Europe

Recession may just be a word. But in Britain it may become a habit - and a dangerous one at that.

PUBLISHED: 06:36 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 06:58 GMT, 24 April 2013 Lloyds Banking Group's sale of more than 600 branches to the Co-operative Group has collapsed, partly because the buyer has a ...

By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent RIGA/LISBON | Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:35am EDT RIGA/LISBON (Reuters) - Long after the debt crisis is over, Europe will be grappling with an even more ...

By Philip Pullella ROME | Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:47am EDT ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano is set to announce on Wednesday his choice of prime minister to form a new government and ...

PUBLISHED: 23:21 GMT, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 23:21 GMT, 23 April 2013 Never in modern times has a French government been so unpopular. Even in May 1968, when strikes and student protests paralysed ...

The EU's anti-terror chief has told the BBC that hundreds of Europeans are now fighting with rebel forces in Syria against Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Thomas Mueller scored twice and host Bayern Munich of Germany routed Barcelona of Spain 4-0 in the first leg of their home-and-home, total-goals UEFA Champions League soccer semifinal.

Injections to plump up the skin are a "crisis waiting to happen" and should be available only on prescription, a UK review of cosmetic procedures has said.

A group of independent experts has slammed Britain's cosmetic surgery industry for not protecting patients adequately and is calling for stricter controls in the aftermath of a breast implant scandal in Europe last year that left tens of thousands of women with cheap silicone implants prone to ruptures. A top British health official, meanwhile, signaled support for their recommendations.

PUBLISHED: 11:05 GMT, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 00:32 GMT, 24 April 2013 Homes in Britain are becoming the smallest in Europe with new one-bed flats now typically no bigger than a Tube carriage. Faced ...