Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
Greek lender Eurobank is the first systemic bank in Greece to be fully recapitalized and nationalized.
Cyprus' parliament on Tuesday ratified by a slim majority a 10-billion euro bailout deal with the Eurogroup.
The European Union will ban three of the world's most widely-used pesticides for two years because of fears they are linked to a plunge in the population of bees critical to the production of crops.
An explosion in central Prague on Monday, probably caused by gas, injured as many as 40 people and neighbouring buildings.
Two seamen died and eight went missing after two freight vessels collided and sank in the Aegean Sea on Monday.
Two cargo ships collided early Monday off southwestern Greece, with 10 crew members missing, the Greek coastguard said.
Italy's awaited new government took office on Sunday amid hopes of urgent reforms against recession and fears of civil disorder.
Greek anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of Athens on Sunday evening ahead of a parliamentary vote on an omnibus bill aimed at securing further bailout aid this spring.
At least two people were killed and 14 others injured in an explosion on Sunday morning in Reims, northeastern France.
The shooting outside the Italian prime minister's office on Sunday could not be described as terrorism although the bitter political climate of the past few months has increased tensions, the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno said.
Two police officers were shot and wounded outside the Italian prime minister's office on Sunday as Enrico Letta's new government was being sworn in.
A man performs while riding on a horse during a horse trick festival in Kopachiv near the capital Kiev, April 27, 2013.
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