The Latest Breaking News from Western Europe

How did our species, Homo sapiens, arrive in Western Europe? Published in Nature Ecology Evolution, our new study analyses two skull fragments dating back between 37,000 and 36,000 years to conclude that our ancestors came from Eastern Europe and migrated westwards. These two individuals interbred with Neanderthals and with the very…

At least 12 people have been killed as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe with record winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour, causing travel mayhem with closed ports, flight cancellations and rail disruption.

A China-based hacking group has broken into email accounts linked to government agencies in Western Europe, Microsoft Corp. said this week

Microsoft was hit by another outage that prevented users from accessing their files across its Microsoft 365 services. The issue affected users based in Western Europe but has since been resolved.

China’s new Premier Li Qiang is currently on a visit to Germany, his first trip abroad since taking office in March. With France lined up as the next stop on his agenda, Li’s Western European excursion is the subject of much speculation amid strained relations between China and the EU.

PC shipments are down globally, with Western Europe particularly suffering - but there are opportunities for growth, and deals.

Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control

The Prison Officers Association union said the job was one of the most 'dangerous workplaces in Western Europe' with 1,000 officers hospitalised in 2021 alone

Britain now has Western Europe's highest rate of consumer price inflation after it fell by less than expected in March to 10.1% in March from February's 10.4%, official data showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast that the annual CPI rate would drop to 9.8% in March, moving…

Operation Cobra was arguably the most successful allied western European military land operation of the Second World War

A major incident has been declared after a leaky pipeline caused 200 barrels of oil “reservoir fluid” to spill into Poole Harbour in Dorset, south-west England. The oil was being transported from nearby Wytch Farm, which hosts western Europe’s largest onshore oil field.