Europe

The government has started to recruit civilians to work in an emergency command and control centre being set up to try to make sure Britain runs smoothly in the aftermath of a potential no-deal Brexit. Briefing notes...

A Norwegian flight en route from Stockholm to Nice on Thursday morning was forced to return to Stockholm following a “bomb threat.” View image on Twitter Airport Webcams@AirportWebcams INCIDENT: Norwegian #DY4321 Stockholm Arlanda to Nice Cote...

Tourists will find accessing Venice is more complicated unless they reserve ahead using an online booking system. It is part of measures announced by mayor Luigi Brugnaro to tackle a backlash in the popular Italian city...

Brussels has today rejected the proposed rail merger between French firm Alstom and Germany company Siemens. The European Commission said in a statement that the merger “would have harmed competition in markets for railway signalling systems and very...

Donald Tusk has courted controversy by saying there is a “special place in hell for those who promoted Brexit without a plan”. He was speaking at a news conference in Brussels following a meeting with Irish...

Hard Brexiters have warned Theresa May that the only proposal they are likely to support to break the Brexit impasse is a version of the “Malthouse compromise”, which envisages removing the backstop from the draft European Union exit...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to toast a new free trade deal between Japan and the EU. The pair were also expected to address nuclear arms control. The German chancellor’s...

EU ambassadors agreed on Friday that UK citizens should be granted visa-free access to the bloc even in the case of a no-deal Brexit. The European Council proposal would give Britons visa-free access to the open-border...

By 2020, political parties in the eastern state of Brandenburg will be required to offer equal numbers of male and female candidates for elections. The law is the first of its kind in Germany. Lawmakers in...

The special purpose vehicle INSTEX aims to facilitate trade between the EU and Iran to get around US sanctions. DW examines how it will work, the players and its possible impact. Germany, France and Britain have launched...