OUT with the old, in with the new.

With nine million immigrants living in France, the state can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to the discrimination at the root of the country’s rioting youths, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill.

THE odds are stacked against lone parents in Ireland as childcare costs eat up more than half the income of those at work, while government benefits for stay-at-home parents leave them in poverty, an international study finds.

ONE of Europe’s leading cancer physicians described the misdiagnosing of breast cancer in a number of Irish women as a scandal.

IRELAND could meet its Kyoto target to reduce its greenhouse gases by 2010, according to the latest report from the European Environment Agency.

A NUMBER of Irish aid agencies told the EU’s Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid they are concerned that Europe is putting its own economic interests ahead of Africa’s aid needs.

AGRICULTURE Minister Mary Coughlan has told her fellow EU ministers she is not in favour of most of the European Commission’s plans to change the union’s annual €48.5 billion farm budget, including capping the amount of money any one farmer could receive.

IRELAND’S performance on human rights is to be put under the spotlight for the first time next week when the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for human rights makes a week-long visit.

EUROPE is the world leader in producing ecstasy and amphetamines but the authorities are trying a new way to tackle this illegal trade.

EU LEADERS en route to a summit to discuss climate change in Brussels next month will detour in their private jets to Lisbon first to sign the new treaty.