The Fitch ratings agency downgraded five eurozone countries -- Italy, Spain and Slovenia by two notches and Belgium and Cyprus by one each -- on Friday, while lowering its outlook on Ireland amid persistent concerns about European debt.
An appeal court in Senegal on Wednesday rejected a Belgian extradition request for Chad's former leader Hissene Habre. Belgium issued an international arrest warrant for Habre in 2005 for alleged atrocities committed during his 1982-1990 regime.
Public service workers in Belgian schools, hospitals, government offices and across the transport network went on strike Thursday to protest against the new government's austerity measures, which include a proposal to raise the retirement age.
The death toll from an attack in the Belgian city of Liège rose to five on Wednesday after a woman died overnight from her injuries. Nordine Amrani killed three people and wounded 125 others on Tuesday before killing himself.
The French press reacts in shock to Tuesday's shooting in Belgium - while former president Jacques Chirac gets the verdict in his corruption trial today, and daily newspaper France Soir prints its final edition.
When lone gunman Nordine Amrani opened fire on holiday shoppers in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday, the authorities were caught on the backfoot. Although Amrani was already known to police, he had no signs of mental illness and even those closest to him are struggling to comprehend Amrani's actions. The attack comes just months after Anders Behring Brevik shot dead dozens of Norwegian youths. Now, experts are calling for European gun laws to be reviewed.
The body of a woman in her forties was found Wednesday at the home of Nordine Amrani, the gunman who killed four people and injured more than 100 others before killing himself in the Belgian city of Liège on Tuesday.
The international papers react in shock to the shooting in Belgium. We also look at reporting from inside Syria, why some people are happy Iran captured a US drone, and could Barack Obama still win by a landslide next year?
All the presidential candidates are touting their policies to encourage companies to manufacture goods in France - but the papers are pretty cynical about how many extra jobs that could create. Also, a former minister has been arrested in the Karachi affair - and the heirs of Renault apparently aren't ashamed of the family's Nazi past.
A lone gunman died after killing four people and injuring more than 100 others in an attack on a crowded square in the Belgian city of Liège on Tuesday. Police said Nordine Amrani had a criminal background but was not known for mental instability.
