2010-05-12

“I have always wanted Europe” says Alfred Grosser, one of the great contributors to the Franco-German post war reconciliation that has shaped modern

Differences over the UK’s role in relation to Europe made it awkward for Britain’s new political heads to pull together a political compromise. In

It’s a handshake that marks a historic day in Britain and the start of a honeymoon in an unlikely political marriage. Conservative Prime Minister

The Spanish prime minister has unveiled major spending cuts to try to rein in the country’s massive debt and prevent Spain repeating the Greek crisis

The world’s financial markets seemed to again be warming to the European Union’s rescue package to stop Greece’s debt crisis spilling over into other

The focus may have shifted to Spain and Europe’s other debt laden economies but latest data shows the Greek economy continues to shrink.   GDP fell

After more than a year of negotiations, Moscow is to build and own a controlling stake in Turkey’s first nuclear power plant. Russian President

A new exhibition – Angels and Demons – has opened at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. The focus is on Jewish magic and mystical symbolism and

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to launch the Akatsuki satellite from the Tanegashima Space Centre on 18th May. The

Six miles from Urfa, in Turkey, German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt has made what some scientists believe is one of the most startling archaeological

They are calling it a ‘new politics.’ Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg have set out how they will work

The soul survivor of flight 8U771 from Johannesburg to Tripoli For the moment, little is known about the boy, other than the fact he’s thought to

A 48-year-old man armed with a kitchen knife killed seven children and two adults at this kindergarten in northwest China before returning home and

Ukraine’s opposition has reacted furiously after the country’s prosecutor’s office re-opened an old criminal investigation against former prime

Richard Serra was born in California in 1939, studied English, then art at Yale, paying for his studies by working in a steel mill. On holiday in

Spaniards are set to tighten their belts after the country’s Socialist government announced plans to put the brakes on its public spending spree and

Perhaps reflecting the vaguaries of the weather, there are only 19 films in competition at Cannes this year instead of the usual 20 to 22 – and all

A Libyan Airbus jet crashed as it tried to land in Tripoli airport.

New British Prime Minister David Cameron has begun his historic coalition government, greeting Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg who will be his

Protesters against the Thai government are barricaded in central Bangkok.

In one month, the best international football teams in the world will face off in South Africa, as it becomes the first African country to host the

Dignified. Human. Heartfelt. They are just some of the words used to describe Gordon Brown’s farewell speech as he put Britain’s premiership behind

At least 103 people have been killed in a plane crash in Libya. The accident happened when the jet owned by Libya’s Afriqiyah airline was landing

Romanian agricultural and education unionists staged protests following announcement of financial measures by president Basescu.

Riot police separate rival demonstrators outside Kiev parliament.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walks above the Raspadskaya mine, where emergency workers dig through the rubble of a wrecked building. He met grieving

Families of the victims in Siberian coal mine disaster have begun burying their dead.

Putting aside party differences, particularly on Europe, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have made history in Downing Street. Side by side, the two

The Spanish government has unveiled series of drastic austerity measures to get to grips with its large debt.   The fresh cuts announced by Prime