France Cannes heat: how best to cruise the Croisette The Cannes Film Festival has a reputation for glitz and glamour. Europe might be facing an economic crisis but here on the Croisette, ostentatious 13/05/2010
Portugal Portugal steps up budget gap austerity measures Portugal has become he latest EU country to announce addition austerity measures in an attempt to avoid a Greek-style debt crisis. Prime Minister 13/05/2010
Thailand Pro-'Red Shirt' general shot in Thai capital There has been more deadly violence in Bangkok. At least one anti-government activist has been killed. A rogue general, backing the red shirt 13/05/2010
Greece: Taming the default 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 13/05/2010
Spain Spanish unions to strike over cuts 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 13/05/2010
Belgium: divorce or unity Will Belgium soon break up? The quarrel between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemings is getting sharper ahead of elections coming 13/05/2010
France Competition for the Palme d'Or heats up in Cannes All eyes were on Hollywood heavyweight Michael Douglas today as he strolled along the Croisette in Cannes with director Oliver Stone. The dream 13/05/2010
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan unrest Kyrgyzstan’s interim government has accused allies of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev of trying to stage a coup. Several government buildings 13/05/2010
United Kingdom British coalition stresses need for cuts 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 13/05/2010
Poland Euro crisis could boost EU says Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the euro zone’s economic woes could be the perfect opportunity to strengthen the European Union. The 13/05/2010
Romania Romanian cuts spark union backlash 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 13/05/2010
Belgium Brussels not worried about new Tory UK 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 13/05/2010
Portugal Pilgrims support Pope during Portugal visit 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 13/05/2010
Serbia's Mladic has charges streamlined Fugitive Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic faces a reduced indictment if he is caught, an amendment aimed at eventually shortening his trial. He 13/05/2010
Robin Hood goes back to basics 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 13/05/2010
Sony boosts forecast 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 13/05/2010
SAP moves to buy Sybase 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 13/05/2010
Telefonica weaker than expected Telefonica has posted lower-than-expected first-quarter results. Weak Spanish operations were offset by strength in key parts of Latin America and 13/05/2010
United Kingdom Camerons moving to 'cramped' Downing St. flat 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 13/05/2010
United Kingdom UK's historic coalition holds first Cabinet meeting Britain’s new leader has been chairing the first meeting of his historic coalition cabinet. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron’s 13/05/2010
Portugal Portugal discusses more austerity steps 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 13/05/2010
Libya Dutch experts head to Libya crash site 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 13/05/2010
Russia Rescue halted for Russian miners 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 13/05/2010
Romania Romania set for week of strikes 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 13/05/2010
Thailand Thai army cracks down on Red Shirts 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 13/05/2010
"Robin Hood" opens the 63rd Cannes Film Festival The stars of “Robin Hood” turned up to launch the movie for the opening of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. 13/05/2010
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigns and leaves Downing Street British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigns and leaves Downing Street with his family. 13/05/2010
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks attacked by muslim protesters 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 13/05/2010
Pensioners protest in Romania 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 13/05/2010
Anti-government protests in Thailand The Thai government turned to siege tactics after fruitless efforts to compromise with protesters barricaded in central Bangkok, announcing that the 13/05/2010