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Strasbourg -
Europe's rights court on Tuesday ruled against Russia over its refusal to register three associations, saying it was "unacceptable" to do so simply because they were defending LGBT rights.
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France on Saturday detained 21 African migrants who surged into the Pantheon in Paris to push their claims for regularised status, police said.
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Palermo -
An Italian court ruled Friday that an Eritrean accused of being a human trafficking kingpin known as "the General" was telling the truth when he claimed it was a case of mistaken identity.
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Palermo -
An Italian court ruled Friday that an Eritrean accused of being a human trafficking kingpin known as "the General" was telling the truth when he claimed it was a case of mistaken identity.
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Rome -
Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini denied Wednesday receiving any money for his party from Russian investors, following allegations that one of his close aides had held secret meetings in Moscow to that end.
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Bihac -
Stranded in Bosnia, thousands of migrants face yet one more hurdle on their journey towards the European Union: the scorching summer heat in the Balkans.
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Rome -
A charity rescue vessel on Saturday brought 41 shipwrecked migrants into port in Lampedusa, the second boat to defy far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's bid to close Italian ports to them.
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Rome -
Malta on Friday appeared to have headed off a brewing standoff between a charity rescue ship and Italy's far-right interior minister by offering to take in migrants saved in the Mediterranean.
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Berlin -
The German captain of rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, who was temporarily arrested for bringing migrants to Italy, on Friday strongly criticised both Rome and Berlin.
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Rome -
The captain of detained migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, will sue Matteo Salvini for defamation after a tirade of insults from Italy's far-right interior minister, her lawyer said Friday.
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Rome -
The captain of rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, who has been arrested for bringing migrants to Italy, was "abandoned by all of Europe, the German charity said on Wednesday.
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Washington -
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China and Europe of deliberately weakening their currencies and stimulating their economies to gain competitive advantages over the United States.
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Berlin -
The German captain of a migrant rescue vessel, Carola Rackete, has gone into hiding following numerous threats, her charity Sea-Watch said Wednesday, a day after her release from Italian custody.
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Rome -
An Italian judge said Tuesday that Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete was free to go, three days after her arrest for docking with 40 migrants aboard her rescue ship in defiance of an Italian ban.
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Agrigento -
The German captain of a migrant rescue ship appeared in an Italian court on Monday, as her case sparked fresh tension between Rome and Berlin.
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Agrigento -
The captain of a migrant rescue ship was due to appear in court on Monday accused of hitting a police boat while entering Italy's Lampedusa port with 40 people rescued from the Mediterranean.
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Paris -
A welcome temperature drop came to western parts of Europe on Sunday, bringing relief to areas that have sweltered through a widespread, deadly heatwave for almost a week.
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Hundreds of firefighters battled on Saturday to contain wildfires in southern France as a stifling heatwave brought record-breaking temperatures to parts of Europe, killing at least three people in Italy.
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Lampedusa -
Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete may be a "pain in the neck" for Italy's anti-immigration interior minister but she is a hero to dozens of migrants rescued from an uncertain fate at sea.
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Lampedusa -
The Sea-Watch 3 ship carrying dozens of rescued migrants forced its way into the Italian port of Lampedusa after a lengthy standoff and its captain has been arrested, the charity running the boat said Saturday.
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Paris -
A welcome dip in temperatures came to parts of Europe on Sunday, bringing relief to areas which have sweltered through a widespread, deadly heatwave for nearly a week.
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Lampedusa -
Five European countries have agreed to take in dozens of migrants saved by the Sea-Watch charity ship, Italy said Friday, signalling the end of a lengthy stand off which the ship's captain described as "incredibly tense".
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Paris -
"My tent is unbearably hot from about 6:00 am. I have to come here to keep cool," Ahmed Yusuf said.
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Ford said it will cut 12,000 jobs in Europe by the end of next year to try to return the business to profit, part of a wave of cost reductions in an auto industry facing stagnant demand and huge investments to build low emission cars.
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France on Friday recorded its hottest ever temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius, as Europe sweltered in an early summer heatwave already blamed for several deaths.
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Strasbourg -
Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejcinovic Buric was on Wednesday elected secretary general of the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly for the next five years, the current head said.
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Lampedusa -
The stand-off between a Sea-Watch rescue boat and Rome escalated Thursday as the European Commission called for relief for 42 migrants stranded on the spurned vessel."We waited one night.
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Rome -
The Sea-Watch 3 NGO boat carrying migrants rescued in the Mediterranean said Wednesday it was headed for Lampedusa island despite the threat of hefty fines from Italy's far-right interior minister.
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Europe's record-breaking heatwave was forecast to intensify Thursday, with authorities on alert as temperatures threaten to surpass 40 degrees Celsius in some regions.
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Rome -
The captain of the Sea-Watch 3 charity rescue vessel threatened Tuesday to enter Italian waters illegally to bring 42 migrants to shore after they spent 13 days in limbo at sea.
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Prolonged economic weakness, brought on by a U.S. default on its obligations would result in negative implications for the global economy. Madhu babu pandi
Traveling with husband Joe is one of the highlights of her life. Author/teacher Marianne C. Bohr, believes if one is called to travel, "listen to those brave voices." Fear of what might happen can be a stumbling block. Courtesy of Marianne C. Bohr
DIPLOMACY: Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union diplomat Federica Mogherini and Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif pose on stage at the Austria Center in Vienna on July 14 after reaching a multi-nation agreement to restrict Iran's ability to obtain nuclear weapons in exchange for relief from international economic sanctions. U.S. Department of State/Wikimedia Commons
Boudewijn Seapark opened at Bruges in 1963, getting its first dolphins in 1972. The facility burned down in 1988. At least 3 dolphins were burned alive in the structure. It was rebuilt and now hosts 6 dolphins. Yvon Godefroid/Dolphin Libre
A view of the Louvre and surrounding area in Paris
A sign of bygone times covered by snow, old steam engine displayed on a side track of a railway station in Wegliniec, Western Poland, 2010.
A map of the European Union highlighted in green. S. Solberg J.
EU Commissioner for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip announced there would not be any kind of limits on duration to the EU's roaming policy John Thys, AFP/File
Unusual circumstances have brought interest to the woman's death since this rarely happens in the area. Christian Schnettelker
Eurozone is lost in translation as EU collapses
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Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra). Wikimedia Commons Steffen Häuser
Ryder Cup trophy Dan Perry
A delicious duck confit at a Paris cafe
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The old Silk Road and the Silk Track have a lot in common. With any luck, the Silk Track will be as successful as its predecessor. Wikimedia Commons
Results of urine tests across Europe for glyphosate weedkiller. Friends of the Earth Europe
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