European News

The EU is putting the finishing touches to a multi-billion euro bail-out for Greece after weeks of crisis, senior officials tell the BBC.

Police in the Irish Republic release three of the seven Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.

Portugal's parliament backs an austerity budget aimed at cutting its deficit to the level permitted for countries using the euro.

A long-serving Conservative MEP, expelled in a row over the party's new allies in Europe, has joined the Liberal Democrats.

Factory output in the eurozone rose 1.7% between December and January, the biggest monthly rise since records began.

The Pope once unwittingly approved housing for a priest accused of child abuse, his former diocese in Germany says.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal.

The European Central Bank chief tentatively backs the idea of a bail-out fund to bolster the eurozone's financial stability.

Russia announces it will build 16 nuclear reactors in India as part of defence and energy deals.

Portuguese police arrest a suspected Eta Basque militant who was trying to catch a flight from Lisbon to Venezuela.