Article archive for category "Europe"
Wednesday 09 July 2008
- French President Sarkozy to attend Olympic opening ceremony
Tuesday 08 July 2008
- Vatican 'regrets' Church of England approval of women bishops
- Polish customs men charged with taking a million dollars in bribes
- Russia seeks UN intervention to ease tension in Georgia
- Russia warns of "military-technical" missile shield response (Extra)
- Hemingway's grandson visits Pamplona bull runs
- Military conflict looms between Georgia and South Ossetia
- Rice signs US missile shield deal in Prague (2nd Roundup)
- 60 per cent of Poles oppose missile defence shield
- G8 reject "legitimacy" of Zimbabwe government (Roundup)
- Rice signs US missile shield deal in Prague (Roundup)
- Report: Laporta to resign Thursday as Barcelona president
- PREVIEW: Serbia ready for its top musical event
- Russian judiciary classifies negative blog comments as crime
- Three years on, Estonians debate border treaty with Russia
- Russia rejects sanctions against Zimbabwe
- Head of Polish FA to stay on in office until 2012
- Rice inks US missile shield deal in Prague (1st Lead)
- Hundreds of would-be immigrants arrive on Italian island (Roundup)
- Stalin leads internet poll of greatest Russian heroes
- Serbia's new prime minister takes over (News Feature)
- Laporta under pressure to resign Barcelona presidency (News Feature)
- Catholics' faith in Pope falters on condom issue
- EU debates international child alert
- Greece prepares to battle week of intense heat
- Brussels comes to Hollywood
- Cyprus leaders to decide on peace talks on July 25
- EU welcomes Serbia's pro-EU government
- Spanish rescuers continue search for 14 shipwrecked illegals
- Italian coast guard intercepts over 300 would-be immigrants
- Rice arrives in Prague to sign US missile shield deal
- Report: Guiza to join Aragones at Fenerbahce
Monday 07 July 2008
- ANALYSIS: New Serbian government of former foes will be tested early
- Berlin housing blocks add modernity to world heritage list
- Italian Rennaisance cities placed on UNESCO list
- French 17th-century fortifications are now World Heritage site
- Europe, Kosovo new Serbian premier's priorities
- Sikorski: Missile deal possible if US accepts demands (Roundup)
- Russian faith healer sentenced to 11 years in jail
- US wants Serbian basketball player returned on assault charges
- Can the EU tame the migration tide?
- Rice trying to salvage missile defence talks with Poland
- Poles revive Jewish culture in Krakow
- BACKGROUND: EU immigration pact: key points
- More than 70 injured in first Pamplona bull run
- G8 summit fires German nuclear energy debate
- EU looks to 'master' migration
- Berlin tourist attraction to fix Hitler after beheading
- Ukraine embassy worker arrested for radioactive materials smuggling
- Fourteen African illegals feared to have drowned off Spain
- Russian deserter shoots dead three fellow soldiers, himself
- Europe, Kosovo priorities of upcoming Serbian premier
- Reports: Commission slams Sarkozy plans for immigration quotas
- Several injured in first bull run in Pamplona (1st Lead)
- Laporta narrowly escapes being toppled at Barcelona
- Several injured in first bull run in Pamplona
- Bush says Medvedev is "a smart guy," though disagreements remain
- Weakened Laporta narrowly wins no-confidence motion
- French President Sarkozy calls for G8 expansion
Sunday 06 July 2008
- Brazilian Assuncao signs with Atletico Madrid
- Germany may extend Heligoland island in North Sea
- Obama tipped to give big speech in Germany July 29
Saturday 05 July 2008
- In photos: 'USA Embassy in Germany Opening Ceremony'
- United States opens new embassy in Berlin
- More blasts at Bulgarian depot - top military man resigns
- Coalition deal agreed in Macedonia
- Merkel demands G8 commitments to cut carbon emissions
- Visitor wrecks Hitler waxwork at Berlin show
- Russia, Abkhazia accuse Georgia of preparing for military conflict
- EU considering making energy efficiency legally binding (Roundup)
- Once again, it's a Finn who's the world woman-carrying champ
- Leave Russia alone, energy expert says
- Arrest in murder of French students in London
- Serbia paves way for 24-ministry cabinet
Friday 04 July 2008
- Lyon veteran Coupet signs for Atletico Madrid
- US studying Poland's quest for more on missile defence (Roundup)
- Prague to sign deal with US over defence shield; Warsaw wants more
- Serbia paves way for massive cabinet
- Explosion in Minsk injures 50 (Roundup)
- Nine wounded in Macedonian Albanian violence
- Vatican announces programme for papal visit to Paris, Lourdes
