Europe

Bosnian Serb army commander General Radko Mladic

The day justice caught up with Mladic

Marcus Tanner: The damage inflicted by the former Bosnian Serb military commander is more than his trial can repair.

Inside Europe

Sixteen years on the run. In the end Mladic came quietly

Friday, 27 May 2011

Vesna Peric Zimonjic on the manhunt that led to a quiet rural village.

Roman Abramovich with his second wife, Irina, in 2003, before their divorce in 2007

For sale: humble home of Roman and the original Mrs Abramovich

Friday, 27 May 2011

Shaun Walker: If you have always wanted to get your hands on a bit of property fit for an oligarch, now's your chance.

Lebedev offers to help tackle corruption

Friday, 27 May 2011

Alexander Lebedev, the owner of The Independent, has written to the head of Russia's security service offering his experience from 11 years of service with the organisation to help to expose corruption in business and the country's "power structures".

Ratko Mladic at the war crimes court in Belgrade last night

Mladic 'too frail to respond to questions' as court hearing begins

Friday, 27 May 2011

Vesna Peric Zimonjic: The former Bosnian Serb military commander was finally run to ground after a 16-year hunt for the man held responsible for Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.

French power link to run through Channel tunnel

Friday, 27 May 2011

Eurotunnel has unveiled plans to run an electricity link through the Channel Tunnel as part of efforts to bolster UK power supplies.

Germany targets petrol sellers

Friday, 27 May 2011

Germany's cartel office has warned big oil companies including Shell and BP over charging drivers too much for petrol.

Bulgaria's jet-powered tourist drive

Friday, 27 May 2011

The private plane of Todor Zhivkov, the late Bulgarian communist ruler, was submerged in the Black Sea waters near the city of Varna this week to attract scuba divers and tourists to the sunny coasts of north-eastern Bulgaria.

Click to watch video Ratko Mladic travels in a helicopter near the eastern Bosnian town of Zepa in July 1995

War crimes fugitive Mladic arrested by Serbian police

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Ratko Mladic is accused of ordering the bombardment of civilians in Sarajevo and personally leading the Srebrenica massacre.

Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Nato welcomes Mladic arrest

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Nato hailed Serbia's arrest of indicted war criminal Ratko Mladic today, saying he was implicated in some of the worst massacres in modern European history.

Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group, and Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary

The real danger to air passengers is not the ash cloud – it's these men

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Steve Connor: Willie Walsh and Michael O'Leary have been arguing that it is safe to fly. They are wrong.

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