A man from Chatham in Kent is arrested in the French town of Nimes in connection with the murder of a female jogger.

The doctor at the centre of a Spanish blood doping trial admits treating athletes from sports other than cycling at his trial in Madrid.

Rupert Murdoch apologises for a "grotesque, offensive cartoon" by Gerald Scarfe in the Sunday Times, that brought complaints of anti-Semitism.

The French National Assembly begins a marathon debate on legalising same-sex marriage and adoption after months of public protests and counter-protests.

A convicted crime boss and his bodyguard are shot and wounded outside the main courthouse in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.

The UK is to deploy about 330 military personnel to Mali and West Africa to support French forces there, Downing Street says.

Police in Italy arrest a book-binder after the discovery that hundreds of precious books are missing from a famous old library in Naples.

Two ethnic Roma (Gypsy) men win a discrimination case against Hungary at the European Court over their education at a remedial school.

A Ukrainian court convicts a former police surveillance chief of killing journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000, a crime which rocked the country.

Spain's retail sales fall for the 30th month in a row as the nation continues to suffer a deep recession and high unemployment, official data shows.

A Spanish consumer group finds horsemeat in some beefburgers on sale in Spain, days after a similar scandal gripped the UK and Ireland.

The world's oldest bank, Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is asking for a taxpayer funded bailout after making severe losses.

An EU commissioner insists that the eurozone breakup risk has "all but disappeared".

Olive farmers in Spain, the world's largest olive oil producer, say their 2012 harvest was down by 80%.

France's politicians defend the state of its economy after Labour Minister Michel Sapin described the state as "totally bankrupt".

A court in France suspends a restructuring plan by Peugeot Citroen involving 8,000 job cuts, saying the carmaker did not consult workers properly.

French and Malian troops consolidate positions in Timbuktu as an international conference seeks to fund the $950m operation against Islamist militants.

Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips is to sell off its home entertainment business, including hi-fis and DVD players, to Japan's Funai Electric.