German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has presented coalition negotiators with two proposals for an income tax reform, including tax relief of up to €20 billion ($21.6 billion) and a higher levy on top earners, Spiegel reported on Monday.One proposal would provide moderate relief for
France's media regulator on Monday ordered rolling news channel CNews to comply with rules on pluralism and diversity of opinion, putting the ultra-conservative channel owned by billionaire Vincent Bollore one step away from disciplinary action. The channel, which critics have likened to th
Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to back a proposal to cap the country's population in a referendum likened to Britain's Brexit vote, which could have far-reaching consequences for the economy and Bern's relations with the European Union. Driven by concern about immigration, pressure on publi
Long championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year as part of a broad, international reversal on the use of screens in classrooms. Since 2023, the Scandinavian country's center-rig
A Russian drone attack on a dairy factory in a region surrounding the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has killed four people and injured seven more, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. The attack destroyed an administrative building and damaged two cars at the site, the regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk s
Archaeologists have recovered a trove of Chinese porcelain and European-made goods from a recently discovered 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of Norway, government and museum officials said on Monday. Among the goods found in the remains of the unnamed sailing ship were tightly stacked white
Denmark's Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Monday she has agreed to form a centre-left coalition government, maintaining her grip on power amid a crisis in ties with US President Donald Trump over the future of Greenland. The deal to form a minority cabinet gives Frederiksen a th
At least seven police were injured in clashes with protesters, officials said, as tens of thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after a series of corruption scandals. A small group of protesters tried to break through barr
Airbus and Air France were found guilty on Thursday of corporate manslaughter by a Paris appeals court over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew, three years after being acquitted in a lower court. Relatives of some of those who died when the Airbus A330 vanishe
Britain's health minister Wes Streeting is preparing to resign and could quit as early as Thursday, the Times reported on Wednesday, adding that he is likely to mount a formal challenge for the party leadership. Streeting had a brief meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday ahead of t
Sweden is issuing an early warning of a potential shortage of jet fuel stemming from the war in the Middle East, Energy Minister Ebba Busch said on Tuesday. "This is based on the Energy Agency's assessment," Busch told a press conference. Sweden could in a worst case scenario face rationing of av
The EU's mutual assistance clause is unambiguous, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, after the bloc's leaders asked officials to prepare a blueprint for how it would work amid doubts over Washington's commitment to NATO. President Donald Trump's criticism of NATO for failing to bac
The BBC said Wednesday that it plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs to save 10% of its annual budget - 500 million pounds ($677 million) - over the next two years. The layoffs announced during a call with staff are the biggest in more than a decade at the U.K. national broadcaster. "I know this creates
