Romania Romania ponders new president ahead of poll Romania is gearing up for perhaps its most important vote since the fall of Communism in 1989. The first round of the presidential election sees 21/11/2009
Vatican Williams conciliatory during Vatican visit The head of the Anglican church, Archbishop Rowan Williams, has had his first meeting with Pope Benedict the 16th since the head of the Catholic 21/11/2009
Spain Agricultural anger: Spanish capital besieged by irate farmers As many as 100,000 Spanish farmers have thronged in the capital Madrid in a mass protest against the depressed market for agricultural produce 21/11/2009
Italy Meredith murder: Prosecution calls for life Italian prosecutors have called for a life sentence for American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, accused of the 21/11/2009
Switzerland CERN restarts its "God machine" Europe’s blue ribbon nuclear research project at the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is back up and running and has already begun circulating particle 21/11/2009
United Kingdom Brown visits displaced in Cockermouth: More rain forecast Parts of the north west of England devastated by floods are bracing themselves for yet more rain. Forecasters predict Cumbria, the county hardest 21/11/2009
Italy 200 Eritrean migrants brought ashore in Sicily Italian coastguard have intercepted a vessel carrying some 200 Eritrean migrants. The boat, 15 meters in length, was picked up at midnight 21/11/2009
Belgium Martens returns to find new Belgian premier Belgium’s King Albert has moved swiftly to ensure the loss of his prime minister to the European presidency does not also rob him of a viable 21/11/2009
Spain Ordeal over: Hijacked Spanish crew back home The crew of the Spanish tuna trawler freed by Somali pirates are back home after their seven week ordeal. The 36 sailors spoke of their fear while 21/11/2009
Romania Uncertainty reigns ahead of Romanian election Romanians go to the polls tomorrow in a closely- fought presidential election amid fears it may not resolve a government crisis that is stalling 21/11/2009
China Death toll rises in Chinese mine explosion At least 42 miners are now known to have died in a gas explosion in a coalmine in north-eastern China. Another 66 are missing, believed trapped 21/11/2009
Iceland and the EU - a lasting affair? Iceland has always been fiercely independent but after the collapse of their banks, and in the face of a global recession, Iceland applied for 21/11/2009
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child On the 20th November 1989, the UN adopted The Convention on the Rights of the Child. This was a legally binding text aimed at protecting the most 21/11/2009
Debate rages over Swiss minarets This edition of Agora took us to Switzerland, where amongst the Alpine tranquility a controversy is raging over the construction of minarets around 21/11/2009
USA First transatlantic flight for superjumbo jet An Air France A380 has touched down at Kennedy airport. The Paris to NewYork journey was the world’s largest airliner’s inaugural transatlantic 21/11/2009
United Kingdom Floods devastate NW England People in the northwest of England are counting the cost of the devastation to their homes after record rainfalls caused widespread flooding 21/11/2009
Swine Flu virus begins to mutate Health officials at a hospital in Wales are investigating a possible person-to-person spread of a drug resistant strain of H1N1 flu. Five patients 21/11/2009