Europe

Jewish people around the world are celebrating Hanukkah. Menorah-lighting ceremonies are being held in 4 major global cities. In Berlin, Holocaust survivors marked the day by sounding a warning about a rise in anti-Semitism. voiceofalbania.com...Read More

Invited by the US administration, three German car bosses went to Washington — an unusual move. The upshot is that, if anything, there’s probably more understanding now for each other’s positions, say DW’s Henrik Böhme.     ...

Police in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium have arrested several members of the Calabrian mafia. The ‘Ndrangheta is heavily involved in Europe’s cocaine trade. Joint investigative teams involving police in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and...

The French government will consider reintroducing taxes on the most wealthy in what is seen as a further measure to appease the gilets jaunesprotesters threatening to destabilise Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. Lifting part of the impôt de solidarité sur la...

The decision of a Dutch art committee to back one of the Netherlands’ most prestigious museums in its attempt to hold on to a prized painting obtained from a Jewish family in 1940 has sparked an...

Italy’s supreme court has ruled that the Getty museum in Los Angeles must return a 2,000-year-old bronze statue it bought for almost $4m in 1977. The museum has vowed to defend its “legal right” to the...

Washing hangs from the balconies of an unassuming apartment block on Irodotou street in Heraklion, the capital of Crete. Outside, children ride bikes and old men play cards in a coffee shop. But before May this...

The French prime minister, Edouard Philippe, has met opposition party leaders as nationwide protests continue to spread across France, with students blockading about 100 schools. After thousands of masked protesters fought running battles with police and burned...

The European council president has said the UK is prepared to either cancel Brexit or to depart with no deal if MPs vote down the settlement secured by Theresa May with Brussels. Speaking at the G20 summit in...

Italian prosecutors have named several members of Egypt’s national security agency as suspects in the alleged murder of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni – the first Egyptians to be named by the Italian side in connection with the...