North Macedonia

Inside Skopje, Europe's most polluted capital city

Residents fear for their future after pollution in North Macedonia's capital reaches alarming levels.

Inside Skopje, Europe's most polluted capital city

Netherlands

'No direct links' between Utrecht suspect and victims: Police

Dutch authorities still trying to determine the motive behind the shooting on a tram in which three people were killed.

'No direct links' between Utrecht suspect and victims: Police

Europe

Chechnya: Human rights defender Oyub Titiev gets 4-year jail term

Relatives and activists criticise the sentencing of the human rights activist who exposed extrajudicial killings, kidnappings and torture by Chechnya's government.

Italy

Italy's La Scala opera house returns $3m Saudi funding

Milan theater decides to refund payment and cancel Saudi partnership after criticism by rights groups and politicians.

Italy's La Scala opera house returns $3m Saudi funding

Inside Story

What has Russia gained from annexing Crimea?

Five years ago Russia annexed Crimea, then began a conflict in eastern Ukraine that has claimed 13,000 lives.

Brexit

Theresa May's Brexit deal suffers new blow

UK Speaker of Parliament John Bercow ruled that May could not put her deal to a new vote without changing it.

Netherlands

Suspect in custody in Dutch shooting that killed three

Police say they have captured the shooting suspect after an hours-long manhunt but motive remains unclear.

Russia

Russia marks five years since Crimea annexation

The West condemned the takeover of Crimea, a defiant Russia has built power plants and a new bridge to the peninsula.

Child rights

Children's rights could suffer after Brexit, charity warns

Legal issues could arise for children in relation to the EU Settlement Scheme, says Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Children's rights could suffer after Brexit, charity warns

Europe

Justice eludes victims of Albania's brutal communist regime

Some believe government has failed to make up for many sent to forced labour camps or executed during communist era.

Opinion

Why Muslims must be at the forefront of fighting anti-Semitism

Jews and Muslims are almost identical victims of European racist hatred.

Hamid Dabashi

by Hamid Dabashi

Hamid Dabashi

Europe

Georgia's wars: Remains of missing people handed over to families

At a ceremony in Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral, the remains of some of those who went missing during Georgia's past conflicts have finally been returned to their families.

Europe

Albania: Protesters call for PM Edi Rama's resignation

When 20,000 protesters tried to enter Albania's parliament, police responded with water cannons and tear gas.

Europe

Brexit 'Leave Means Leave' march sets off from Sunderland

Ahead of the third vote on Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal, a pro-Brexit march sets off from northeast England to London.

Europe

Albania corruption: Demands grow for political clean-up

What Albania's future will be is the question on people's minds, as the political process moves into uncharted waters.