http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:47:36 -0500 systems@heraldinteractive.com 120 http://cache.heraldinteractive.com/images/siteImages/rss_logo.jpg http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/?srvc=rss 100 48 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1211018&srvc=rss VATICAN CITY - E.T., phone Rome! Four hundred years after locking up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth is the center of the universe, the Vatican has called... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:04:55 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1211018&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210980&srvc=rss LONDON - British police say that a pilot has been arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk. Scotland Yard says the 51-year-old man was taken... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:49:05 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210980&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210967&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/a75058e85b_ltpToryIsland111009.jpg DUBLIN - A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won €46,000 ($69,000) in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:56:54 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210967&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210922&srvc=rss LONDON - London Olympic organizers are working to reduce the travel time for athletes in the two sports whose venue for the 2012 Games is being changed to save money. Paul... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:51:42 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210922&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210774&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/70b525264d_BerlinWall_11102009.jpg BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border yesterday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:03:50 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210774&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210630&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/0c61a30544_ltpmerkelgorb.jpg BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border today to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:12:57 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210630&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210711&srvc=rss LONDON - The body of a British nurse who died 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia was cremated Monday after her father gave up his hope for a new investigation in her case. A... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:26:48 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210711&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210615&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/2a90d93d1e_ltpGinzburg110909.jpg MOSCOW - Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died in Moscow. He was 93. Ginzburg died late... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:47:08 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210615&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210589&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/fe8ed3056d_wall11092009.jpg BERLIN - With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:20:41 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210589&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210588&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/168c54bbe9_clinton11092009.jpg BERLIN - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with German Chancellor... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:16:03 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210588&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210510&srvc=rss ROME - Italy hailed the capture yesterday of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives. Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa's... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15:03 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210510&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210485&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/1b54d0d493_wall_11092009.jpg BERLIN - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Europeans and Americans yesterday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:54:55 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210485&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210481&srvc=rss PARIS - The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks yesterday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair. The "New Start"... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:23:25 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210481&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210163&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/16af7ff803_ltpPrinceAlbertII110609.jpg PARIS - Monaco's Prince Albert II is filing a lawsuit in the U.S. against an American who claims he once worked as the prince's personal spymaster and is owed back... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:37:16 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210163&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210149&srvc=rss MADRID - Spain ruled out freeing two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off Somalia and reportedly threatening to... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:50:15 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210149&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210138&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/1619359ebf_ltpUNclimate110609.jpg BARCELONA, Spain - U.N. climate negotiators said Friday that, despite low expectations for setting legally binding emissions targets next month, it is still possible to conclude... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:38:46 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210138&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210109&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/6df895e3a8_ltpGordonBrown110609.jpg LONDON - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:40 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210109&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210107&srvc=rss WARSAW, Poland - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday that his government won't buy vaccines for swine flu that have not been properly tested or from producers... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:31 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210107&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210088&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/f7a8343701_ltpBerlinWall110609.jpg BERLIN - The Berlin Wall's longest remaining stretch has been restored to its state of nearly two decades ago after artists repainted the colorful murals they created... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:14:25 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1210088&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209962&srvc=rss http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/69063e497a_Brown_11062009.jpg LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will defend his government's commitment to Afghanistan in a major speech today, saying the war is essential to his country's... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:59:33 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209962&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209948&srvc=rss ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Leaders of rich and developing countries pledged at their last summit to even out the glaring imbalances that are weighing on the world economy. Their... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:52:48 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209948&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209864&srvc=rss LONDON - Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:05:25 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209864&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209863&srvc=rss BARCELONA, Spain - Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month's deadline. The... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:58 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209863&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209688&srvc=rss DUBLIN - Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province's peace accord 11 years ago - and are receiving... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:52:59 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209688&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209604&srvc=rss MILAN - An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty today in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:49:19 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1209604&srvc=rss