London, November 19: A European brothel has been flooded with clients after it gave lifelong free entry to clients who have its name tattooed on their arm.

A brothel reputed to be the largest in Europe has been overwhelmed with interest after offering free entry for life to customers who have its name tattooed on their arm.

The customers at ‘Pascha’, which boasts of having more than 120 prostitutes across its 12 stories, were offered to spare themselves the entry fee of 4 pound for life along with discounts on other services like lap dances.

The manager, who had pinned the tongue-in-cheek promotion, had been overwhelmed when more than 40 eager men rushed to put their arms forward to avail the scheme, reports the Telegraph.

Paris  - Zimbabwe's embattled prime-minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai Tuesday charged that entrenched Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe had denied him a passport, forcing him to travel on special documents through Europe.

"It is really ridiculous that the prime minister of a country has no passport," Tsvangirai said in Paris. "I hope that this changes soon."

New Delhi - Europe's largest car maker Volkswagen said Tuesday it would go ahead with its investment plans in India and was optimistic that car sales would pick up, news reports said.

Volkswagen had earlier announced it would invest 500 million Euros (about 632 million dollars) for its factory in the southern Indian city of Pune.

Brussels - The European Commission and China agreed Monday to beef up controls on potentially dangerous Chinese products and foods exported to the European Union.

The deal follows a major scandal involving contaminated milk powder that left at least four infants dead and 53,000 others hospitalized in China.

China will now be obliged to inform the European Union about what it is doing to track down dangerous goods.

In return, Chinese officials will be given access to the EU's Rapid Alert System for Feed and Food (RASFF), where controlling authorities can exchange information about what measures are being taken to ensure food safety.

Brussels - The 15-member eurozone officially slumped into recession Friday after its economy contracted by 0.2 per cent for a second quarter in a row, the European statistical office said.

Frankfurt - The European Central Bank (ECB) pushed Thursday for tougher regulation of financial markets and closer links among central banks as remedies for the global financial crisis.

Lucas Papademos, the ECB deputy president, told a conference, "The worst financial crisis in decades has made clear that coordination between central banks and regulators is necessary."

He was speaking at a meeting in Frankfurt of European central bankers on the lessons and challenges posed by the euro.