Europe

With the onset of the new year in a few hours, Croatia will adopt the euro currency and enter Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone after nearly a decade since joining the European Union.…

Britain and Taiwan have much in common and face many challenges as likeminded partners, a British minister told Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday in Taipei, the latest Western official…

Asylum seekers housed in Muswell Hill have been told they are to be moved, sparking protests from residents. Seven asylum seekers housed in the National Hotel were sent letters by…

All 10 of the most expensive streets in England are in south and west London, according to Halifax. Top of the list is Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, west London, where…

Brussels, Berlin, Paris (10/11 – 50) Rishi Sunak became the first man of Asian and Hindu descent to lead Downing Street. It shall be in the history books when he…

The Specials’ frontman Terry Hall had been diagnosed with cancer shortly before his death this week at the age of 63, his bandmate has confirmed. Bassist Horace Panter gave a moving…

Members of the union representing midwives in Scotland have rejected the latest NHS pay offer.  The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said 65% of members voted against it. The union…

Hundreds of migrants were illegally detained at immigration removal centres, according to Home Office emails obtained by BBC News. The detention centres were used to hold about 450 people –…

Ambulance unions have reacted with anger after the health secretary said they had “taken a conscious choice to inflict harm on patients”. Steve Barclay said unions had refused to work…

The fate of Kazakh dissident and fugitive Mukhtar Ablyazov was set to be on the agenda when French President Emmanuel Macron met his Kazakh counterpart this week.Le Figaro has reported…