watch One-Minute World News

News Front Page
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East
South Asia
UK
Business
Health
Science & Environment
Technology
Entertainment
Also in the news
-----------------
Video and Audio
-----------------
Programmes
Have Your Say
In Pictures
Country Profiles
Special Reports

Related BBC sites

Languages
Europe

Page last updated at 23:56 GMT, Sunday, 14 March 2010

Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in Paris, 14 March 2010
Left 'set to beat' Sarkozy party
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party is heading for a defeat, exit polls from regional elections indicate.
Sarkozy faces Socialist drubbing
Profile: Nicolas Sarkozy

British Airways aircraft UK government criticises BA strike
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified".

Cardinal Sean Brady Irish Catholic leader in 'cover-up'
The Catholic primate of all-Ireland rejects calls to resign over claims he helped cover up a sex abuse investigation in the 1970s.


VIDEO NEWS
The Celebrity Eclipse squeezes down the River Ems in Germany Cruise ship squeezes down river

Italy sees purple over politics
Dante Google to scan old Italian books

Sweden passes 'genocide' vote

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
German children playing in the snow Spoil sports?
The rules children must obey in Berlin, Paris, Rome and NY
Caravaggio programme In pictures
Secrets of Italian artist Caravaggio in the frame
Purple People activists in Rome, 30 January 2010 Purple People
The new mass movement against Italy's Berlusconi

MORE FROM EUROPE
Vatican defends Pope in abuse row
Portugal passes austerity budget
Three freed in Irish 'Vilks plot'
Calls to raise crime age rejected
Sarkozy and Brown attack US deal
Trichet backs new bail-out fund
Russia signs India nuclear deal
Eta suspect arrested in Portugal
Turkey, Sweden in genocide row
BUSINESS
Vauxhall gets UK loans guarantee
Eurozone industry grows strongly

FEATURES
Were Sarkozy rumours a hoax?
Sailing boost for west of Ireland
In pictures: Greek strike protest
Dry Cyprus 'at war' with nature
Tracking brown bears in Greece

COUNTRY PROFILES

A GUIDE TO EUROPE

 

 

Compiled by BBC Monitoring

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
President Nicolas Sarkozy Crocked monsieur
Weekend polls may loosen Sarkozy grip on Elysee Palace
Translator in EU office (pic: European Commission) Brussels beckons
EU launches new tests in bid to attract top talent
Russian hacker, S Rainsford Cyber Siberia
Russian technology students excel at computer hacking
INSIDE EUROPE
EU 'nearing' Greece bail-out deal
British ex-Tory MEP joins Lib Dems
OTHER TOP STORIES
Woman freed in Vilks 'death plot'
Hungarian Vizsla, Yogi, wins Crufts
US and Russia 'near' nuclear deal
Suspected Eta man held in London
Thousands protest against Italy's PM
ALSO IN THE NEWS
File image of Russian tanks in Georgia in August 2008 Panic in Georgia as bogus TV report says Russia has invaded

Rehearsal for Hadrian's Wall illumination Flaming torches light up whole of UK's ancient Hadrian's Wall

HEWITT ON EUROPE
Gavin Hewitt Ashton needs steady hands to mould new diplomatic team

SPORT HEADLINES
Eden Hazard of Lille celebrates Lille 1-0 Liverpool


Juventus 3-1 Fulham
TV AND RADIO PROGRAMMES
Record Europe Graphic The Record: Europe on EU maternity laws

One-minute World News
listen Europe Today
listen World Today
World Service radio schedules

MOST POPULAR STORIES

From Europe in the past week
WEATHER

 

ELSEWHERE ON THE BBC

BBC Raw. Skills for everyday life.


Skip to top

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Explore the BBC

BBC © MMX

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.
Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific