2009-12-06

Exit polls in the Romanian Presidential Election are pointing to narrrow victory for left wing challenger Mircea Geoana – but incumbent president

Exit polls: Mircea Geoana is accredited with 50.8% of the votes; Traian Basescu is accredited with 49.2% of the votes.

An estimated four million people have descended on the streets of Lyon in central France this weekend for the city’s annual light festival. The

Evo Morales is being tipped to win a second term as Bolivia’s president. The last opinion polls before Sunday’s election suggest the country’s first

There is an undoubted air of optimism in the Danish capital. The reason for the calm is because global warming talks may well result in a deal

Rioting has broken out in Greece on the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenage boy. In Athens shops and banks were vandalised and

Residents in the Russian city of Perm have begun the grim task of identifying and burying the dead after Friday’s devastating nightclub fire. Some

There have been demonstrations across Europe calling for urgent action on climate change. Thousands of people protested in Brussels, London

Thousands of people have lined the streets of Santiago for the reburial service of popular Chilean folk singer, Victor Jara. He was among more

Authorities in Greece are preparing for a wave of protests on the first anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a 15-year old boy. More than

Romanians are voting for a president today in a ballot expected to unseat incumbent Traian Basescu.   Leftist challenger Mircea Geoana, the Social

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is expected to easily win re-election today. Opinion polls predict the leftist leader will take more than 50

Romanians are voting for a president today in a ballot expected to unseat incumbent Traian Basescu.   Leftist challenger Mircea Geoana, the Social

The central French city of Lyon has opened its annual “Festival of Light”. Glow sticks were handed out to the thousands of onlookers ensuring

There were scenes of celebrations at the Italian police headquarters in Palermo following the arrest of Gianni Nicchi, the alleged “number two” of

An express train load of environmental activists has arrived in Copenhagen intent on making sure the United Nations climate summit does not hit the

Hundreds of red carnations and candles have been placed outside the smoking ruins of a Russian nightclub where 109 people died and 140 were injured

Police have clashed with anti-Islamic protesters in the city of Nottingham in the UK. Eleven people were arrested as police officers came between