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Southern Europe

The Appeals Section of the Catalan High Court on Friday overturned soccer player Dani Alves' four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for allegedly raping a woman in a nightclub in Barcelona on the 2022 New Year's Eve.

Spanish Court Overturns Soccer Star Dani Alves' Rape Conviction

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Doctors Weighed Ending Treatment for Pope Francis

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Pope Francis Leaves Hospital After Five Weeks

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EU Rebrands Defense Plan After Southern States' Pushback

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Vatican Releases First Photo of Pope Francis Since Month-Long Hospital Stay

Italy

Donatella Versace's nearly three-decade stint as Chief Creative Officer of the namesake brand will soon come to an end after Capri Holdings Limited, owner of the luxury fashion house, announced on Thursday that Dario Vitale is to take over the reigns effective April 1.

Donatella Versace to Step Aside for Dario Vitale at Luxury Fashion House

Rights Group Adds US to Its Watchlist for 'Declining' Civic Freedoms

Italy Blocks DeepSeek AI Over Privacy Concerns

Rome Police Bust Secret Workshop Making Fake Artworks

Italy Resumes Migrant Transfers to Albania

Spain

A Spanish prosecutor on Thursday requested a retrial of the former chief of the country's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, after the top criminal court found him guilty of sexual assault for kissing Jenni Hermoso without her consent at the 2023 Women's World Cup awards ceremony.

Prosecutor Requests New Trial for Convicted Former Spanish Soccer Boss

Spain: Ex-Soccer Boss Found Guilty of Sexual Assault Over World Cup Kiss

Ex-Spanish Soccer Chief on Trial Over World Cup Kiss

Spain Approves Historic 37.5-Hour Work Week

Spain Plans 100% Tax on Non-EU Property Buyers

Greece

Greece's center-right government under the leadership of Prime Minister Kyriákos Mitsotákis is set to face a no-confidence vote on Friday, which is expected to fail as his New Democracy party holds 156 seats in the 300-member Hellenic Parliament.

Greek Prime Minister Faces No-Confidence Vote After Protests Over 2023 Train Disaster

Greece Train Crash Report Reveals System Failures and Possible Mystery Fuel

Greece: Mass Exodus as Hundreds of Quakes Rattle Santorini

Greece: Parliament Elects Former Speaker Tassoulas as President

Report: Gambling Poses Global Threat to Public Health

OCT 30 2024OCT 2024

Portugal

French Pres. Emmanuel Macron commenced a historic two-day state visit to Portugal on Thursday, marking the first such visit by a French head of state in over 25 years, where he received military honors from Portuguese Pres. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at Lisbon's Praça do Império.

Macron Urges European Unity Amid US Policy Uncertainty

EU Observers Note Irregularities in Mozambique Vote Counting

OCT 30 2024OCT 2024

Final Inquiry Report Into UK's Grenfell Tower Fire Published

SEP 30 2024SEP 2024

Portugal Requests Help From Europe as Wildfires Rage

SEP 30 2024SEP 2024

Portugal Nominates Montenegro as Next Prime Minister

MAR 30 2024MAR 2024

Vatican

Pope Francis's condition has significantly improved after nearly a month of hospitalization since Feb. 14 with a severe respiratory infection that developed into double pneumonia affecting both lungs.

Vatican Reports Improvement in Health of Pope Francis

Pope Francis in 'Stable' Condition, No New Medical Crises Reported

Pope Condemns Trump's Mass Deportation Plan in Rare Letter

Pope Francis Critical, Receives Blood Transfusions

Pope Francis Dissolves Scandal-Plagued Peru Group

Malta

According to a statement from shipping company Maersk, two ships operated by its US subsidiary Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) and accompanied by the US Navy were targeted by Houthi strikes and required to turn around as they transported US military supplies along the Bab al-Mandab Strait off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday.

2 US-Flagged Ships Attacked in Red Sea

MAR 30 2024MAR 30 2024

UN: Over 2.5K Migrants Lost to the Mediterranean in 2023

MAR 30 2024MAR 2024

Report: N. Korea Simulates 'Nuclear Counterattack’

MAR 30 2023MAR 2023

UN: 500 Migrants Adrift in Mediterranean

MAR 30 2024MAR 2024

Report: Half of World on Track to Be Overweight By 2035

MAR 30 2023MAR 2023