MPs approve a total drink-driving ban in Russia, said to have one of the world's highest rates of alcohol-related accidents.

Swiss clinic Dignitas under growing pressure

The EU's top court says pregnant workers transferred to another job or granted time off should not lose the extra payments they normally get.

Italy grapples with childhood obesity epidemic

A top German court says it is not a criminal offence to cut off a dying patient's life support if that person has given their consent.

Synthetic drugs are becoming increasingly popular while demand for opium and cocaine is dropping, a UN report says.

Italian authorities seize a batch of mozzarella that turned blue, alerting the European Commission of possible contamination.

Euro MPs back plans to make food labels clearer to consumers, but reject "traffic light" colour-coding.

Pregnant women in northern Italy who face economic hardship are to be offered money not to have an abortion.

A second Danish pharmaceutical company withdraws products from Greece over its decision to cut medicine prices by 25%.