Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

An Egyptian court has rejected the second of two lawsuits brought by ultra-conservative Islamists accusing a Christian media mogul of insulting Islam when he put a cartoon online of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil.

AN Egyptian Christian telecom mogul has angered Islamic hard-liners by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil.

An Egyptian telecoms giant launched an advanced mobile phone network in North Korea today, the latest attempt to introduce a global symbol of personal freedom into one of the world’s most tightly controlled societies.

Iraqi insurgents carried out two dramatic ambushes yesterday, killing 11 people including two American civilians in a roadside bombing in Basra and an attack on an Iraqi convoy in Baghdad.