Bulgaria's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski apologises for a political appointment that plunged his three-week-old government into crisis.

US President Barack Obama is to speak at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he is expected to call for cuts in US and Russian nuclear arsenals.

The European Commission announces fines over a breach of EU competition laws.

Provides an overview of Andorra, including key events and facts.

Provides an overview of Switzerland, including key events and facts about this European country

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urges eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticises the bailout agreed in March.

Provides an overview of the Czech Republic, including key events and facts about this European country which was part of the former Czechoslovakia.

Claims of manipulation rock Hague's Balkans tribunal

The naked ambition behind a TV star's role in killing her boss

Russia falls again for eggs once despised as tsar’s playthings

Measures including criminal sanctions to make bankers responsible for their own failings, are called for in a new report.

US President Barack Obama has arrived in Berlin at the start of a visit during which he will address crowds at the city's famous Brandenburg Gate.

Australian Adrian Bayley is jailed for the rape and murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, with a minimum jail term of 35 years.

The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests.

What's going on with the UK's weather, asks David Shukman

The new play that keeps its audience in the dark

As witnesses die, will the Holocaust be forgotten?

Will the Airbus/Boeing duopoly ever be broken?

Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange vows to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London even if accusations of sex crimes are dropped.

The Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes has been evacuated after flash floods struck south-western France.