BBC News - Europe

12 January 2012 Last updated at 12:35 ET

UK police launch rendition probe

British police are to investigate claims that UK secret services helped the rendition of a man to Libya.

A Polish court gives a communist-era interior minister a two-year suspended prison term for his role in the martial law crackdown in 1981.

Queen Beatrix dismisses as "real nonsense" a domestic political row over her wearing of a headscarf on a trip to the Gulf.

News, background and features about the 27-nation European Union

Tesco festive trade 'disappoints'

Tesco reports a fall in UK sales over Christmas and says it expects "minimal" profit growth in the coming year.
Bank signs up for cloud computing

Mancini & Gerrard row over tackle

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini argues with Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard after a 1-0 cup defeat.

2011 in the European Parliament Watch

2011 will go down in history as one of the most momentous years in the European Parliament. Democracy Live looks back at some of the highlights of a tumultuous year.

Arrivederci, Silvio?

How Italians view Berlusconi's chances of bouncing back
Sisters to the end Watch

The French Resistance women who survived Auschwitz
Call me 'madame'

Is the end of the French mademoiselle drawing closer?
PIP implants

Private UK group defends refusal to replace without charge
Banker's downfall

Murky politics behind Swiss central banker's decision to quit
Green feast

Reluctant to throw away your Christmas tree? Eat it
Despair on the Danube

Hungarians have good reasons to be fed up