All Europe
- For Swiss disaster rescue dogs, the job - and training - never ends
Dogs from the REDOG rescue program, based outside Berne, have seen duty worldwide, from Japan to Turkey to Costa Rica, to sniff out victims buried in the rubble of earthquakes.
- A phantom car, a Spanish politician, and a dead dissident: a Cuban mystery in Spain
Politician Angel Carromero confessed to manslaughter last year in Cuba, saying his driving killed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá. But now he claims Cuba was behind it all.
- With US-Russia relationship toxic, Moscow looks to strengthen ties with China
China's new President Xi Jinping chose Moscow, where he arrived Friday for a three-day visit, to be his first foreign destination, highlighting strengthening ties between China and Russia.
- Ahead of critical deadline, Cypriots hit the ATMs and lash out at Germany
With the banks closed while the Cypriot government and Europe try to hash out a bailout plan, people lined up to get what money they could from the ATMs -and to vent about the crisis.
- Like Pope Francis, new archbishop of Canterbury seen as advocate for the poor
Justin Welby, installed Thursday as head of the Anglican church, has cheered the left and riled the right in the UK with his willingness to criticize banking practices and government cuts.
- With Cyprus desperate for bailout help, Russia plays hardball
Russia is worried about an economic meltdown on Cyprus, which hosts both Russian corporations and bank accounts. But so far, it has yet to bite on the Cypriot finance minister's offers.
- Europe, Cyprus look for way out of crisis. Could Moscow save the day?
The now-rejected bailout tax plan has left Cypriots and Europeans alike unhappy. Now Cyprus is looking to Russia for money.
- Kremlin: No evidence of a crime in whistleblower's suspicious prison death
Despite independent evidence that Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death in prison in 2009 in an incident that has chilled US-Russian relations, Russia's top investigators have closed the case.
- Why Spain isn't likely to catch anti-establishment bug
With a government beset by corruption scandals and rising anger over austerity, some fear that Spain could follow Italy's path into political dysfunction. But experts say that's unlikely.
- Why Russia is unhappy about the Cyprus bailout tax
Cyprus became an important financial center, in part with the help of Russia. Many of the top bankholders on the island are Russians.
- Cypriot bailout tax could have unintended casualty: trust in Europe's banks
The EU raised serious doubts about its promise to guarantee citizens’ savings – a vital pillar of any financial sector – when it went along with a plan to levy small Cypriot depositors.
- Pope's first mass: 'protect each person, especially the poorest'
While Pope Francis, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, has brought a dramatic change of style to the papacy, whether he brings a change of substance remains to be seen.
- All sides claim victory with new UK press regulator - except the press
The new regulator can impose tough fines with the force of law, pleasing Labour and the Lib Dems, but there is a safeguard against one party influencing its actions, pleasing Conservatives.
- How German fears of underwriting Russian oligarchs pushed Cyprus to crisis
Cypriots took to the streets and its parliamentarians rebelled against a EU bailout plan for the country's banks that would impose a tax on the banks' account holders.
- US drops Europe missile defense plan – but Moscow is unimpressed
Russia issued a cool response to the scrapping of a NATO anti-missile system much resented by the Kremlin. But experts say the cancellation could still help US-Russian relations.
- How European Catholics see Pope Francis
The more devout and orthodox the believer, the more likely they are to welcome the pope, but even liberal Catholics are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
- Division among cardinals paved way for selection of Pope Francis
Behind the Sistine Chapel's closed doors, a fierce negotiating session led to the unlikely election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, say observers, because he was a Vatican outsider.
- Will Jesuit identity help Pope Francis repair 'fractured church'?
The Catholic Church is getting not only its first Latin American pope, but its first Jesuit leader. He hails from an order known for outreach and fresh thinking.
- An echo of Soviet-era censorship and meddling in Latvia?
The prosecution and brief institutionalization of a muckraking journalist, and a proposal to rein in academic freedom, stir memories of Latvia under Soviet rule.
- With Steven Seagal in tow, Putin pushes for Soviet-era phys-ed revival
The Russian president said that a revival of the Soviet-era mass physical training program, albeit in a less ideological form, is necessary for the health of his country's children.