- One dead as 13 refugees discovered on Greek ferry in Venice
- Bloody attack ahead in Belarus vote - accusations fly
- "Positive" first talks on EU-Russia deal, negotiators say
- EU to focus on genetic modification research (Extra)
- "Plenty of problems" at EU environment meeting (Roundup)
- Spanish clubs now opting for home-grown coaches (Feature)
- "Plenty of problems" at EU environment meeting
Thursday 03 July 2008
- Atletico Madrid announce signing of Sinama Pongolle
- Rescue on the way for eight Swedish miners after fire
- Cyprus parliament approves Lisbon Treaty Eds; new quotes, corrects vote in 3rd graf (Roundup)
- Cyprus parliament approves Lisbon Treaty
- Worst is over in Bulgarian ammo blast: defence minister
- Domenech stays on as France coach (Roundup)
- Human rights court orders Russia to compensate army recruit
- Life prison for German woman who murdered four lovers
- France and EU begin work on environment package (Roundup)
- Serbs angry after ICTY overturns warlord's conviction (Roundup)
- Sweden tightens border controls - on dogs
- Domenech stays on as France coach
- EU, Russia to hold first talks on strategic deal
- Two French students killed in 'horrific' attack in London (Roundup)
- Sarkozy wins political victory with Betancourt release
- France and EU begin work on environment package
- ICTY acquits Bosnian Muslim Oric
- British police launch murder probe into deaths of French nationals
- Japan hopes to end territorial dispute with Russia
Wednesday 02 July 2008
- Rice talks missile defence with Lithuanian prime minister
- Tusk says Poland will be ready to host Euro 2012
- Controversy, quarrels mark Sarkozy's EU start
- German in sex case with underage British girl not to attend court
- Man shoots dead siblings, spouses in Austria
- EU seeks equal rights for the old, gay, disabled and religious
- Pope retreats to summer residence ahead of Australia visit
- Brussels: Data deal with US coming closer, but problems remain
- Trade quarrel between Sarkozy and Brussels escalates (Roundup)
- Moscow expects better relations with US, UK at G8 summit
- Polish resolution calls on president to ratify Lisbon Treaty
- Sarkozy's numbers "utterly incorrect," Brussels says (Extra)
- Swedish opposition urges caution in Lisbon Treaty vote
- War of words rages on between Estonia and Russia
- Gas explosion in Russia kills two
Tuesday 01 July 2008
- US committed to Poland for missile-defence site
- A rocky start for Sarkozy's EU presidency (2nd Roundup)
- Turkish prosecutor presents case to close down ruling party
- Merkel backs Lisbon Treaty ratification, despite Polish doubts
- Polish president refuses to sign EU reform treaty (Roundup)
- A rocky start for Sarkozy's EU presidency (Roundup)
- Navy helicopter crashes in Italy (Roundup)
- Polish president warns against breaking EU unanimity (2nd Lead)
- Russia: Politkovskaya murder suspect is in Western Europe
- Italian minister: Only one-third of Roma children attend school
- Georgia calls on Abkhazia to reopen borders
- French Army chief of staff resigns after live-ammo error
- New charges brought against Khodorkovsky
- Navy helicopter crashes in Italy
- Polish president warns against breaking EU unanimity (1st Lead)
- Italian swoop targets dozens of mafia suspects
- France assumes EU presidency under Lisbon Treaty cloud (1st Lead)
- Drunken Swede tries to row back home from Denmark
- Drought-stricken Cyprus begins importing water from Greece
- France takes over EU presidency under Lisbon Treaty cloud
- Polish President Kaczynski lays Lisbon Treaty ratification on ice
- Medvedev spells out his vision ahead of G8 debut
Monday 30 June 2008
- Italy calls back its ambassador from Zimbabwe to protest vote
- Sarkozy kicks off EU presidency with "one-man show" (2nd Roundup)
- Former Polish leader to be tried for communist crimes
- Six wounded in new bomb attacks in Abkhazia (Roundup)
- In photos: 'France - People Wounded During Military Demonstration'
- Dutch commemorate slavery past for the first time ever
- Sarkozy to "coach" EU to become winner, minister says (Roundup)
- German officials defend their hunt for most-wanted Nazi, 94
- Report: France to spend record 190 million euros on EU presidency
- Italian government insists it will fingerprint Roma
- French Army: live ammo at public demonstration was accident (Roundup)
- Army says live ammo used at public demonstration was accident
- Two bombs explode in Abkhazia, two people wounded
- Sarkozy to "coach" EU to become winner, minister says
Sunday 29 June 2008
