Netherlands Mladic in The Hague to face genocide charges Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic has arrived in The Hague to face genocide charges at the UN war crimes tribunal. He landed at 31/05/2011
Netherlands Mladic lands in The Hague to face genocide trial The aircraft carrying Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges at the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague has landed at Rotterdam airport. The former 31/05/2011
Syria Amnesty announced in Syria State-run Syrian Television says President Bashar al-Assad has issued a general amnesty that includes all political prisoners. The TV says the 31/05/2011
Turkey Turkish PM caught up in violent protest Violence between police and protesters has erupted in north east Turkey ahead of a political rally at which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was 31/05/2011
Spain Europe trades blame over deadly E.coli bug An international row has erupted over the source of Germany’s fatal E. coli outbreak which has now claimed 16 lives. The death toll also includes 31/05/2011
corporate Nokia sales warning slams shares Nokia’s shares tumbled 17.5 percent on Tuesday and touched their lowest in 13 years after it admitted it had given up on meeting key sales targets 31/05/2011
economy Draghi tells Rome to boost Italian growth Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi has just delivered his last annual report on the country’s finances before he is expected to take over as head of 31/05/2011
brussels bureau Fish Fight against massive EU waste A new campaign to stop waste practised by the European Union’s fishing fleet has been launched in Brussels: Fish Fight is aimed at reforming rules 31/05/2011
Cinema The golden age of learning in 'The First Grader' It is never too old to learn according to “The First Grader,” a movie based on the true story of a tribesman in Kenya who went to primary school at 31/05/2011
hi-tech Nanostructures improve solar cells Researchers in Europe are working on how to capture more of the sun’s enormous power and turn turn it into electricity. It’s reckoned that the 31/05/2011
le mag Tallinn's terrific Treff takes to the streets After five years of delighting shoppers and tourists in Tallinn, Estonia’s Treff street festival has become a benchmark for performance art in 31/05/2011
Serbia Mladic flown to The Hague A heavily armed convoy took Ratko Mladic from the prison where he had been held since his arrest last week to the airport in Belgrade. A plane 31/05/2011
France Cucumber sales plummet as E.coli fears spread Shoppers across Europe are growing more and more concerned by the deadly E. coli outbreak, which has claimed 15 lives and made more than 1,000 31/05/2011
Russia Khodorkovsky's human rights "violated" - ECHR The European Court of Human Rights has backed claims by jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky that his human rights were violated during his time on 31/05/2011
Serbia Mladic's charge sheet: a tale of horror The scene is from July 1995. Women, children and a few old men are crammed into buses in Srebrenica, the UN’s supposedly “safe haven” that has just 31/05/2011
interview Saakashvili: the West is only option The “Rose Revolution” of 2003 finally allowed Georgia to turn the page on the Soviet era: the country’s politics personified by one man. Since 31/05/2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina Thousands rally in support of Ratko Mladic Around 10,000 Bosnian Serbs have rallied in a show of support for their wartime commander Ratko Mladic. Hundreds of war veterans were among those 31/05/2011
world news Spain says Germany must pay for cucumber damage So far, 15 people have died in Germany because of the E. coli outbreak that has shaken European agriculture. Last week Germany implicated cucumbers 31/05/2011
Italy Berlusconi clings on for political life The question everyone is asking is will Silvio Berlusconi hang on until 2013? The day after his hammering in Italy’s local elections coincided with 31/05/2011
brussels bureau E. coli is sinking cucumber growers A fresh Dutch harvest of 30,000 cucumbers today is destined for the rubbish bin. Europe’s deadly E. coli outbreak has producers facing ruin. Their 31/05/2011
Iran Iran delays Merkel's flight to India She got there in the end. But Angela Merkel’s passage to India was more complicated than expected after Iran briefly refused to let the German 31/05/2011
Belgium Mystery attacks on three IKEA stores Three IKEA stores in the Netherlands, France and Belgium have been hit by firework attacks. No injuries have been reported and the Swedish furniture 31/05/2011
economy German unemployment down again in May Germany’s unemployment rate fell in May for the fourth month running. The labour minister welcomed that, but complained the country is suffering 31/05/2011
Serbia Which MP would you rather have sex with? A TV star in the UK has set up of a website to rate the sex appeal of the country’s parliamentarians. Francis Boulle’s sexymp.co.uk has a simple 31/05/2011
Serbia Mladic extradition appeal rejected; Hague transfer imminent Serbia’s war crimes court has rejected Ratko Mladic’s appeal against extradition to The Hague to face genocide charges. The court in Belgrade took 31/05/2011
corporate VW moves on MAN Scania tie-up German carmaker Volkswagen has formally launched its bid for MAN to create Europe’s biggest truckmaker and take on market leaders Daimler and 31/05/2011
corporate Total goes low cost Oil giant Total is planning to convert many of its French service stations to discount outlets charging the same sort of prices found at those 31/05/2011
economy Euro zone May inflation slows Inflation in the euro zone did not increase as much as expected in May. The first estimate of consumer prices by European Union’s statistics office 31/05/2011
Russia Politkovskaya murder suspect detained - reports Rustam Makhmudov, the main suspect in the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been arrested, according to reports from 31/05/2011
