30 December 2014 Last updated at 10:08

Putin critic gets suspended sentence

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is given a suspended prison sentence and his brother is jailed after both are found guilty of fraud.

In this image released by the Italian Navy, smoke billows from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014Albania seamen die in ferry recovery

Two Albanian seamen are killed on a tugboat towing the Italian Norman Atlantic ferry, which was hit by a deadly fire in stormy seas on Sunday.

Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Syriza party, talks to reporters outside the parliament building in Athens - 29 December 2014Greek vote prompts reform warning

Greece is urged to stick to economic reform after MPs rejected the government's presidential nominee, triggering snap elections.

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