- 16 wounded in apparent accident with live ammo instead of blanks
- German chancellor says Zimbabwe election a farce, urges sanctions
- Greek ship runs aground, passengers evacuated
- Prague doesn't see constitutional issues with Lisbon treaty
Saturday 28 June 2008
- Hundreds of thousands attend Parisian Gay Pride
- Hitler didn't escape, Russian forensic centre says
- Sixty skinheads arrested at Bulgarian Gay Pride parade
- Czech Republic's first Gay Pride parade attacked by rightwingers
- Poland to exhume wartime prime minister Sikorski
- Three deaths in crash of small plane in Mallorca
- Thousands of gays join Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade
- Gay Pride parade in Sofia to be held under heavy police presence
- Nine dead, four injured in North Caucasus clashes
Friday 27 June 2008
- Finance minister Cvetkovic to head new Serbian cabinet (Roundup)
- Finance Minister Mirko Cvetkovic named to head new Serbian cabinet
- Fuel-price protester burns own BMW in Frankfurt
- After "cordial" summit EU, Russia to aim for new pact (2nd Roundup)
- Spain tries to block Basque "secessionist" vote (Roundup)
- Germany paid the most into EU in 2007, Greece received most (Roundup)
- Juncker rules out European Commission, ECB jobs
- EU says Italy fingerprint plan is discriminatory (Roundup)
- Spain's Basque parliament authorizes "secessionist" vote
- Sarkozy's personality in focus as France takes EU presidency
- "Constructive, cordial" talks on new EU-Russia pact (Roundup)
- Finger-printing of Roma children criticized in Italy
- Walesa loses temper over spy allegations
- Farming handouts no longer EU's biggest cost, Brussels says
- Medvedev calls on EU to "open dialogue without taboos" others available (1st Lead)
- EU optimistic about talks with Medvedev (Extra)
- Medvedev hosts EU leaders in Siberia
- PREVIEW: Climate change - France heads into the labyrinth
- BACKGROUND: The main challenges for France's EU presidency
- PREVIEW: The heat is on over EU migration plans
Thursday 26 June 2008
- Air force men retrace route of Berlin Airlift
- Drought-stricken Cyprus to import water from Greece next week
- EU to include airlines in emissions-trading scheme
- Solana wants clear energy regulations with Russia at summit others available (Roundup)
- Vast archive will reveal new Holocaust details, historians say
- Spain seizes 600,000 Asian falsified industrial products
- Spanish parliament overwhelmingly approves Lisbon Treaty (Roundup)
- Spanish parliament approves Lisbon Treaty (1st Lead)
- Spanish parliament approves Lisbon Treaty
- Medvedev meets with leader of Georgian rebel region Abkhazia
- New allegations in Walesa book controversy
- Spanish police to work to rule in July, but guarantee security
- Solana wants to set energy regulations with Russia at summit
- French hostages released by Tuareg rebels in Niger
Wednesday 25 June 2008
- Serbian parties a step from new government coalition
- Solidarity row shakes the walls of Brussels
- Belarus Internet news sites shut down to protest new press controls
- Battle on to contain major forest fire near Athens
- German, Czech leaders optimistic on EU's Lisbon Treaty ratification
- France will not recognize Zimbabwe election results (Extra)
- Police officer and 37 others arrested for drug trafficking in Spain
- Spain detains 41 on child porn charges
Tuesday 24 June 2008
- Racist crime on the rise across Europe, says EU agency
- PREVIEW: Russian officials dampen EU hopes of 'thaw' ahead of summit
- New government coalition emerges in Serbia (2nd Roundup)
- New government coalition emerges in Serbia (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: Murders, hatred - foes set it all aside to rule
- Ireland still loves the EU, and no wonder, surveys reveal
- Sarkozy: France won't talk to Hamas unless it changes (Extra)
- New government coalition emerges in Serbia
- Oil companies can be made to pay for spills, EU rules
- Airlift saved Berlin from Soviet stranglehold
- 'Candy Bomber' Gail Halvorsen returns to Berlin
Monday 23 June 2008
- Serbian parties agree on pro-European coalition (Roundup)
- Serbia seems set for pro-European government (1st Lead)
- Serbia seems set for pro-European government
- Sixteen injured in Spanish bus crash
- Poles snap up book claiming Walesa was communist spy
- Brussels launches voluntary lobbyists' register
- Spain reinforces enclave borders as migrants storm Melilla (Roundup)
- Spain reinforces Melilla frontier as migrants try to storm it again
Sunday 22 June 2008
- Four French mine workers kidnapped in Niger
- Medvedev speaks of greater union of Russia and Belarus (Roundup)
