Europe

BP has been treating Russians as subjects

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 39 minutes ago

A narrow view of its Russian joint venture's capabilities might be in BP's interests but is not in the interests of the company, writes Mikhail Fridman

French to shell out over snails

BBC News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Tthe price of that French delicacy the snail is set to soar because of foreign suppliers' rising wages.

Betancourt will 'write a play'

IOL (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The woman who survived years of captivity in atrocious conditions says she will not be writing a book about her experiences.

France wants stricter EU migration

IOL (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

France will be pushing for a concerted crackdown on illegal immigration that it hopes the European Union will support.

Parents ask student's killers to surrender

IOL (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London is appealing for his killer or killers to turn themselves in.

TURKEY - COUP PLOT: Turkish court orders arrest of retired generals in coup probe

France24 (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Two retired top military officers were arrested in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the Ankara government. The news came as the ruling AK party is battling legal action threatening to ban its activities.

Ex-generals in Turkey charged

IOL (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

A Turkish court has charged two retired generals in connection with a shadowy grouping that is being accused of planning to take power.

Not in my name - Madiba to gallery

IOL (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Nelson Mandela has distanced himself from a gallery in London selling artworks associated with his name, his lawyers say.

• Mandela in bid to prevent London gallery selling prison artwork - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Nelson Mandela Takes Legal Action Against a London Gallery - Net News Publisher

UK oil disaster remembered

BBC News (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

The 20th anniversary of 167 workers losing their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster is marked with ceremonies.

Minnesota troops to return home from Kosovo

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

The 400 soldiers are from the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, which is headquartered in Mankato. The troops will arrive in Wisconsin on Sunday morning and will be reunited with their families during events in the next week.

"I am beginning to despise the young writers": Peter Handke in Kosovo

This Space (Free subscription) | yesterday

As translations of Peter Handke's recent novels are unlikely to appear very soon, reissues will have to do. Next year NYRB Classics publishes Short Letter, Long Farewell (1971) and the trilogy Slow Homecoming (1979-81). I hope this leads to the reissue of his three best novels - Across , Repetition and The Afternoon of a Writer , all published in German between 1983 and 1987 and all out of print in...

Russian parties get more government funding

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

MOSCOW -- Russia's lower house of parliament on Saturday passed a measure quadrupling government funding for major political parties. This will bring tens of millions of dollars into the coffers of the dominant United Russia party, but leave liberal opposition parties with nothing.

Four remanded after Turkish raids

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Four of 21 people held in a series of raids by Turkish police probing a suspected plot against the government are remanded in custody.

Turkey formalises coup arrests

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

Four out of 21 prominent Turks detained under a police investigation into coup allegations have been formally arrested.

Man decapitates wax 'Fuhrer'

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

The opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum saw police take action against a spectator.