Monaco

Meghan Markle is not the first American actress to give up her career for the love of a prince. More than six decades ago her fellow countrywoman Grace Kelly walked away from Hollywood to take on a new role as princess of Monaco.

London Police on Wednesday issued an appeal for help in tracking down a Croat master thief, suspected of having played a key role in an "audacious" jewel theft in the British capital last year.

They named Croat national Vinko Osmakcic, who uses various aliases, as the likely robber of three rings worth some 2 million pounds from an art fair in London's upscale Chelsea district.

AEK won the third European trophy of its history and its first Basketball Champions League, triumphing 100-94 over Monaco in the final staged on Sunday in its home court, the Olympic Sports Hall in Athens.

AEK beat Murcia 77-75 in a dramatic Basketball Champions League semifinal in Athens on Friday and will contest Sunday's final with favorite Monaco.

The team captains of the four clubs that have reached the Final Four of FIBA's Basketball Champions League pose ahead of Friday's  tipoff at the Olympic Sports Hall in Athens. In the first semifinal at 6.30 p.m., Germany's Ludwigsburg will go up against Monaco, while tournament host AEK Athens will greet Spain's UCAM Murcia in the second.

Paris Saint-Germain were crowned Ligue 1 champions on Sunday night as they beat title holders Monaco 7-1 at the Parc des Princes.

Mega-rich PSG may have experienced disappointment in Europe after exiting the Champions League at the last-16 stage to Real Madrid, but their domestic form has been superb.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sent to trial for corruption and influence peddling, The Guardian writes.
The case centres over phone calls Sarkozy allegedly made to a senior judge who was investigating claims that his 2007 presidential campaign was illegally funded.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue has received detailed information on all the assets - real estate properties, deposits, investments - held by 100,000 Greek taxpayers in 10 other  European Union countries.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue has received detailed information on all the assets - real estate properties, deposits, investments - held by 100,000 Greek taxpayers in 10 other  European Union countries.

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Irina Bokova, former director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will join Kyung Hee University in Seoul as a chair-professor and head of its arts and humanities faculty starting next month, the university said Wednesday.