- Yavlinski gives up chair of Russian Yabloko opposition party
- Russia president in Belarus for economic talks, WW2 ceremony
- African would-be refugees storm Melilla from Moroccan
- Mariano Rajoy reconfirmed as Spanish conservative leader
Saturday 21 June 2008
- Rajoy reelected as Spanish opposition leader
- US report shows most European nuclear weapons sites lack security
- Murders of foreigners in Russia rising - 69 in 2008 so far
- Serbian war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin in ICTY hands (Roundup)
- Italian "cave-man" has a crack at world record
- Memory of Prague uprising should be kept alive, Merkel says
- Serbia hands war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin to ICTY
Friday 20 June 2008
- Serbia, Russia oppose plan to pull UN mission from Kosovo (Roundup)
- Croatia still on track for EU, leader says
- EU summit leaves France with a mountain to climb
- EU takes 'difficult' decision to lift Cuba sanctions (Roundup)
- Italy's Berlusconi sparks European Commission row
- EU faces split over enlargement at Brussels summit (Roundup)
- No solution in sight for treaty crisis after EU summit (Roundup)
- Czech judges face Lisbon Treaty oddity
- Serbia rejects UN plan to draw down its mission in Kosovo
- Cowen accepts blame, does not rule out second Irish vote on Lisbon
- Merkel backs Sarkozy: No enlargement without Lisbon (Extra)
- Spanish conservatives seek centrist image at congress (Roundup)
- Polish union demands shipyard aid
- Albanian politician accuses Serbia of hijacking northern Kosovo
- EU leaders concede new treaty will be delayed (2nd Lead)
- Spanish conservatives seek centrist image at party congress
- Ignorance and identity torpedoed Irish vote, EU survey finds (Extra)
- Reluctant Czechs vow not to end EU treaty ratification
- Poland backs treaty but says Irish can't be forced
- EU leaders concede new treaty will be delayed (1st Lead)
- EU struggles to keep on sailing as treaty runs aground
- Mountain ordeal woman uses underwear to send SOS
- EU to continue with ratification of Lisbon Treaty (Urgent)
- EU leaders concede new treaty will be delayed
- Background: EU agrees to lift sanctions on Cuba divisions within EU
- EU agrees to lift 'symbolic' sanctions on Cuba
- No deadline for EU treaty crisis talks (Roundup)
- EU plans emergency aid on food, fuel prices
Thursday 19 June 2008
- No enlargement without Lisbon, Sarkozy says (Roundup)
- No enlargement without Lisbon, Sarkozy says (1st Lead)
- No enlargement without Lisbon, Sarkozy says (Urgent)
- ANALYSIS: Time is running out for the EU's Lisbon dream
- No quick solution to EU treaty crisis, Ireland says (2nd Lead)
- EU leaders endorse Slovakia's entry into the euro (2nd Roundup)
- Steinmeier denies German involvement in US renditions
- Bosnia air crash kills four EU peacekeepers number of German troops
- EU leaders endorse Slovakia's entry into the euro (Roundup)
- EU leaders back Slovakia to join the euro (1st Lead)
- EU leaders to postpone solution to Irish no (1st Lead)
- Mandelson calls for end to "zero-sum thinking" in EU-Russia ties
- EU leaders to welcome Slovakia into the euro club
- Lisbon Treaty by April 2009, Rasmussen says (Extra)
- EU leaders hold crisis summit in Brussels
- Italian court upholds life sentences for 16 Mafia bosses
- BACKGROUND: Ireland may lose commissioner because of its treaty No
- Spanish conservatives to get woman as secretary-general
- Poll: Germans back EU treaty by small majority
- Pope meets Congo president Kabila
- No Irish treaty solution until at least October, EU says (Roundup)
- Sarkozy to push for Irish treaty re-vote: report
- Wildfire prompts evacuation of nearly 200 people in Spain
- Italy to push for approval of Lisbon Treaty
- More than 460 illegals land on Canary Islands over past 24 hours
- Ireland's Cowen to meet Barroso ahead of Brussels crisis summit
- Russian militia seizes Yeltsin's video archive
Wednesday 18 June 2008
- UN Security Council to meet on Kosovo
- European Parliament approves new rules on illegal immigrants
- Hearings open on whether Srebrenica victims can sue the UN
- Cowen: Reduced Irish role in EU to blame for Lisbon no vote (Roundup)
- Czechs heading to EU summit as Ireland's advocates
- Time for negotiations is running out, Georgia says (2nd Roundup)
- Estonia, Latvia criticize Russia's decision to abolish visa
- Swedish government expected to pass amended bugging law (Roundup)
- French premier urges EU to take concrete measures
- Czech official "not surprised" by Baltic shield talks claims (Extra)
