France’s minority government is on the brink of collapse after Prime Minister Michel Barnier used special powers to force through his budget without a vote in parliament.
Furious opposition parties said they would back a no-confidence motion to oust the former Brexit negotiator in a vote that could take place as early as Wednesday.
Barnier opted to push through controversial reforms to social security by invoking presidential decree after failing to win enough support for the measures, the BBC said.
A former adviser to the Greek government has told the BBC that a deal that could see the Parthenon Sculptures return to Athens from London is “close”.
The Syrian army is locked in fierce fighting with Islamist-led insurgents as President Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime scrambles to halt an opposition advance on Hama
The amount of sick days being taken every year in Europe is on the rise, impacting economies and governments often grappling with poor growth and weighty debts.
Russia is mass-producing mobile bomb shelters that can be delivered anywhere by truck, designed to protect people against the effects of nuclear explosions – radiation, shrapnel, debris, chemicals and fire.
New national polling reveals the perils of a partisan press…
