Greece: Bitcoin fraud suspect to be extradited to France
Greece's justice minister has signed an order for bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik to be extradited to France — concluding an international lega...
UK charges US diplomat’s wife over teen’s death in crash
LONDON — An American diplomat's wife who left Britain after being involved in a fatal road accident that killed a British teenager has been charged, B...
Germany OKs cheaper train tickets in plan to lower emissions
BERLIN — Germany's upper house of parliament has approved a plan to lower the value-added tax on train tickets, making rail travel cheaper beginning J...
Romania confronts ugly past involving abusive orphanages
BUCHAREST, Romania — Whenever he returns to the orphanage where he grew up, Florin Catanescu is overwhelmed by sad memories.
Activists cheer victory in landmark Dutch climate case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In a ruling hailed as an “immense victory for climate justice,” the Netherlands' top court ruled Friday in favor of activists...
Catalan separatist politicians win new EU legal victory
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top court said Friday that it wants a lower court to re-consider its decision to prevent fugitive former Catalan leade...
Andrew Bailey to succeed Carney as Bank of England governor
LONDON — Andrew Bailey, head of Britain’s financial watchdog, will be the next governor of the Bank of England, where his top challenge will be naviga...
French telecom company Orange convicted over suicides
French phone and Internet provider Orange was found guilty Friday of a string of employee suicides.
Notre Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas in centuries
PARIS — Notre Dame kept Christmas going even during two world wars — a beacon of hope amid the bloodshed.
French unions: Keep retirement strikes going through January
PARIS — France’s punishing transportation troubles may ease up slightly over Christmas — but unions plan renewed strikes and protests in January to re...
EU top court: Airbnb not subject to real estate agent rules
BRUSSELS — Airbnb scored a big win in its long-standing fight with French hoteliers as the European Union's highest court rejected Thursday an argumen...
Shiffrin will skip World Cup races in France to rest, train
VAL D'ISERE, France — Mikaela Shiffrin is starting her Christmas racing break early by skipping a World Cup meeting in France this weekend.
EU court boost for activist in Facebook data transfer fight
LONDON — EU regulators must block tech companies from transferring data outside the bloc in cases in which privacy rules are broken, an advisor to the...
Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘far-fetched’ reasons
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for “far-fetched” reasons, calling the move by ...
Swedish central bank ends pioneering era of subzero rates
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sweden's central bank has ended a five-year experiment of keeping its benchmark interest rate below zero, a policy that other co...
Spain rocked by rulings that renew questions over Catalonia
BRUSSELS — Spain was thrown into turmoil on Thursday by court rulings that could undermine Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s hopes of forming a new gover...
Police, protesters clash outside Barcelona-Real Madrid game
BARCELONA, Spain — Riot police clashed with protesters in the streets Wednesday night outside a soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, as aut...
Fiat Chrysler-Peugeot merger could bring more clean vehicles
DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot agreed Wednesday to merge into a single company that will become the world’s fourth-largest automaker, a giant tha...
Macron, under strike pressure, mulls changes to pension plan
PARIS — The French government launched negotiations with labor unions Wednesday on potential changes to a landmark pension reform bill that sparked cr...
Slavery museum in Liverpool aims to confront painful legacy
LIVERPOOL, England — Scarlet shackles sit peacefully on display in front of a sad, gray backdrop. The now rusted leg irons once locked human ankles du...
What will Boris Johnson do? UK leader to unveil policy plans
LONDON — British voters have given Prime Minister Boris Johnson a commanding majority. But they have little idea what he plans to do with it, apart fr...
Germany’s Merkel criticizes US gas pipeline sanctions threat
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday criticized a U.S. move to impose sanctions related to a new Russian-German gas pipeline, signali...
Rights group slams Greek migrant camp conditions for minors
ATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of unaccompanied children are living in “inhuman and degrading” conditions in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, ...
EU claims better fishing rules; environmentalists disagree
BRUSSELS — European Union nations say the fish catch quotas they agreed upon for next year means they have made more headway in securing sustainable f...
UK services industry sees little joy in post-Brexit world
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decisive victory in last week's general election provided little comfort to Britain's once world-beating finan...
European planet-studying mission launches from South America
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A European spacecraft launched from South America Wednesday on a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems.
Judge rules in favor of US effort to take Snowden book money
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden violated secrecy agreements with the U.S. government that allow it to claim proceeds from a ...
France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower
PARIS — French union activists cut electricity to nearly 100,000 homes or offices. Eiffel Tower staff walked off the job. Even Paris opera workers joi...
US deports murder parolee to Germany; he says he’s innocent
BERLIN — A German diplomat's son who served more than 33 years in prison for a double murder in Virginia that he has steadfastly maintained he didn't ...