French President Emmanuel Macron’s revamped national service has begun with 2,000 teens reporting to centres across France for a fortnight…
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Labour deputy demands backing for Brexit referendum
The UK’s opposition Labour Party must return the issue of Brexit to the electorate in a people’s vote and make…
AfD fails to win mayoral runoff
Germany’s populist AfD has lost a key mayoral race in Görlitz (pictured), where all other parties stepped aside for a…
Varadkar: axing backstop like no-deal Brexit
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that removing the Irish border insurance from the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement would be “effectively the…
Legendary director Zeffirelli dies at 96
Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director of operas, films and television, has died in Rome aged 96. In a career spanning…
Trial of 12 Catalan separatist chiefs ends in Spain
After listening to 422 witnesses over four months, Spain’s Supreme Court yesterday (Wednesday) closed the trial of 12 leaders of…
Spain’s far-right Vox poised to join regional governments
Three right-wing political parties, including the extremist Vox, this week reached a deal to choose the new Speaker in Madrid’s…
9 Jun 2019
Corbyn looks to sack pro-EU Labour frontbenchers: sources
7 Jun 2019
German nurse suspected of hundreds of deaths
7 Jun 2019
Cocaine gangs adopt technology to ensure smooth supply: report
6 Jun 2019
Greece demands billions in wartime reparations
6 Jun 2019
Denmark’s Social Democrats set to win election: exit poll
5 Jun 2019
Salvini claims he doesn’t want coalition to fall
5 Jun 2019
100,000 demand Czech PM’s resignation
3 Jun 2019
US eyeing post-Brexit health deals: ambassador
3 Jun 2019