BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will not "pour money into a bottomless pit" and patience with Greece is growing thin ahead of a new election in the Mediterranean country, a conservative member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet was quoted on Saturday as saying. Interior Minister … More »No German money for Greek "bottomless pit" - minister
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservative … More »Greek opinion poll shows pro-bailout …
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist President Francois Hollande has defied critics who considered … More »Hollande makes surefooted start before …
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist President Francois Hollande has defied critics who considered him an inexperienced lightweight by starting with a burst of globetrotting activity and standing up to Berlin and Washington on euro and foreign policy. Placid and … More »Hollande makes surefooted start before assembly vote
Gay comic Julian Clary has likened the arguments over same-sex marriages to the suffragette struggle in the early 20th century, it has been reported. More »Clary: Gay wedlock suffragette link
China's top legislator cancelled a visit to Britain in anger over a meeting between Prime Minister David Cameron and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, a source said. More »China cancels visit to UK 'over Dalai Lama meet'
China's top legislator cancelled a visit to Britain in anger over a meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, a source said. More »China cancels Britain visit 'over Dalai Lama meet'
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt faced fresh pressure Saturday after a press ethics inquiry released dozens of light-hearted text messages between him and a lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, whom he called "mon ami" and "papa". More »Jeremy Hunt called Murdoch aide 'mon ami' and 'papa'
Britain's culture minister faced fresh pressure Saturday after a press ethics inquiry released dozens of light-hearted text messages between him and a lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, whom he called "mon ami" and "papa". More »British minister called Murdoch aide 'papa'
Britain's culture minister faced fresh pressure Saturday after a press ethics inquiry released dozens of light-hearted text messages between him and a lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, whom he called "mon ami" and "papa". More »British minister called Murdoch aide 'papa'
Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is under intense pressure after fresh disclosures at the Leveson Inquiry about his relationship with a senior News Corporation lobbyist. More »Hunt's 'daddy' texts to lobbyist
The Home Office is planning for a possible large increase in immigration from Greece and other European Union nations in response to the crisis in the euro, Theresa May has revealed. More »UK plans for euro-immigrants surge
PARIS (Reuters) - The French left will comfortably beat the conservative UMP party in next month's parliamentary election, a poll showed on Friday, as rivalries triggered by Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the race for the presidency risk splitting the right-wing … More »French left ahead in parliament vote - poll
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist President Francois Hollande has defied critics who considered him an inexperienced lightweight by starting with a burst of globetrotting activity and standing up to Berlin and Washington on euro and foreign policy. Placid and … More »Hollande makes surefooted start before assembly vote
PARIS (Reuters) - The French left will comfortably beat the conservative UMP party in next month's parliamentary election, a poll showed on Friday, as rivalries triggered by Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the race for the presidency risk splitting the right-wing … More »French left ahead in parliament vote - poll
David Cameron has paid his own personal tribute to the 255 soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives to liberate the Falkland Islands. More »PM's tribute to Falklands fallen
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron rejected calls to fire his Culture Minister on Friday after a public inquiry heard how the minister had ignored warnings from staff to lend his support to a major Rupert Murdoch takeover deal. Appearing … More »Cameron defends role in Murdoch takeover deal
LONDON (Reuters) - A Greek exit from the euro zone would set off a "chain reaction of uncertainty" that would be strongly felt in Britain's banking sector, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said. He warned that a possible Greek exit would not resolve the … More »Clegg warns of Greek euro zone exit "chain reaction"
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib has laid a wreath at the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead outside the country's London embassy in 1984. More »Libyan PM Lays Wreath For WPC Yvonne Fletcher
Libyan prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib has made a historic visit to the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead outside the country's London embassy in 1984. More »Libyan PM visits Fletcher site