- Kosovo to open embassies in Europe, US
- Germany says no pressure must be put on Ireland over Lisbon Treaty
- Italy's senate approves law to "save" Berlusconi from trial
- Time for negotiations is running out, Georgia says (Roundup)
- Cowen: Reduced Irish role in EU to blame for Lisbon no vote (1st Lead)
- Time for negotiations is running out, Georgia says (Extra)
- Top UN official: High expectations for solution to Cyprus divide
- Lithuania bans public display of Soviet, Nazi symbols, anthems
- EU: Lisbon ratification process must continue
- Probe into Politkovskaya's death closed, Russian investigators say
- Spanish police investigate corruption scandal - 25 detained
- Irish parliament to continue Lisbon debate ahead of EU summit
- Four Russian peacekeepers detained overnight in Georgia
- Swedish government fails in attempt to introduce bugging law
- PREVIEW: Irish no to steal the limelight at EU summit
Tuesday 17 June 2008
- US welcomes French reintegration into NATO
- Syrian foreign minister to visit France next month
- Irish premier says "no decisions" likely at EU summit (Roundup)
- Blair favours Western rapprochement with Russia
- Trial in mysterious child torture case begins in Czech Republic
- Top UN official: Hopes high for solution to division of Cyprus
- Irish cabinet briefed on Lisbon ahead of parliament debate (1st Lead)
- Ireland to propose "ideas" on Lisbon after summer (Extra)
- Czech foreign minister warns against pressure on Ireland after vote
- Russia opens new facility to dispose of chemical weapons
- NATO welcomes French plans to rejoin military command structure
- Sarkozy calls for European intervention force (Roundup)
- UN may remain for "limited duration," Kosovo president tells Ban
- Sarkozy calls for European intervention force
- Babacan: Turkey expects fair EU presidency from France (Roundup)
- Babacan: Turkey expects fair EU presidency from France
- Larger TVs add to 62-per-cent rise in Irish electricity use
- Irish parliament to debate Lisbon Treaty no result
Monday 16 June 2008
- Two of Germany's 12 nuclear stations stay shut for repairs
- EU, Bosnia sign key pre-accession deal
- EU ponders new Irish referendum (2nd Roundup)
- Frustrated cafe owner takes hostages in Dutch town hall (Roundup)
- Survey: Poles support EU's reform treaty
- Sarkozy urges "cool-headed" EU unity after treaty fiasco (Roundup)
- Ireland could repeat EU treaty vote this year, diplomats say (Extra)
- Sarkozy calls for "cool-headed" EU unity after treaty defeat
- EU asks Ireland to fix treaty problem, vows unity (Roundup)
- Frustrated cafe owner takes hostages in Dutch town hall
- Lisbon Treaty: Sleeping beauty or dead duck?
- NATO head: Russia won't decide for Ukraine on Atlantic alliance
- EU ministers ask Ireland to explain Lisbon Treaty no (1st Lead)
- Irish vote will not stop enlargement, EU says
- Suspended term for Eurocopter ex-engineer who spied for Russia
- Albania sacks top general in wake of deadly blast
- Policing role for soldiers in Italy stirs controversy
- Cuba off the table as Ireland crisis bites (Extra)
- Test rules out nesting birds as factor in spread of forest fires
- No quick fixes in treaty crisis, EU ministers say
Sunday 15 June 2008
- Migrants clinging to tuna pen off Malta, six missing
- No "quick fix" to Lisbon rejection, says Irish prime minister
- Germany's first driverless mass-transit train in service
- Syria's Assad holds "constructive" talks with French envoys
- Kosovo passes new constitution amid uncertainty over its future
- Norway finally gets forest fires under control
- Britain says Lisbon Treaty "last rites" up to the Irish
Saturday 14 June 2008
- Visitors flock to World Expo 2008 in Zaragoza (Roundup)
- Sarkozy: Irish no is a call to build Europe differently (Roundup)
- PREVIEW: Kosovo set for new constitution, ongoing differences with UN
- In photos: 'Norway Forest Fire'
- German property could be seized under Rome ruling
- Report: Sarkozy seeks warships for European fleet
- Irish politicians ponder meaning of no vote
- Stop EU expansion, parliament chief says after Ireland vote
- Irish minister says Lisbon referendum re-run unlikely
- "Essential" to have Palestinian state quickly, Bush says (Roundup)
- "Essential" to have Palestinian state quickly, Bush says
- Irish no is a call to build Europe differently, Sarkozy says
- Expo Saragossa opens, fireworks and flying sculptures
Friday 13 June 2008
- Spain extradites Syrian arms dealer to US (Roundup)
- UN council extends mission's mandate in Cyprus
- Czech president praises EU treaty's defeat
- Why can't the EU win popular votes?
