Having battled coronavirus, French nun Sister Andre will celebrate her 117th birthday this week.

With Italy's Mario Draghi set to become prime minister, Mark Lowen profiles the man who "saved the euro".

The niece of a Polish village's wartime mayor sued over claims he had betrayed Jews to the Nazis.

Mila, 17, says she has been getting 30 hate messages a minute after posting videos critical of Islam.

Officials are trying to work out ways of avoiding more controversies involving Northern Ireland.

A British supermarket chain in Belgium is on the verge of closure with no deliveries since December.

The spider crab and megrim sole are to be rebranded to get rid of "negative connotations".

Michael Gove says post-Brexit trade rules between Britain and Northern Ireland are not working.

Details of the new system, aimed at tracking cases and detecting new variants, will be set out later today.

Radiohead, Ronan Keating and Sir Elton John call for the government to "renegotiate" Brexit terms.

Officials in the Netherlands ignored child trafficking and other abuses, an inquiry finds.

Three Russian diplomats have to leave Germany, Poland and Sweden after Russian anti-EU expulsions.

Leaders in this European country do not care where the vaccines come from as long as they are safe.

The coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out across the EU but there have been delays.

Tips on lockdown life in cold weather, from keeping your windows open to watching films in the bath.

Carlos Soria is aiming to become the oldest person to have climbed the world's 14 highest peaks.

Punk band Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova has released a song in support of Russia's anti-government protesters.

Women in Switzerland were finally granted the right to vote after a referendum in February 1971.

Inhabitants in one of Bulgaria's largest Roma settlements say they feel abandoned during the pandemic.

The anti-corruption campaigner has been described as the man Vladimir Putin “fears the most” – here’s what you need to know.

The Belarusian opposition leader says she does not have the right to tell people to go home.

Germany and Austria have changed their advice about which face covering to wear in public spaces.