Paul KirbyEurope digital editor in GermanyBBCMerz is convinced he is on track for victory and has exuded confidence in party ralliesGermany's rival political leaders will take their fight for...

Getty ImagesA political tidal wave is crashing across Germany. That's what the hard-right nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party firmly believes.It is labelled "radical", "racist" and "anti-democratic" by opponents....

Birkenstocks may be cool enough for Barbie but the sandals do not qualify as works of art, a German court has ruled.The company had claimed its footwear could be...

Italy's Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has visited the Pope in hospital, where he has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital...

Getty ImagesNato and European leaders held emergency talks in Paris to discuss the war in UkraineFrench President Emmanuel Macron got straight on the phone to Donald Trump and, separately,...

Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron will be hosting European leaders in Paris for urgent talks on Ukraine's futureEurope's leaders are scrambling. Their hastily convened security summit in Paris on...

A stabbing in Austria that killed a 14-year-old boy and wounded five others was an Islamist attack, Austrian officials have said. The attack took place on Saturday at Villach,...

Chris BockmanBBC NewsReporting fromLes Pequiès, south west FranceFacebookBritish couple Andrew and Dawn Searle were found dead earlier this monthFor the final 15km (9.3 miles) of the journey from Toulouse...

Dean McLaughlin, Matt Fox and Catherine DoyleBBC News NIMcLaughlin familyDanielle McLaughlin's body was found in Goa in 2017The mother of an Irish woman who was raped and murdered while...

Paul KirbyEurope digital editorCHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/POOL/AFP vForeign ministers from major European countries joined their Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday, as news of Trump's call with Putin emergedArriving at Nato headquarters...

A Russian national imprisoned in a US jail on money laundering charges will be freed in exchange for the release of American schoolteacher Marc Fogel from prison in Russia,...

Luis Rubiales has told a court that Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso gave her consent before he kissed her at the Women's World Cup final in 2023.The former president of...