Yahoo! News: Europe News
3 Feb 2012 at 6:52pm
Reuters - European Union competition ministers supported plans on Friday to remove barriers to electronic trade in a bid to spur economic growth and jobs by expanding the single market to the digital world, officials said.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:33pm
AP - A rare snowfall blanketed Rome on Friday, forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears tourists would slip on the icy ruins, and leaving buses struggling to climb the city's slushy hills. Other parts of the country experienced frigid temperatures unseen in years.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:53pm
 Reuters - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:28pm
AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:08pm
Reuters - Bosnia passed laws on Friday seen as crucial to reviving its European Union accession bid, with Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders agreeing to the first census since 1991 and to a single state-level body to coordinate EU aid programs.
3 Feb 2012 at 4:40pm
AP - Unemployment falls sharply in US, rises in Europe
3 Feb 2012 at 4:05pm
Reuters - Russian opposition leaders said on Friday that unusually cold weather threatened to cut numbers at a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule planned for Saturday.
3 Feb 2012 at 3:10pm
 AP - An Irish woman raped as a teen by a priest said Friday some clergy sex abuse victims are questioning motives behind an upcoming Vatican-backed symposium, where she hopes the pope and other Catholic leaders will ask for forgiveness for those who failed to protect children.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:51pm
AP - Spain said Friday it had received guarantees that the United States will help clean up land contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U.S. hydrogen bombs in the country's south.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:33pm
 AP - Seemingly failed talks this week between Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have instead increased pressure on Tehran to defuse suspicions before another meeting later in the month that it secretly worked on atomic arms, diplomats said Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 1:47pm
 AP - Russia and Ukraine both took extra precautions on Friday to protect homeless people, ordering new facilities and medical care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during a brutal cold snap.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:51pm
AP - Berlin police say 20 people forced their way into Syria's embassy in the German capital and damaged offices there.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:29am
AP - For his supporters, Pekka Haavisto's breakthrough into Finland's presidential runoff defies fears that tolerance is waning in Finland. The gay environmentalist who lives with an Ecuadorean immigrant faces off Sunday against a veteran conservative.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:10am
AP - A U.N. staff member was shot during a clash that broke out as officials met to discuss a weekend cattle raid massacre that left 78 people dead, including many women and children, U.N. officials said Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:17am
AP - For the second time this year, allegations about corruption that appeared on the Internet are causing anti-government protests in Slovakia.
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msnbc.com: Europe
3 Feb 2012 at 4:41pm
2 Feb 2012 at 1:02pm
 Britain's Prince William has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a stint as a military search-and-rescue pilot, the defense ministry said, even as tension resurfaces between London and Argentina over sovereignty of the British-ruled territory.
3 Feb 2012 at 1:26pm
 Russia and Ukraine take extra precautions to protect homeless people during a brutal cold snap that has killed scores.
 
3 Feb 2012 at 4:43am
Irmela Mensah-Schramm has embarked on her very personal "combat mission" almost daily for 26 years. Her weapons? A scraper, nail-polish remover, a camera and lots of courage. NBC News' Andy Eckardt reports.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:31pm
 A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, the hacking group known as Anonymous claimed Friday.
2 Feb 2012 at 4:51am
Landlords in Britain's capital are evicting tenants so they can cash in on this summer's Olympic Games by charging tourists many times the usual rent.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:30am
Flagging down a black cab on London's streets may prove a little harder during this year's Olympics after taxi drivers had a request to raise fares by 22 percent turned down.
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3 Feb 2012 at 1:19pm
AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts allow
3 Feb 2012 at 12:51pm
LONDON - The eurozone's service sector has shown some growth, marginal though, for the first time in four months, raising expectations that a recession could be kept at bay.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:48pm
BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009 crisis.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:10am
England captain John Terry will not lead the England team at Euro 2012 after the Football Association (FA) decided to strip him of his captaincy, a report claims.
