French conservatives edge far right
France’s conservative UMP party and its allies push the far-right National Front into second place in local elections, partial results suggest. BBC News – Europe
France’s conservative UMP party and its allies push the far-right National Front into second place in local elections, partial results suggest. BBC News – Europe
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of Turkey’s main Kurdish rebel group, calls for a congress to bring an end to the 30-year armed struggle. BBC News – Europe
Greece has agreed to provide a new economic reform plan to secure the additional bailout funds required to prevent bankruptcy, EU leaders say. BBC News – Europe
Dozens of people are hurt and some 350 people arrested in a protest involving anti-austerity demonstrators in the German city of Frankfurt. BBC News – Europe
A Dutch UN peacekeeping helicopter crashes near Gao in northern Mali, with two people reported killed. BBC News – Europe
Crimea’s leader tells the BBC the territory has returned to Russia and will never form part of Ukraine again, a year after its disputed referendum. BBC News – Europe