After Nokia, a mobile games boom in Finland
By MATTI HUUHTANEN CEO Duane Atkins of Ezyinsights company poses at the leading company startup conference “Slush” event in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday Nov. 13, 2013. Finland has found there’s…
Western Europe
Claims on German art trove face legal hurdles
By FRANK JORDANS Photo provided by the Augsburg, southern Germany, prosecution Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 shows the painting by French artist Henry Matisse ‘Sitzende Frau’ (‘Sitting Woman’) that was among…
EU officials praise Ireland, haggle over banks
By DAVID McHUGH and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of the eurogroup at the EU Council building in…
Driving out jihadis, Syrian Kurds carve out zone
By BASSEM MROUE FILE – In this Sunday, March. 3, 2013 file photo, A Kurdish female member of the Popular Protection Units stands guard at a check point near the…
Syrian and Russian leaders discuss peace talks
A Syrian soldier is passed by civilians carrying their belongings in the town of Hejeira in the countryside of Damascus which Syrian troops captured on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 as…
Norway to send ships to Syria to ferry weapons out
By BRADLEY KLAPPER In this photo provided by the United Nations, Borge Brende, center, Norway’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaks across the table to United Nations Secretary General Ban…
What’s holding the eurozone recovery back?
By PAN PYLAS Stevedores work to unload a cargo ship at Lisbon’s Santa Apolonia port, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. The recovery from recession in the 17-country eurozone nearly came to…
Friction over Sri Lanka shows at Commonwealth meet
By KATY DAIGLE Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures as he answers a question during a media briefing a day ahead of Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting in Colombo, Sri…