2010-07-08

In the 19th century the discovery of the Rosetta Stone unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Today, 21st century scientists are hoping that

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas has ended his four-month hunger strike after Havana agreed to release 52 political prisoners. The opposition

Slovakia’s big Hungarian minority is at the heart of arguments between Budapest and Bratislava.

Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan: “Sometimes I don’t believe it myself. Only six or seven years ago, it was just steppe here.” Astana

As throughout Germany, traders on the Frankfurt stock exchange were in mourning on Thursday for their national team being knocked out of the World

Some details have emerged on how tests are being applied on European banks to see how they could stand up to economic and financial market

The way may have been cleared for Spain’s Telefonica to take control of Portugal Telecom’s stake in Brazil’s largest mobile phone company

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its 2010 global growth forecast citing robust expansion in Asia and renewed US private demand, but

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has again kept its main interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent. The decision was widely

As expected there was no change in euro zone interest rates this month from the European Central Bank. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said the

A 12-day march for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held captive by Hamas in Gaza, has reached its final stage in Jerusalem. The 23-year-old’s father

A French team of surgeons say they have completed a human face transplant that included replacing the patient’s eyelids. The 35-year-old suffered

Europe is in the grip of a heatwave. From Moscow to Marseilles soaring temperatures are making the continent sweat. In the tourist magnet of Rome

United States terrorism investigators have been granted access to information about Europeans’ bank transfers, under a final agreement with the

Paul may be a great picker of football results, but can the two-year old octopus have foreseen the fate many Germans have in store for him? After

Moscow and Washington are said to be planning a Cold War-style spy swap to end an espionage scandal. Suspected Russian agent, 28-year-old Anna

Greece has been paralysed by another general strike as workers protest against planned pension reforms. Proposals to raise the retirement age and cut

The European Union has welcomed Cuba’s apparent agreement to free 52 political prisoners, calling on Havana to release them rapidly. After talks

Karl Lagerfeld showed his haute couture collection for Chanel under the bemused eye of an outsize golden lion. This was apparently in tribute to

The Last Airbender is the latest CGI-powered avatar yarn to hit the silver screen. Action-packed with glorious scenery, breath-taking SFXs and lots

As oil continues to gush from BP’s leaking Gulf of Mexico well, a courtroom battle is looming over the future of deepwater drilling.   The Obama

Cuba’s President Raul Castro has agreed to release 52 political dissidents after significant talks involving the Catholic Church and Spain’s foreign

The hunt for a suspected killer gunman in northeast England has taken a new and dramatic turn.   Fugitive Raoul Moat had already declared war on the

Police in Naples have arrested a man they say is one of Italy’s most wanted mobsters. Cesare Pagano is believed to be the head of one of the most

Spain’s foreign minister has called on the EU to soften its stance on Cuba, after President Raul Castro agreed to release 52 political dissidents

July is fiesta time in Spain anyway… but when their team reaches the World Cup final for the first time, the result was a cacophony of

Police in Norway say three men said to have links to Al Qaeda have been arrested. They are suspected of planning at least one attack. Two men were

Nouriel Roubini predicted the 2008 financial crisis as early as 2006. Today, the New York University economist fears a new crisis is in the making

Washington and Moscow could finalise a spy swap as early as today, in a bid to protect warming diplomatic ties from an unwelcome Cold War chill.

Summer is here at last in the South of France and with it the tourists come flocking. While within the leadership of the European Union all the