- EU's Barroso to hold crisis talks after Irish no vote
- Ban's Kosovo plan angers both Belgrade and Pristina (Roundup)
- LEADALL: Irish no to Lisbon Treaty meets mixed bag of reactions
- Austrian Chancellor: Discontent with EU must lead to new politics
- Irish voters reject EU treaty, Cowen seeks to reassure EU (Roundup)
- Lisbon Treaty "is alive", Barroso says after Irish no (Roundup)
- Merkel rejects word "crisis" for Irish poll outcome
- British Conservatives "delighted" with Irish "No" to Lisbon Treaty
- EU presidency calls on Ireland to explain no vote (Extra)
- Sarkozy, Merkel want treaty ratification process to go on (Roundup)
- Ireland rejects EU's Lisbon Treaty (Extra)
- Norway asks for help to tackle large forest blaze
- Sarkozy and Merkel want Lisbon ratification to continue
- BACKGROUND: German Lisbon Treaty ratification uncertain on Irish no
- Court renews custody for German woman accused of killing toddlers
- Ireland rejects EU's Lisbon treaty (Urgent)
- German foreign minister regrets Irish rejection of EU treaty
- France says supporting Djibouti in clashes with Eritrea (Roundup)
- Lisbon Treaty "still alive", Barroso says (Extra)
- Extremist Le Pen welcomes Irish no to Lisbon Treaty
- ANALYSIS: Only uncertainty is certain after EU's Friday the 13th
- Swedish EU affairs minister says Irish no-vote a "setback"
- Latvian foreign minister hopes all EU states vote on reform treaty
- Estonian foreign minister calls Irish no vote "regrettable"
- Ireland set to reject Lisbon Treaty (4th Lead)
- In photos: 'President Bush Meets the Pope'
- Bush praises US-Europe ties in Paris speech (Roundup)
- Ban's Kosovo plan angers both Belgrade and Pristina
- Polish Prime Minister: "No" vote won't kill Lisbon treaty
- Finnish foreign minister hopes for "creative solution"
- Danish premier: Denmark to wait for Dublin's assessment
- ANALYSIS: Ireland "in doubt, leaves out," as Lisbon rejected
- What next for Ireland after Lisbon defeat?
- Pope held 'special' meeting with Bush in medieval tower
- Rare yes votes in Ireland's Lisbon referendum (Extra)
- Lisbon no vote at 54.7 per cent at halfway point (Urgent)
- US President Bush arrives in Paris (1st Lead)
- Spain says EU countries should continue ratifying Lisbon Treaty
- Gloom sets in in Brussels as Irish reject treaty (1st Lead)
- Ireland almost certain to reject Lisbon Treaty (Urgent)
- Spain extradites Syrian arms dealer to US
- PROFILE: Declan Ganley, mystery man behind Lisbon no campaign
- World Expo on water to open in Spain
- Ireland set to reject Lisbon Treaty (4th Lead)
- Italian cabinet minister welcomes likely no win in Irish referendum
- NATO head praises Russia cooperation despite "disagreements" (Roundup)
- "Great day to be Irish," no campaign leader says (Extra)
- Eight killed, several wounded in North Caucasus clashes
- Second official result in Irish Lisbon vote (Extra)
- Irish justice minister admits yes side unlikely to win (Extra)
- Nail-biting wait in Brussels as EU officials await Irish vote
- Hotels evacuated because of gas leak in Spain
- First result declared in Irish Lisbon vote (Urgent)
- Irish foreign minister: Lisbon vote trend "disappointing" (Extra)
- Spain detains 20 in swoops against Russian mafia (2nd Roundup)
- Yes vote winning in few Irish constituencies (Extra)
- France uncertain of how to react to Irish treaty rejection
- Bush leaves Rome for Paris
- Irish bookmaker pays out on yes vote ahead of result (Extra)
- Early tallies show no side ahead in Irish Lisbon vote (3rd Lead)
- Norway to ask for help to tackle large forest blaze
- Spain detains 20 in swoops against Russian mafia (Roundup)
- NATO chief praises Russia cooperation despite "disagreements"