3 Feb 2012 at 1:10am
A filmmaker living on the outskirts of Spain has become the unluckiest man in the village after he was the only one who didn't buy a ticket in the Christmas draw.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:51pm
FRANKFURT, Germany -; Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:51pm
MADRID (AP) -- Spain said Friday it had received guarantees that the United States will help clean up land contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U.S. hydrogen ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:46pm
As Turkey increasingly tries to play the role of broker in Mideast diplomacy, there are concerns its conservative Muslim prime minister is pursuing a religious agenda. But in a speech this week, ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:45pm
"No one has ever seen anything like this at a Futsal EURO," said Serbia coach Aca Kovacevic after the 9-8 win that took his side through past Azerbaijan, players of both sides left ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:45pm
Sergei Skorovich was a satisfied man after his Russia team opened their UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 campaign with a 5-0 victory against Turkey that secured their progress from Group ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:45pm
Borussia Dortmund moved three points clear at the top of the German Bundesliga after completing their fourth successive league victory thanks to second-half strikes by Sebastian Kehl and Lucas ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:45pm
Azerbaijan 8-9 SerbiaAzerbaijan took the lead four times but Serbia went ahead when it mattered to go through with Portugal after an extraordinary evening in Group ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:45pm
Besiktas JK will be without hamstrung Roberto Hilbert for both of their UEFA Europa League round of 32 encounters against SC Braga, while Ismail Kybas? is a doubt for the first ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:44pm
Download About a thousand miles east of Moscow in a land far far away, is Russia’s industrial heartland, a traditonal support base for Vladimir Putin. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg just ...
3 Feb 2012 at 5:44pm
Download This week in Spain judges have been hearing for the first time testimony from victims of the country's Franco-era violence. General Francisco Franco came to power in 1939 after a ...
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Europe Newswire
3 Feb 2012 at 11:00pm
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3 Feb 2012 at 10:58pm
Mackay has been sweating on the fitness of defender Hudson, who missed the Carling Cup semi-final victory over Crystal Palace and the 1-1 draw with Southampton with a calf strain, but the Bluebirds captain could make his return to the matchday squad this weekend.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:56pm
Duncan Weir racked up 20 points as Scotland A claimed a 35-0 win over England Saxons at Galashiels on Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:55pm
The legal wife of late Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo failed to bring home from London the lawmaker's remains due to legal issues.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:54pm
Home favourites Ivo Karlovic and Ivan Dodig both bowed out of the Zagreb Indoors at the quarter-final stage on Friday night.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:52pm
Italys technocrat government has suffered its first major defeat in parliament in a vote that revealed the strains and discontent in the political alliance sustaining Prime Minister Mario Monti as he combats a major economic crisis.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:52pm
THERE have been many English-born players who have represented Scotland over the years, but the Scot who has worn the lilywhite shirt and the red rose is a rarer breed.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:51pm
Chancellor Angela Merkels popularity has surged to a two-year high in Germany as voters cheered her management of the national economy and the eurozone crisis, a poll published yesterday showed.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:47pm
UP to 160million viewers are expected to tune in to American football's Super Bowl tomorrow between New England Patriots and New York Giants.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:42pm
An Indian director saw the ex Miss England hopeful on a website in 2010 and offered her a role playing the daughter of a chief in the British Raj of the 1940s.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:38pm
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3 Feb 2012 at 10:29pm
... GUANGZHOU - Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday that China has neither the intention nor the ability to buy up Europe, answering concerns over the country's increasing investment in debt-stricken eurozone economies. China is "willing to cooperate with ...
3 Feb 2012 at 10:13pm
In this Jan. 24, 2011, file photo American cyclist Lance Armstrong prepares for a fundraising ride through the streets of Brisbane, Australia.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:11pm
... year law student from Marietta, was impressed by how "supportive" the German community is in terms of going green. "Europe in general tends to be a little more progressive thinking as far as going green and sustainable energy than the U.S.," she ...
3 Feb 2012 at 10:00pm
In 2011, gum is expected to decline marginally in volume terms and by 1% in value terms to reach 20,500 tonnes and GBP326 million respectively.
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