Frankfurt - Faced with spiralling inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) is set to deliver Thursday its first rate hike in more than year, most analysts agree. 

Berlin  - Europe's industrial producer price index surged in May, data released Wednesday showed, adding to the prospects of the European Central Bank delivering its first rate hike in more than a

Washington - After more than 17 years of studying the Sun, a joint effort by the US and European space agencies is set to end Tuesday.

Strasbourg - Austria must pay a deported Bulgarian national 3,000 euros (4,684 dollars) in compensation, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Monday.

Washington - A US Air Force investigation concluded that "most sites" used for deploying nuclear weapons in Europe lack the minimum security requirements of the US Department of Defence, according

Washington - Lithuania is among the alternate countries that could host a US missile-defence site if negotiations with Poland falter, the Pentagon said Tuesday, expressing an urgency to reach an ag