron for four months

Tarel attacked Macron when the French president was shaking hands with members of the public during ...

EU, British regulators commence antithrust probe into Facebook concerning EU competition law

The European Commission, in cooperation with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, opened a fo...

Andre Onana: Cameroon and Ajax’s keeper has doping ban reduced

Ajax and Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana’s ban for a doping violation has been reduced to nine month...

Austrian Catholics fly rainbow flag after same-sex blessing ban

The Catholic church of the parish of Hard is one of many in Austria which decided to fly the rainbow...

Russia now requires all smartphones and devices in the country to have Russian software preinstalled

Russia now requires all smart devices – including phones, computers, and TVs – in the country to hav...

Turkey’s withdrawal from women violence treaty goes to court

Istanbul, Turkey – With a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on March 20, Turkey’...

Pastor Chris: UK sanction Chris Oyakhilome TV for ‘inaccurate and potentially harmful’ Coronavirus claim

UK broadcasting regulatory authority, don sama fine of £125,000 on Loveworld Television Network, one...

LEGO wins design patent case against German company at EU court

A European court has ruled in favor of the Danish toy giant, finding that its building block design ...

European countries using pandemic to stifle democracy and rule of law.

The Civil Liberties Union for Europe published a report on Tuesday detailing the negative impact tha...

French schoolgirl admits lying about murdered teacher Samuel Paty

A French schoolgirl has admitted lying and fabricating a story about her teacher, who was beheaded l...

Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to 9 years for ‘brutally humiliating gang-rape victim’

Former Real Madrid and AC Milan forward Robinho’s nine-year prison sentence for his role in a gang-r...

Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: Suspect pleads guilty

One of three men accused of assassinating investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta i...

German record industry secures another injunction against a stream manipulation outfit

The German record industry has secured another injunction ordering a company to stop providing strea...