Europe
Greece hopeful of last-ditch deal despite default warnings
Greece on Friday insisted a last-ditch deal on its debt was possible and dismissed "terror scenarios" of a default that is looking ...EU calls Greek crisis summit as talks end without deal
The EU called an emergency eurozone summit next week after Greek debt talks ended Thursday without a deal, sparking warnings of an ...EU to launch limited naval operation against migrant-smugglers
The EU is set to launch a naval mission on Monday against gangs smuggling migrants from Libya but it will be limited ...French government wins confidence vote over economic reforms
France\'s Socialist government won a parliamentary vote of no confidence Thursday over a key package of reforms designed to energise the country\'s ...Macedonia allows migrants to legitimately transit country
Macedonia has changed its asylum law to let migrants entering the country illegally avoid jail if they leave within three days.IMF rules out Greek payment delay
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned Athens Thursday it cannot delay a huge payment due at the end of the month, ...Denmark votes in close election
Polls opened in Denmark on Thursday in an election that was too close to call, after a three-week campaign focusing on immigration ...Three Dutch tourists killed in Portugal bus crash
Portuguese officials say a bus carrying Dutch tourists has crashed in southern Portugal, killing three of the tourists and injuring 30 others ...Europe spends 11.3 bn euros deporting migrants since 2000
European countries have spent 11.3 billion euros in the last 15 years on deporting illegal migrants and another 1.6 billion euros on ...Crisis deepens as Greek central bank warns of euro exit
The Greek central bank warned for the first time on Wednesday that the country could suffer a "painful" exit from the eurozone ...