BBC News - Europe

19 September 2011 Last updated at 12:46 ET

IMF steps up pressure on Greece

The IMF tells Greece it needs better tax collection and deeper spending cuts, not higher taxes, to try to avert its debt crisis.

Norway killer detention extended

Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in July, will remain in custody for two more months, half the term in solitary confinement, a court rules.

Cyprus begins controversial drill

Cyprus says it has begun exploratory drilling for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean in defiance of Turkish anger at the plans.
Times Atlas 'wrong' on Greenland

Leading UK polar scientists say the Times Atlas of the World was wrong to assert that it has had to re-draw its map of Greenland due to climate change.
Air crash navigator 'had alcohol'
Bailiffs held up at UK traveller eviction
UK sailor admits submarine murder
Strauss-Kahn rues hotel liaison
Merkel dealt Berlin poll setback
UBS raises loss estimate to $2.3bn
'Past not a barrier' - McGuinness

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