2010-05-13

The Cannes Film Festival has a reputation for glitz and glamour. Europe might be facing an economic crisis but here on the Croisette, ostentatious

Portugal has become he latest EU country to announce addition austerity measures in an attempt to avoid a Greek-style debt crisis. Prime Minister

There has been more deadly violence in Bangkok. At least one anti-government activist has been killed. A rogue general, backing the red shirt

From rage to good will, from pride to despair. Just some of the emotions felt by Greeks as Athens tries to battle the country’s crippling economic

Spain’s efforts to bring its budget deficit under control with wage and spending cuts have sparked an angry response from the country’s two biggest

Will Belgium soon break up? The quarrel between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemings is getting sharper ahead of elections coming

All eyes were on Hollywood heavyweight Michael Douglas today as he strolled along the Croisette in Cannes with director Oliver Stone. The dream

Kyrgyzstan’s interim government has accused allies of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev of trying to stage a coup. Several government buildings

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s new coalition cabinet have met for the first time amid a pressing need to fix the country’s rocky public

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the euro zone’s economic woes could be the perfect opportunity to strengthen the European Union. The

Angry unions in Romania have protested against spending cuts, accusing the government of making the man in the street pay for their lax running of

The European Commission in Brussels has said it is not worried that the Conservatives are now in the driving seat in Britain, even though many in the

Tens of thousands of pilgrims greeted Pope Benedict XVI as he arrived in the famous Portuguese shrine town of Fatima. He held an outdoor mass at

Fugitive Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic faces a reduced indictment if he is caught, an amendment aimed at eventually shortening his trial. He

Ridley Scott’s contribution to this summer’s blockbuster season is Robin Hood, which was shown out of competition as a curtain raiser at the Cannes

Japanese consumer electronics maker Sony is forecasting a five fold jump in annual operating profit to 1.34 billion euros in the coming year, but

Shares of SAP fell on Thursday after the German software company offered to buy smaller US rival Sybase. SAP, which is the world’s biggest maker

Telefonica has posted lower-than-expected first-quarter results. Weak Spanish operations were offset by strength in key parts of Latin America and

Number 10 Downing Street is not just a place of work. It was also Gordon Brown’s home. Toys belonging to the former prime minister’s children are

Britain’s new leader has been chairing the first meeting of his historic coalition cabinet. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron’s

It is widely seen as another weak link in the euro zone. Hence the need for Portugal to implement additional austerity measures to cut its excessive

Investigators from the Netherlands are on their way to Libya to uncover what caused a deadly plane crash that killed 103 people. A team of forensic

Rescue operations to find 24 miners missing in a Siberian coal mine explosion have been halted over fears of a new blast. Workers are being moved

Romania is bracing itself for a wave of social unrest as tensions mount over the government’s vow to slash welfare benefits and cut public sector

The army in Thailand says it will shut down central Bangkok in a crackdown on the anti-government Red Shirt protesters. Authorities say they will

The stars of “Robin Hood” turned up to launch the movie for the opening of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigns and leaves Downing Street with his family.

Lars Vilks, the swedish cartoonist whose depiction of the prophet Mohammed as a dog has elicited death threats, was the object of an attempted attack

Thousands of pensioners protested across Romania against the authorities’ plan to cut pensions by 15 percent as part of a larger set of measures to

The Thai government turned to siege tactics after fruitless efforts to compromise with protesters barricaded in central Bangkok, announcing that the