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib laid a wreath of white roses and carnations on Friday at the spot where a British policewoman was shot dead in 1984 outside the Libyan embassy in London. More »Libyan PM lays wreath for slain policewoman
MADRID (Reuters) - Shares in Spain's fourth-biggest lender Bankia SA were suspended on the Madrid stock exchange on Friday, ahead of an evening announcement when the bank is expected to ask the state for a rescue of more than 15 billion euros (12 billion … More »Bankia shares suspended ahead of rescue details
Hospitals are to be ranked by how many patients are happy for their friends and family to receive the same care they do. More »Failing hospitals test gets go-ahead
Hospital patients will be invited to rate the treatment they receive and say whether they would recommend it to their loved ones, Prime Minister David Cameron will announce on Friday. More »Patients to rate care in 'family and friends test'
A new test to improve care in hospitals in England will allow patients to rate the treatment they receive. More »Patients To Rate Their Hospital Treatment
British detectives probing the 1984 murder of a policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London have been granted visas to pursue the investigation in Libya, police said. More »Police get Libya visas for 1984 cop murder probe
British Prime Minister David Cameron appointed a minister to decide on Rupert Murdoch's bid for control of pay-TV giant BSkyB, despite knowing that the official backed the deal, an inquiry has heard. More »PM picked 'pro-Murdoch' minister for BSkyB deal
Britain's recession is deeper than first thought according to revised official figures that show the non-eurozone nation's economy shrank 0.3 percent in the first quarter. More »Britain's recession deeper than expected
LONDON (Reuters) - A Greek exit from the euro zone would set off a "chain reaction of uncertainty" that would be strongly felt in Britain's banking sector, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said. He warned that a possible Greek exit would not resolve … More »Nick Clegg warns of Greek euro zone exit "chain reaction"
Patients are to be able to rate the treatment they receive in hospitals to ensure that people are treated with dignity and respect on wards. More »Patients to rate hospital treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral who oversaw the operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied on Thursday that he or his staff helped advise Hollywood film makers shooting a movie about last year's secret raid to kill the al Qaeda leader. A conservative … More »Bin Laden film got no Special Ops help - U.S. admiral
Downing Street is facing fresh questions over the decision to appoint Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to oversee the controversial bid for BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. More »Hunt Under Fresh Pressure Over BSkyB Bid
A summit of European leaders has ended without clear agreement on how best to restore confidence in the euro, despite pleas from the British PM to get a grip on the crisis. More »PM Angry At Euro Summit's Failure To Agree
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron gave the job of ruling on a multi-billion dollar takeover by News Corp to a minister he knew supported the deal, an inquiry heard on Thursday, reigniting accusations he was in hock to Rupert Murdoch. Jeremy … More »UK appointed pro-Murdoch minister to News Corp bid
ROME (Reuters) - In Greece, conservative leader Antonio Samaras insisted on calling an election earlier this month that slashed his own party's share of the vote and set the country down a path that could see it crashing out of the euro. In Italy, politicians … More »Why are Greek and Italian politicians so bad?
LONDON (Reuters) - A Scotland Yard team is to fly to Libya to investigate the murder of police officer Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday. Fletcher, 25, died after … More »UK police head for Libya to probe 1984 murder
A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of Wpc Yvonne Fletcher, the Prime Minister has announced. More »Libya visit in Wpc murder inquiry
BERLIN (Reuters) - British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday that data showing Britain's economy shrank more than expected in the first quarter underlined the need to accelerate efforts to free up investment and credit. Britain's economy, … More »Clegg says time to shift economy up a gear
David Cameron was dragged further into the row engulfing Jeremy Hunt today after another explosive evidence session at the Leveson inquiry. More »The memo that brings Hunt scandal to Cameron's door
PARIS (Reuters) - The shock of Nicolas Sarkozy's failure to win re-election as French president has triggered a power struggle in his centre-right UMP party that could hurt its showing in next month's parliamentary election. Sarkozy's prime minister, … More »Leaders of French right feud before election
Approximately £250 million of new funding will go into life sciences across the country, a Government minister has announced. More »£250m new funding for life sciences
David Cameron has called on businesses to join his "national fightback" against dementia. More »PM seeks dementia fightback support
David Cameron has called for "decisive action soon" to resolve the ongoing eurozone crisis. More »No eurozone answers as crisis drifts on