By Voice Of America | On July 28, 2006 | In Europe | Rated 
Georgian authorities say government forces have taken full control of a strategic area of the country's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, after a rebellion led by a local paramilitary leader.
By Voice Of America | On July 27, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
A French-Tunisian, who served a jail sentence in France for helping the killers of Afghan commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, now might be expelled to Tunisia. Human rights groups claim Adel Tebourski may be tortured if he is sent home.
By Voice Of America | On July 27, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
The European Union has agreed to allow Burma's foreign minister to attend a summit of European and Asian leaders in Helsinki later this year.
By Voice Of America | On July 27, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will sign a billion-dollar arms deal in Moscow Thursday to acquire jet fighters and produce combat rifles in his homeland.
By Voice Of America | On July 27, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
Germany, Israel and the United States have signed an agreement allowing researchers access for the first time to millions of World War II Nazi German files describing how the Holocaust was carried out.
By Voice Of America | On July 27, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
The British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it could have a bird flu vaccine ready for mass production as early as next year.
By Voice Of America | On July 27, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
In its latest survey on corruption, the Washington-based World Bank says corruption in 26 former socialist countries and Turkey has eased in recent years.
By Voice Of America | On July 26, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
Ukraine's majority coalition has scheduled a special session to discuss the stalemate in forming the country's next government. President Viktor Yushchenko let a midnight deadline pass without deciding on whether to approve his arch-rival Viktor Yanukovych's nomination as prime minister.
By Voice Of America | On July 26, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arrived in Rome for an international conference on Lebanon on Wednesday, after two days of meetings in the Middle East with Lebanese, Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The meetings were a signal that diplomacy is being stepped up, but they did nothing to end the violence.
By Voice Of America | On July 26, 2006 | In Europe | Rated
France has begun expelling illegal immigrant school children, under a tough new immigration law. Thousands of youngsters risk being sent back to their countries of origin in the upcoming months. Lisa Bryant visited one young Malian student at a detention center at the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, who may be flown home this week.
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