Europe

Rowdy Soccer Fans Get An Offer To Be Civilized

7:56am March 13, 2015

When rowdy soccer fans clashed with riot police in Rome a few weeks ago, the mayor was furious. As a punishment, game tickets for some matches include free entry to museums so they could get cultured.

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Moscow City Hall Offers Handyman Services

7:37am March 12, 2015

City officials are offering poorer residents a "husband for an hour" to fix a leaky faucet or to put up shelves, for example. The service is already a hit in the private sector.

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A French gendarme stands guard Wednesday in Avallon after thieves attacked two armored vans carrying jewels overnight.

World News

French Highway Heist: Armed Thieves Take Millions In Jewels

6:48pm March 11, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Police say two armored trucks carrying jewels and other items worth some $9.5 million were seized by heavily armed attackers on the highway between Paris and Lyon.

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3 French Athletes Die In Helicopter Crash While Filming Reality TV Show

8:54am March 11, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

France is mourning the loss of three athletes in a TV reality show — the second deadly incident in as many years. Many are left wondering if such shows go too far in their effort to boost ratings.

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Italy's Top Court Upholds Berlusconi's Acquittal In 'Bunga Bunga' Case

8:10pm March 10, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Last year an appeals court overturned the seven-year sentence against the controversial former Italian leader. Judges on the Court of Cassation backed that decision Tuesday.

Health & Safety

Ireland Rushes To Ban Possession Of Several Hard Drugs

6:48pm March 10, 2015

by Sam Sanders

On Tuesday, an Irish court struck down part of the country's 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act. Officials say as a result, possessing some drugs, including ecstasy, is legal in Ireland. Selling them is not.

Artist Nicolle Schatborn at The Kitchen Of The Unwanted Animals food truck in Amsterdam.

Pigeon, Parakeet And Pony: Amsterdam Food Truck Serves Maligned Meat

5:18pm March 10, 2015

by Meghan Collins Sullivan

The Kitchen Of The Unwanted Animal, a food truck and specialty food provider, is trying to change attitudes toward "edible" animals in Holland. They're doing it one My Little Pony Burger at a time.

Conservative party Chairman Grant Shapps speaks to party supporters after canvassing in London on Saturday.

No Big Money Or TV Ads — What's With The U.K.'s Low-Key Election?

5:07pm March 10, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

There may not even be any televised debates, but the U.K. really is less than two months from national elections. Why is it so different from the U.S., where attention is already on 2016?

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Italian architect Renzo Piano talks to journalists in Paris in 2014.

Architect Renzo Piano: The Future Of Europe's Cities Is In The Suburbs

12:16pm March 10, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

In the 1960s and '70s, Piano was involved in the battle to revive decaying historic centers of cities. Now the Pritzker Prize-winning architect is fighting to save their often desolate outskirts.

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A worker at Soulis Furs in Kastoria sorts through treated mink pelts. "We buy the pelts â minks or foxes or other animals â from North America and Scandinavia and send them for treatment in factories or abroad," says Makis Gioras of Soulis Furs

World News

A Greek City Nervously Watches Its Fur Trade Falter

10:34am March 10, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Kastoria survived Greece's economic crisis primarily because of high Russian demand for the fur coats it produces. Then the Russian economy tanked. Now Kastoria is in trouble.

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