2010-05-20

Dubai World, the state-owned conglomerate, has reached a deal in principle to restructure its 19 billion euro debt. The deal that involves no new

British Airways faces further strike action after a panel of senior judges overturned a ban on industrial action. The airline was granted an

Germany ‘s act-alone ban on a raft of financial market transactions was broadly seen as undermining efforts to improve coordination and political

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cranked up calls for tougher regulation on banks and financial markets and has appealed to governments to act

France expects a budget deficit of 8 per cent of GDP this year and has announced a raft of measures to bring it down to the EU’s 3 per cent limit by

This week’s European Parliament full sitting in Strasbourg placed financial questions at the heart of debate. The members — MEPs — intend to have

Japan’s economy grew 1.2 per cent between January and March on the previous quarter in a recovery largely driven by strong exports. Emerging

The latest blow to ETA, with the arrest of its suspected military leader, adds to a recent wave of criticism from some of the armed group’s own

Tens of thousands of striking Greek civil servants have held a mass rally in central Athens in protest at wage and pension cuts. Unions called the

The two parties in Britain’s historic coalition government have presented full details of the policy programme they have come up with

A daring art thief has snatched five masterpieces worth 500 million euros from a Paris museum in one of the biggest art robberies of all

British director Stephen Frears’s latest film Tamara Drewe is showing out of competition in Cannes. It was adapted from a long-running newspaper

With nearly 300 British soldiers dead in Afghanistan alone, the drive to keep servicemen and women out of harm’s way has never been more important

Renowned French designer Jean Paul Gaultier has staged his latest show in a train station in Moscow. He said it was a dream come true as he had long

Their children have been languishing in Iran’s most notorious jail for the last ten months. The mothers of three US students arrested on suspicion

Floods continues to wreak havoc in Poland. Water levels on the Vistula are receding but embankments on the river keep unstable.

North Korea has dismissed the findings of a report which say it sank a South Korean warship as “fabrication”, and has threatened war if sanctions are

French and Spanish police believe they have dealt a major blow to ETA, arresting the suspected military head of the armed Basque separatist

Cambodians gather to remember those who died during the reign of terror of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge regime.

Anette Hansson, is one of the tens of thousands that fall prey to MS across Europe, she describes the onset of the disease: “I had a lot of balance

Thieves have snatched five masterpieces worth some 100 million euros from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. The paintings were stolen late on

Here are some bonus excerpts from our interviews with pianist Laurent Martin, Michèle Roche (Secretary General at the ‘Fondation Bru’) and Alexandre

Security forces are in control of Bangkok city centre but smouldering ruins bear witness to rioting and fires that verged on anarchy. Southeast

Greek civil servants are set for a new standoff with their government after unions called a 24-hour general strike over deep wage and pension

Dawn broke over a quiet but smoke filled central Bangkok as the capital emerged from a night-time curfew in the wake of military crackdown on

Chinese children are being taught self-defence after a spate of attacks on schools in the country. Pupils are being prepared for the worst, amid

The suspected head of ETA’s military wing has been arrested in southwest France. Mikel Kabikoitz Karrera Sarobe was detained with two other

Rescue teams in Turkey have pulled 28 dead bodies from a coal mine in the northern Black Sea province of Zonguldak. Some 40 miners were working at

Thousands of Slovenian students are protesting a new bill that would limit their work and income during their studies.

China’s recent wave of deadly school attacks isn’t just boosting security at Chinese schools, it’s also prompting young students to get self-defense