- Irish premier's constituency votes yes in early Lisbon count (Extra)
- No to Lisbon side clearly ahead in north-west Ireland (Extra)
- Early tallies show no side ahead in Irish Lisbon vote (2nd Lead)
- Vote-counting begins in Irish referendum on Lisbon Treaty (1st Lead)
- Spain detains 18 in swoops against Russian mafia (1st Lead)
- Bush speech to hail US-European ties in Paris speech
- Spain detains several in swoops against Russian mafia
- Vote-counting to start in uncertain Irish referendum on Lisbon Treaty
Thursday 12 June 2008
- Bush open to Italy's joining Iran talks (Roundup)
- Verdict still out in Irish vote on EUs Lisbon Treaty (2nd Roundup)
- France's Chirac awarded Russia's highest state prize
- NATO moves closer to 'critical mass' on transport planes
- Turkey row clouds day as NATO backs Kosovo army training
- US biologist Gretchen Daily accepts Norwegian environment prize
- Strike hurts economy, but situation improves in Spain (Roundup)
- Irish vote on EU Lisbon Treaty; counting starts Friday 2100 GMT (Roundup)
- Three Serb paramilitaries sentenced over Bosnian atrocities
- Ban's plan leaves Kosovo in limbo
- Greece becomes 18th EU member to ratify Lisbon Treaty
- Kosovo to top the agenda as NATO defence ministers meet
- Hauliers' strike paralyzes car factories, farms in Spain (2nd Lead)
- IST LEAD: Slow start to voting in Irish poll on EU Lisbon Treaty
- Rice to sign Czech-US missile defence deal in July, says minister
- BACKGROUND: The Treaty of Lisbon
- Portuguese hauliers end strike - Spanish protests go on (1st Lead)
- Ban: UN to "reconfigure" Kosovo mission
- BACKGROUND: The EU, the UN and Kosovo: the legal debate
- Bush to press Berlusconi on Afghanistan
- Three German tourists drown while canyoning in France
- Portuguese hauliers end strike - Spanish protests continue
- Irish begin voting in referendum on EU Lisbon Treaty
Wednesday 11 June 2008
- US welcomes Serb arrest of Bosnia war crimes suspect
- US President Bush arrives in Rome amid tight security (Roundup)
- Norwegian parliament approves "historic" marriage bill (Roundup)
- Six workers in Sicily found dead at purifying plant (Roundup)
- Six die at Italian sewage treatment plant
- Finnish, Estonian parliaments ratify the Lisbon Treaty (Roundup)
- Serbia arrests key war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin (Roundup)
- US President Bush arrives in Rome amid tight security (1st Lead)
- Finnish parliament approves EU reform treaty
- Zupljanin's arrest brings Serbia closer to EU, Rehn says
- French presidential expenditures rose under cost-cutting Sarkozy
- Rescuers: Little hope of finding 12 missing from Ukraine mine blast
- Norwegian parliament debates "historic" marriage bill
- Iran tops Bush-Merkel agenda: 'all options on the table'
- Daughter of Austrian incest victim united with her family
- US President Bush leaves Berlin for Rome
- New Serbian parliament convenes amid continued uncertainty (Roundup)
- Serbia arrests key war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin
- Sweden releases two men suspected of funding terrorism in Somalia
- Medvedev promises a freer society (Extra)
- Medvedev: Russia will work with any US president (Extra)
- New Serbian parliament convenes amid continued uncertainty
- Irish brace for knife-edge vote on European Union's Lisbon Treaty
- Medvedev: Europe's security not guaranteed by NATO and OSCE (Extra)
- Latvia establishes diplomatic ties with Kosovo
- International themes dominate Bush-Merkel talks in Berlin
- Italy tightens security for Bush visit
- PREVIEW: World Expo in Spain takes visitors to the world of water
Tuesday 10 June 2008
- German, Finnish foreign ministers urge Irish to approve EU treaty
- ANALYSIS: EU and US - Can different planets meet?
