Attempts to form a new Czech government after this weekend's election suffered a setback on Sunday when the winning centre-left party tried to oust its leader due to an unexpectedly weak showing at the ballot box. The Social Democrats' leadership body voted by 20 to 13 to call on chairman and candidate for prime minister
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Sebastian Vettel has the talent to surpass Michael Schumacher's record seven Formula One titles after becoming the sport's youngest quadruple champion, according to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. Vettel, still only 26, chalked up his 36th career win in 117 races at the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday to seal his fourth successive crown.
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It is the third case of suspected baby trafficking uncovered in Greece since last week A Greek couple has been arrested for buying a Roma baby girl from her mother for 4,000 euros ($5,500) and they will appear before a prosecutor on Friday to face charges, police said. It is the third case of suspected
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The euro zone is suffering from integration fatigue and banking union might be the last big push for the foreseeable future, officials in the currency bloc say. After three years of tightening policy cooperation, forced by a sovereign debt crisis, the single currency area may be reaching the limits of how much power governments are
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As a diplomatic row rages between the United States and Europe over spying accusations, state-backed Deutsche Telekom wants German communications companies to cooperate to shield local internet traffic from foreign intelligence services. Yet the nascent effort, which took on new urgency after Germany said on Wednesday that it had evidence that Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile
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An 11-year-old student faced charges of attempted assault and other crimes on Thursday after bringing a handgun, some 400 bullets and several kitchen knives to his middle school in southern Washington state, police said. The boy brought a semi-automatic .22 caliber handgun and the other weapons from his house on Wednesday, with the intent of
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded on Thursday that the United States strike a "no-spying" agreement with Berlin and Paris by the end of the year, saying alleged espionage against two of Washington's closest EU allies had to be stopped. Speaking after talks with EU leaders that were dominated by allegations that the U.S. National Security
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Food giant Nestle will shut a frozen meals plant at its site north of Paris after sales were hit by a Europe-wide scandal that saw horsemeat find its way into processed products such as ready meals, company officials said on Thursday. The scandal started in January when traces of horse meat were found in frozen
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Germany will submit a bid to host the 2024 Euro soccer tournament, the German football association (DFB) told European soccer's governing body UEFA on Thursday. "Eighteen years after the unique 2006 World Cup the time is right for another summer fairytale in Germany," said DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach following a federation meeting in Nuremberg. "The
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Seeking to avoid a repeat of Facebook Inc's much-maligned public debut, Twitter Inc revealed more modest ambitions, saying its initial offering would raise up to $1.6 billion and value the company at up to about $11 billion. The valuation was more conservative than the $15 billion some analysts had expected for the social media phenomenon,
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