Focus COP15
UN climate chief confident over Cop 15 dealThere is an undoubted air of optimism in the Danish capital. The reason for the calm is… 06/12/09 17:59 CET
UN warns of inaction over global climate changeThere have been demonstrations across Europe calling for urgent action on climate change… 06/12/09 13:15 CET
Rail against the machineAn express train load of environmental activists has arrived in Copenhagen intent on making sure… 06/12/09 04:54 CET
world news
Romanian Presidential poll is too close to callExit polls in the Romanian Presidential Election are pointing to narrrow victory for left wing… 06/12/09 23:20 CET
Romanian presidential election: Mircea Geoana ahead in exit pollsExit polls: Mircea Geoana is accredited with 50.8% of the votes; Traian Basescu is accredited with… 06/12/09 20:21 CET
Millions flock to see Lyon’s lightsAn estimated four million people have descended on the streets of Lyon in central France this… 06/12/09 19:41 CET
Bolivia’s Morales tipped for a second termEvo Morales is being tipped to win a second term as Bolivia’s president. The last opinion polls… 06/12/09 18:44 CET
Riots in Greece on shooting annniversaryRioting has broken out in Greece on the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenage boy… 06/12/09 17:58 CET
Fury after deadly Russian nightclub fireResidents in the Russian city of Perm have begun the grim task of identifying and burying the dead… 06/12/09 14:11 CET
Thousands attend reburial of Chilean folk singerThousands of people have lined the streets of Santiago for the reburial service of popular Chilean… 06/12/09 12:41 CET
Greece braced for wave of protestsAuthorities in Greece are preparing for a wave of protests on the first anniversary of the fatal… 06/12/09 12:34 CET
Romanians choose their presidentRomanians are voting for a president today in a ballot expected to unseat incumbent Traian Basescu… 06/12/09 11:15 CET
Bolivia’s Morales set for re-electionBolivia’s President Evo Morales is expected to easily win re-election today. Opinion polls… 06/12/09 09:14 CET
Romanians to choose their presidentRomanians are voting for a president today in a ballot expected to unseat incumbent Traian… 06/12/09 09:08 CET
Lyon switches on its Festival of LightThe central French city of Lyon has opened its annual “Festival of Light”. Glow sticks were… 06/12/09 09:00 CET
Sicilian mafia ‘number two’ held in PalermoThere were scenes of celebrations at the Italian police headquarters in Palermo following the… 06/12/09 08:58 CET
Russia grieves for nightclub blaze victimsHundreds of red carnations and candles have been placed outside the smoking ruins of a Russian… 06/12/09 01:44 CET
Anti-Islamic protesters clash with policePolice have clashed with anti-Islamic protesters in the city of Nottingham in the UK. Eleven… 06/12/09 00:34 CET