- Two Bandidos members get life for murder of Hells Angels member
- In photos: 'Spain - Truckers Fuel Price Protest Continues'
- First round of negotiations on EU agreement with Russia on July 4
- US President Bush arrives in Berlin on farewell trip to Germany
- EU, US target Iranian banks, warn Russia on 'near abroad' (Roundup)
- Walesa demands apology from Polish president for "spy" accusations
- Spain holds eight Algerians on terrorism charges (2nd Roundup)
- Protesters hurl insults at Irish president during northern visit
- EU, US target Iranian banks, caution Russia on Georgia
- Fishermen blockade southern Irish harbour
- Ireland's enduring relationship with the referendum
- Europe holds its breath ahead of Irish referendum
- EU-US summit opens in Slovenia with packed agenda
- Turkey's Erdogan calls on court to explain headscarf verdict
- Twelve Ukrainian miners still missing after methane blast
- Daughter of Austrian incest victim awake after weeks in coma
- Italy probes Milan's "Horror Clinic"
- Hauliers' strike causes traffic jams and fuel shortages in Spain
- Spain holds eight Algerians on terrorism charges (Roundup)
- Spanish police hold eight suspected of Islamist terrorism (1st Lead)
- Spanish police detain eight suspected of Islamist terrorism
- BACKGROUND: The rocky road to Lisbon
- BACKGROUND: The Treaty of Lisbon
- BACKGROUND: Ireland and the European Union
- PREVIEW: Outcome of Irish EU referendum hangs in the balance
Monday 09 June 2008
- Former Eurocopter executive alleged to spy for Russia
- Bush to seek EU support on climate change deal
- Czech army removes Greenpeace activists from planned US-radar site
- Europe looks ahead as Bush makes farewell tour
- Global arms spending continues to rise, institute says
- EU should host Guantanamo Bay prisoners, pressure group says
- Zimbabwe opposition fears crackdown, calls for election observers
- Poll: Danes divided over introducing euro currency
- Ukraine miners saved in daring rescue (Roundup)
- In photos: 'Spain Fuel Transport Strike'
- In photos: 'Earthquake in Greece'
- "Yes" side steps up effort in Ireland's Lisbon Treaty poll (Roundup)
- Probe dropped over explosives scare at Swedish nuclear plant
- Spanish hauliers block roads, causing fuel shortages (Roundup)
- French railway and civil service workers set to strike again
- Writer Tariq Ali takes jab at Soviet-era dissidents Havel, Michnik
- French foreign minister warns Ireland on EU referendum
- Seismologists warn strong aftershocks to follow Greek quake
- Two miners rescued from Ukrainian coal mine: dozens trapped
- Irish islanders vote on Lisbon Treaty
Sunday 08 June 2008
- Gas explosion in Ukrainian coal mine: 37 miners trapped
- Two killed, 37 injured in Greek quake
- Basque separatists bomb printing plant, no injuries
- New Zealand police confirm body was missing Polish hiker
- New Serbian parliament set to convene, but uncertainty continues
- Poll shows yes side slightly ahead in Irish Lisbon Treaty vote
- European scare a blip in nuclear power's advance
Saturday 07 June 2008
- Polish gay pride marchers under police guard (Roundup)
- Parade for tolerance and rights for gays in Poland
- Czech boy killed in bus crash in Austria (Roundup)
- Russia says it will pull "rail worker" troops from Abkhazia
- Nazi salutes lead to 114 detentions on Sweden's national holiday
- Czech premier says his government may fall in autumn
- Police hunting missing Polish hiker in New Zealand find body
Friday 06 June 2008
- Mass arrests of Neo-Nazis on Sweden's National Day
- Anomaly found at German nuclear power plant
- France's EU presidency to focus on immigration, defence
- Russia to manage ties with post-Soviet states alone (Roundup)
- Protests against high fuel prices spread in Spain
- More bodies of would-be immigrants found in sea off Libya
- Kosovo court jails Albanian for 40 years for bus bombing
- Spain authorizes extradition of Syrian arms dealer to US
- INTERVIEW: Estonia wants respect from Russia, says foreign minister
- Seven killed in explosion at Russian Baltic Sea port (1st Lead)
- Lavrov: No need for mediators in Georgia-Russia relations (Extra)
- Spain cancels Catalonia emergency water pipeline
- Medvedev: Georgia, Russia to resolve dispute "on our own" (Extra)
- Poll shows Lisbon Treaty facing rejection in Ireland (Roundup)
- Pope meets Italy's Berlusconi after criticism of immigration policy
- High-speed train goes too slow, Pete Doherty misses Paris concert
- Medvedev to face off with post-Soviet leaders of Ukraine, Georgia
- Polish hiker missing in New Zealand after seven days
- Three killed, seven missing in explosion at Russian Baltic Sea port
- PREVIEW: Iran, Russia on agenda at Bush's last EU-US summit
- Poll shows Lisbon Treaty facing rejection in Ireland
- New Zealander finally cleared of spying for Russia 33 years later
Thursday 05 June 2008
- In photos: 'Russia President Visits Germany'