Bavaria's premier finally says he may be the conservatives' candidate to replace Angela Merkel.

Pub gardens, gyms and hairdressers are reopening as part of England's latest step out of lockdown.

The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin's return to Earth 60 years ago.

Giorgos Karaivaz was shot with a silenced weapon by two men on a moped outside his home in Athens.

US investment in Ireland could dry up if President Biden leads a major change to global tax rules.

More than 100 diners at a Paris restaurant are fined and the manager arrested for violating Covid restrictions.

Vineyards in some areas are reporting extensive damage and the government is declaring a disaster.

A senior Kremlin official issues a warning as tensions rise in eastern Ukraine.

Former Aeroflot director and Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov was unlawfully killed, a coroner rules.

Initially priced at $1,800, the painting could be a long-lost Renaissance masterpiece, experts say.

The transport secretary says people are no longer being advised against booking holidays abroad.

Families had challenged the Czech government's ban on unvaccinated children entering pre-schools.

A Pissarro painting is the focus of a custody battle involving a Holocaust survivor and a US museum.

The iconic supermarket on Tverskaya Street in central Moscow first opened its doors 120 years ago.

Brexit, paramilitaries and the fallout from an IRA man's funeral lie behind rising loyalist tension.

A veteran Bavarian leader is tipped to run for chancellor as the Merkel era ends this year.

Are European countries relaxing restrictions put in place to control a new wave of infections?

Grégory Montel believes the French government must allow theatres and cinemas to start working again.

When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was left standing because of a lack of chairs in Turkey this week, she reacted with an audible "erm".

The crew were forced to abandon ship when the sea got really rough.

Winemakers in France are trying to save their crops amid a sudden drop in temperatures.

There are concerns that historical evidence will be lost if Terezin's buildings are not maintained.

George King, 21, was met by police after climbing a skyscraper hotel without safety equipment.

Coronavirus has forced France into a third lockdown and raised questions about President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership.