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.
French President Francois Hollande will arrive in Beijing for his first official visit to China on Thursday to pave the way for stronger bilateral exchanges.
After lengthy and hot debate, France's legislators gave the green light to same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
The US government on Tuesday condemned a bomb attack on the French embassy in Libya, calling it a "direct attack on all Libyans".
Istvan Ujhelyi, deputy speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, believes China and Europe need to "shake hands", as well as "hold hands" when faced with tragedies, and to lay a solid foundation for the "common future" of Europe-China relations among young people.
China and France should join forces in Africa to boost the continent's development, vice-president of a major French political party said on Tuesday.
The People's Party of Spain intends to strengthen ties with the Communist Party of China, with possible high-level exchanges and a batch of agreements between Beijing and Madrid on China's investment in the European Union member state.
China and Europe are at a critical crossroads for economic transformation and need each other more than ever, politicians and experts from both sides said.
Political figures from China and European countries agreed on Tuesday that China's economic transformation toward higher quality and efficiency in growth has created more opportunities for European development in the country.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, sworn in Monday for a second term, urged political parties to form a coalition government and carry out reforms.
Russia on Monday criticized the US 2012 report on human rights and accused it of applying double standards, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
The death toll of a shooting spree in the western Russian city of Belgorod has reached six, local authorities said Monday.
The European Union will discuss the question of easing an arms embargo preventing weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in the coming weeks, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday.
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