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EU drive for sustainable fishing gains momentum

Businessman heading campaign to clean up the sport

A German university votes to strip Education Minister Annette Schavan of her doctorate after an investigation into plagiarism allegations.

The Vatican official charged with prosecuting sexual crimes acknowledges that the US media helped the Catholic Church confront the abuse scandal.

MPs approve same-sex marriage in England and Wales in a key Commons vote, although more Conservative MPs voted against the bill than for it.

A campaign to bring Richard III's body back to York gains momentum after a skeleton found beneath a car park in Leicester is confirmed as his.

Hezbollah should be placed on the European list of banned terror organisations, Israel's PM says, as the group is blamed for a deadly bomb in Bulgaria.

Hungarian club Debrecen say their Champions League match against Liverpool in 2009 was investigated for match-fixing.

Two men seized by left-wing guerrillas in Colombia are German pensioners and were touring South America, German officials confirm.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny apologises for the practice of housing vulnerable women in forced labour homes until late in the 20th Century.

Same-sex marriage will "make our society stronger", David Cameron says as MPs prepare to vote on the controversial issue.

Bulgaria blames Hezbollah for killing five Israelis and a bus driver in 2012, prompting the US and Israel to call for action against the Lebanese group.

Provides an overview of Albania, including key events and facts about this European country

The Greek government invokes emergency powers to order maritime workers back to work after a six-day strike cuts traffic to the country's islands.

The owner of a firm awarded a large contract to restore the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is placed under house arrest and investigated for fraud.

Provides an overview of Latvia, including key events and facts about this country which lies on the Baltic Sea

Provides an overview of Estonia, including key events and facts about this small country on the Baltic sea

French anti-terror police arrest four suspects in the Paris region in a crackdown on Islamist militant networks operating in west Africa.

A County Down company at the centre of the horse meat controversy says it does not own the contaminated consignment.