On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how Europe is not giving migrants their rights.

The European Parliament has honoured a jailed Chinese dissident in absentia with its top human rights award.

The Europe and European Union information service based at Aberdeen's Central Library is inviting people to submit an image of their favourite landmark or building in any of the 27 European Union member countries for an online calendar. 2008/12/19 00:00:00

An exhibition which features unique one-off and limited edition pieces of recent works by a selection of Finnish silversmiths has opened at Aberdeen Art Gallery. 2008/12/19 00:00:00

19/12/08 The Christmas tree in the Castlegate, Aberdeen has been vandalised and the star stolen sometime after 10.30pm on Sunday, 14 December. The matter has been reported to the police and enquiries are ongoing. 2008/12/19 00:00:00

1912/08 The following list details the provisions Aberdeen City Council has in place over the festive break: 2000/01/01 00:00:00

Aberdeen City Council has agreed a package of savings totalling GBP 24,572,900 to produce a balanced revenue budget for 2009/10. 2008/12/19 00:00:00

Youth leader Artur Finkevich told a shocking story to journalists. He was beaten by known people and taken away to Valozhyn.

A friendly match dedicated to 90th anniversary of Anatoly Tarasov finished in victory of "Gazprom-Export" team with the score 9:5.

Bans on Belarusian children abroad trips are suspended for a period of Christmas holidays.

Activities of Belarusian "deputies" and "senators" in 2009 are to cost Belarusian tax payers more than in 2008.

A Labour peer says he expects the government to announce a loans package for the motor industry "fairly soon".

How a policeman thought he could extort money

The government has sold its last remaining shares in the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Berkshire to a US company.

After three people are jailed for perjury in a murder trial, a council urges a public inquiry into miscarriages of justice.

Police launch a murder inquiry after a 26-year-old man is found shot and stabbed in a south London street.

Police resume searches in County Fermanagh, after an anonymous caller said a bomb had been left on waste ground.

Rob's just been in the shop singing the praises of his father-in-law the infamous Stevie Haston. It seems that Stevie did his first 8c+ yesterday, a route called "Descent en Enfer" at the Grotte de...

202m worth of fishing quotas have been delivered for Ireland in 2009.

The Court of Criminal appeal has reduced the life sentence imposed on a Dublin man for the attempted murder of a security guard who was shot in the head to one of 15 years in jail.