Tough challenges face Serbia Serbia is the latest country to apply to join the EU, hoping to do so in 2014. What challenges does Serbia have to meet to become a European Union 06/09/2010
Pakistan in extreme need Faced with its worst floods in a century Pakistan is counting its dead and the costs of the disaster. Just how is the EU coming to the country’s aid? 06/09/2010
Belgians queasy over coalition money tensions The collapse in Belgium of talks to form a coalition government has further stoked ill-feeling there. It is largely over Flemish resentment 06/09/2010
Spain Crossborder crackdown leaves ETA weakened ETA has not carried out a deadly attack in Spain since July last year when a car bomb parked outside a police station on the Balearic island of 06/09/2010
EU ministers grapple with new debt rules Europe’s finance ministers have been meeting to thrash out the details of the EU budget rules reforms. Dubbed the Task Force, they are finalising 06/09/2010
Dublin insists Anglo Irish no dead duck Ireland’s finance ministry has denied reports it has asked the European Commission for permission to wind up the affairs of Anglo Irish bank 06/09/2010
Obama bids to regain voter's trust on economy It’s the economy, stupid, and Barack Obama knows it. It is a big week for the US President, launching several economic initiatives on trips to 06/09/2010
BA and Iberia set to flex their muscle British Airways and Iberia, who will have fully merged by the end of this year when they will become the International Airlines Group, are already 06/09/2010
Suzuki targets India for future growth Japanese carmaker Suzuki is upping the ante in its India operation, building a fourth car plant to increase its already dominant more than 50 percent 06/09/2010
Lebanon Lebanese PM withdraws accusation against Syria Lebanon’s prime minister Saad al-Hariri has said he was wrong to accuse Syria of killing his father, the former PM Rafik al-Hariri. His comments 06/09/2010
New theories about Pompeii The site of Pompeii, near Naples in Italy has fascinated people for years. And now, research suggests that the inhabitants didn’t die of suffocation 06/09/2010
France French teachers strike ahead of nationwide action Thousands of teachers have been on strike across France today, but the action appears to have been limited with only between five and 30 percent of 06/09/2010
John Woo at Venice Film Festival Hong Kong director John Woo has collected a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival, where his latest film “Reign of Assassins” was 06/09/2010
Van Gogh's Bedroom restored The Bedroom, by Van Gogh, is famous across the world. But in fact, no-one really knows what the painting originally looked like, because it has been 06/09/2010
Romania Bucharest protest over French Roma policy France is coming under more pressure over its mass expulsions of members of the Roma community. A protest has taken place outside the French 06/09/2010
Spain Spain rejects ETA ceasefire announcement The Spanish government has said it will continue to hunt down members of ETA, even though the Basque separatist terror group announced a ceasefire 06/09/2010
Pakistan Deadly attack on Pakistan police station Mounting militant violence in Pakistan is putting pressure on a government struggling to cope with recent devastating floods. At least 20 people 06/09/2010
Germany Germany to extend life of nuclear power plants Germany’s nuclear power plants are to stay in service for longer than planned, reversing a decision by the previous left-wing coalition which wanted 06/09/2010
Italy Beleaguered Berlusconi battles on after Fini attack The future of Silvio Berlusconi’s fragile government dominates the headlines following another blistering attack by his one-time ally turned bitter 06/09/2010
Chile Plan B in Chilean miners' rescue Exactly one month after 33 men were trapped underground in a Chilean mine rescuers have revealed a back-up rescue operation. Plan B involves 06/09/2010
Guatemala Guatemalan bus rescuers hit by new mudslide Dozens of people are feared dead in Guatemala, buried under a massive landslide as they tried to dig out victims from a bus which itself had been 06/09/2010
Moldova Moldovan referendum heading for cancellation It is looking increasingly likely that a referendum in Moldova — to choose how the President is elected — will be declared null and void because so 06/09/2010
Damage assessment continues in quake stricken New Zealand The powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines on New Zealand’s South Island also ripped a new 06/09/2010
Trapped Chilean miners hold video conference with loved ones The 33 trapped Chilean miners were able to communicate with their loved ones on Saturday (September 4) through a video teleconference system. Silvia 06/09/2010
Largest potato soup in Japan In Yamagata Prefecture, there was a determined effort to make the largest ever bowl of imoni, the traditional thick potato soup of northern Japan. 06/09/2010
International military bands festival opens in Moscow International military bands festival opened on Moscow’s Red Square with a grand show, involving over 1,000 military musicians from nine countries. 06/09/2010
Notes to God cleared from cracks of Jerusalem's Western Wall Jerusalem’s Western Wall’s chief rabbi cleared notes sent to God by worshippers on Sunday (September 5) from ancient cracks, making room ahead of the 06/09/2010
Pakistan Suicide bomber attacks Pakistan police station A suicide bomber has killed at least 14 people in northwestern Pakistan. Reports say a car was driven into a police station in Lakki Marwat. Most 06/09/2010