The average rate of inflation across the eurozone has fallen from 2.2% to 2% in January, according to official figures.

Vatican headache over Benedict XVI's new status

Restructuring charges at Iberia and fuel costs have hit results at International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns both the Spanish flag-carrier and British Airways.

European officials reach a decision on a new set of regulations on banks that would include a cap on banker bonuses.

The EU's Health Commissioner warns against kneejerk reactions to horsemeat scandal.

Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg is to lead this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, organisers announce.

Spain's troubled Bankia - formed of the merger of seven savings banks - has made a record loss despite being bailed out with 18bn euros.

Natascha Kampusch has attended some of the first screenings of a film based on her kidnap ordeal

In the coming weeks, the most expensive film ever made in Norway, Kon-Tiki, will open up at cinemas around the world.

Pope Benedict XVI will retire on Thursday - the first pope to abdicate since Gregory XII in 1415.

Napping in a hutch and other tales of outdoor snoozing

Slovenia's parliament votes to oust Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his government over its handling of the country's economic crisis.

The BBC has learned that European meat suppliers are using a loophole in the law to sell a banned low quality material to UK sausage makers.

Will an EU trade accord improve life for Guatemala's sugar workers?

Stephane Hessel, the former French Resistance fighter whose 2010 manifesto Time for Outrage inspired social protesters, has died aged 95

Three people have been killed and seven injured during a shooting at a factory near the Swiss city of Lucerne, police have said.

Uefa orders Lazio to play two European games behind closed doors following repeated racism from some of the club's fans.

Italian comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo, whose movement holds the balance of power in parliament, rules out a coalition with the centre-left.

A former mayor of Greece's second city Thessaloniki and two other ex-officials are jailed for life for embezzling almost 18m euros in public funds.

Pope Benedict XVI admits he faced "choppy waters" during his papacy but thanks the crowd of thousands at his final general audience.