James McAvoy and Kristin Scott Thomas are among the British actors nominated for this year s European Film Awards.

LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - European leaders were set Friday to demand an overhaul of the rules of global finance after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the economies of rich nations would shrink next year.

Results from a European project show that too many hypertensive people are not aware of their condition, while drugs fail to achieve optimal blood pressure in more than half of those under treatment. The European map of cardiovascular risk is changing, with England doing better than Italy.

Britain will be hit harder by recession than any other major EU economy, the European Commission has warned.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Profits evaporated at top European banks on Monday and authorities worldwide pressed on with efforts to temper a recession that policymakers said had become reality for much of the globe.

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How many years of healthy living before you die?PEOPLE are mostly living longer, but are those extra years healthy ones? Whereas the life expectancy for men aged 50 in European countries varies by some nine years, the years of healthy life differ enormously. In 2005, an Estonian man of 50 could look foward to just over nine years more of good health (defined as having no limits on activity). In contrast a typical Danish man could expect 23.6 years, according to a new study published in the Lancet, a British medical journal. The gap between East and West in both life expectancy and years spent in good health is considerable. ...

The Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate by 1.5 percentage points and the European Central Bank cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point.

The recession could lead to just four European airlines surviving, the boss of budget carrier Ryanair has predicted.

The recession could lead to just four European airlines surviving, the boss of budget carrier Ryanair has predicted.

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European stocks were mostly higher Tuesday, a day after France announced a big injection of cash into French banks.

Eastern and Central European workers have not distorted labour markets in older EU member states, a new EU report says.

Leading Chinese dissident Hu Jia is given the European Parliament s top human rights award, the Sakharov Prize.

Every Asian market fell, as investors in the region caught up with Monday’s drop on Wall Street, while European markets were off as well.

European and Asian markets fall sharply amid growing concerns that the world economy will enter a protracted slump.

European stock markets remain jittery as fears of a global recession and further economic woe return to haunt investors.

European fisheries ministers agree a plan aimed at increasing dwindling cod stocks, including better nets and new quotas.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Any European Union support for automobile companies will be temporary and tied to goals such as improving the sector s environmental performance, EU sources said on Tuesday.