2010-07-12

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is standing by his beleaguered Labour Minister, Eric Woerth. In a live television interview, he insisted Woerth

Only a bird can get the real scale of what happened in Madrid Monday evening. Unless one of their victorious footballers can. Perched high above

Here are some more thoughts from organics farmer Giuseppe Miranti.

What legacy will the World Cup leave the host nation other than some shiny new stadiums? That is the question being asked in South Africa as the

Britain’s record recession was even deeper than previously thought, and the UK economy would likely have contracted in the first quarter of this year

A pivotal meeting of European Union finance ministers started on Monday in Brussels, negotiating stricter budget discipline rules for EU governments

Analysts say China’s unexpectedly large trade surplus in June shows a weakness in imports as Beijing curbs lending for property and infrastructure

Spain’s largest lender Santander is buying Sweden’s SEB retail banking division in Germany for 555 million euros. Chairman Emilio Botin said

Passenger traffic at UK airports run by BAA fell by 1.7 percent in June year-on-year. BAA, which is majority owned by Spain’s Ferrovial, on Monday

The European Commission has published a set of tough new proposals aimed at guaranteeing the deposits of so-called “small account holders”. The aim

European dairy farmers were demonstrating outside the European Institutions in Brussels today. They have been complaining for more than a year that

When you decide to buy organic produce, you want to be sure of the quality – and so does Brussels. So the EU has drawn up new labelling rules and a

The European Commission want to reduce the costs involved in registering patents in Europe in order to encourage innovation and research by the

Giuseppe Miranti, organic farmer: “It’s unusual to see piglets at this time of year. The sows normally give birth in the spring or autumn, because

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is not only central Europe’s biggest movie fest but one of its oldest, too.

The explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20 sparked an ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But the area is also home to tens of

American singer-songwriter Kelis is hoping her latest album Flesh Tone will start a new dance revolution. The Milkshake singer has once again teamed

The number of people killed in two co-ordinated bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 74. The explosions ripped through bars

The Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski will not now be extradited to the US to face sentencing for an underage sex case dating back more than

The victorious Spain squad have arrived back in Madrid after winning the World Cup for the first time. They got a hero’s welcome after their

The Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski will not now be extradited to the US to face sentencing for an underage sex case dating back more than

Parades are taking place across Northern Ireland to mark the culmination of the province’s annual marching season. But rioting last night means

Diego Forlan may have won the Golden Ball award, Thomas Mueller the Golden Boot – but no-one is in any doubt as to who was the real star of the World

There were almost as many orange shirts on the floor overnight at Amsterdam Central station as there had been Dutch yellow cards on the pitch in

The headlines in Spain’s major newspapers scream euphoria. The word “campeones” features on all of the front pages. El Pais simply hails La Roja as

Somali Islamic extremists are being blamed for two separate bomb attacks on a restaurant and a sports club in the Ugandan capital Kampala which

A man lay prostrate on a park bench. He is no down and out – like millions of fellow Spaniards he has just been celebrating a little too hard.

In the South Pacific, thousands of tourists and scientists have witnessed a total solar eclipse from Chile’s Easter Island. The population of the