Europe

Estonia tries Soviet war figure

BBC News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Soviet war hero Arnold Meri is tried in his native Estonia for "genocide" over deportations to Siberia in 1949.

Fire breaks out at Berlin Philharmonic building

The Independent (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

A fire broke out today at the Berlin Philharmonic's home, sending thick smoke pouring from the crest of the iconic downtown building as firefighters and musicians rushed to save instruments.

• Fire breaks out in home of Berlin Philharmonic - Alertnet
• Roof of Berlin orchestral theatre catches fire - Summary - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
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EU moves to reform farm subsidies

BBC News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

The EU announces plans to reform its hugely expensive rural payments system, the Common Agricultural Policy.

Spain's new brand?

The Economist (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

A little less macho PHOTOS of a heavily pregnant defence minister reviewing military troops have been splashed across the Spanish papers for weeks, delivering yet another jolt to traditionalists in a country that has gone through some big adjustments lately. Divorce, gay marriage, now this, the old guard is clucking. On Tuesday the minister, Carme Chacón, started her maternity leave, sparking another...

'Armed man' clears Berlin school

BBC News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Police evacuate a school in the German capital Berlin amid reports that an armed person has entered the building.

China's finest hour, or its Hurricane Katrina?

The Economist (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The debate that cannot start WITH apologies for going off-topic on the Europe blog, your Brussels-based correspondent has been pondering the waves of positive coverage for China's handling of the Sichuan earthquake, across the European media. As a former China correspondent (for another newspaper), this correspondent covered disasters in China, and it is very clear that something huge has changed,...

German rift over Dalai Lama visit

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Splits on key foreign policy issues that have dogged Germany's uneasy grand coalition government come to the fore as Tibet's spiritual leader visits Berlin

• Dalai Lama is snubbed during visit to Germany - International Herald Tribune
• Dalai Lama ends German visit - Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
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Spain/United states - Judge Santiago Pedraz calls news witneses in Couso case - 20.05.2008

Reporters sans frontières (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Spain/United states20 May 2008Judge Santiago Pedraz calls news witneses in Couso caseEx US military intelligence officer says Hotel Palestine among potential military targetsSpanish judge, Santiago Padraz, has summoned Spanish defence minister in the José Maria Aznar government, Frederico Trillo, and ex foreign minister, Ana Palacio, to appear before him in the case of Telecinco cameraman, José Couso,...

New EBRD head promises review

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Thomas Mirow, the new European Bank for Reconstruction and Development president, wants to assess the impact of food inflation and the global financial turmoil

• EUROPE - EBRD: Thomas Mirow elected head of EBRD - France24
• Germany's Mirow appointed new EBRD chief - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Police seek 'bogus' doctor

IOL (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Romanian police are on the lookout for an unlicensed doctor believed to have operated on about 100 people.

Immigrant jailed for knife attack on German rabbi - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Frankfurt - A Frankfurt court jailed a German man of Afghan origin for three-and-a-half years Tuesday after finding him guilty of a knife attack on an Orthodox rabbi in the city last year. The court found that Sahed A, 23, had caused grievous bodily ...

IRA suspect arrested in N.Ireland for 1977 killing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Northern Ireland police arrested an Irish Republican Army suspect Tuesday over his alleged role in the killing of an undercover British soldier more than 30 years ago, one of the most controversial killings from the province's long conflict.

Abacus Trucks Return From Kosovo Aid Convoy

openPR.com Newsfeed (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Six trucks used as part of charity aid convoy to the South West area of Kosovo have returned to their Ferndown base. The 7.5 ton trucks from Abacus the vehicle hire company were driven by volunteers ... read more

Rampaging bull knew the ins and outs

IOL (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

It would have been a typical bull-in-the-china shop story, except for one thing...

Romanians count costs as workers go abroad

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Bucharest struggles to deal with depopulation, rising child suicide rates, growing levels of solvent abuse and a depleted workforce caused by a decade of mass emigration