europa
Not giving Lithuania preferential treatment on euro entryThe finance ministers of the euro countries have confirmed Slovenia has the green light to join the… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
Sea control in Europe has to get betterAfter more than a year of consultations, Brussels says EU countries must coordinate their maritime… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
world news
Italian FM discusses troop withdrawal in BaghdadItaly’s Foreign Minister is in Baghdad, discussing his country’s plans to withdraw its troops from… 07/06/06 12:06 CET
Five killed as oil workers kidnapped in NigeriaKidnappers in Nigeria have attacked a Shell-operated oil facility in the Niger Delta, killing at… 07/06/06 12:06 CET
Hundreds of Iraqi prisoners freedNearly 600 prisoners have been released in Iraq today. They are the first batch of about 2,500 whom… 07/06/06 12:06 CET
14 European nations named in CIA flights reportA damning report has been released over claims of secret CIA prisons and transfers of terrorism… 07/06/06 12:06 CET
ETA peace plan causes government rift in SpainThe Spanish government has suffered a surprise setback in its bid to push ahead with the peace… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
Senate prepares to vote on gay marriage banA divisive issue has returned to the spotlight in the US. Today the Senate votes on a proposed… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
Islamist militia close in on secular warlords in SomaliaIslamist militia in Somalia are said to be closing in on a warlord stronghold 90 kilometres north… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
Joint US-NATO mission meets with hostile reception in the CrimeaProtests against the arrival of US and NATO military equipment are continuing on Ukraine’s Crimean… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
Landless rural workers occupy CongressMore than 1,000 landless rural workers temporarily occupied the Lower House of Brazil’s Congress on… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
French state fined for wartime transport of JewsA French court has ordered the state and the national train operator SNCF to pay fines of 60,000… 07/06/06 07:06 CET
Russia opposed to Ukraine joining NATORussia has condemned efforts by former Soviet nations such as Ukraine and Georgia to join … 07/06/06 07:06 CET
Probe says 14 European countries colluded over CIA flightsFourteen European countries colluded in a global network of secret CIA prisons and terrorist… 07/06/06 06:06 CET
Bush worried Somalia may become terrorist shelterThe US President has spoken of his concern that Somalia could become a safe haven for terrorists… 07/06/06 06:06 CET
Tensions rise in Crimea over NATOProtests in Crimea against NATO have cast a shadow over Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s… 07/06/06 06:06 CET
British PM says “nothing new” in CIA flights reportThe British Prime Minister has been questioned by the leader of the Liberal Democrats over a… 07/06/06 06:06 CET
