Opposition voices in Italy are becoming increasingly vocal in calling Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a lame-duck leader after he survived a

Italian politician Emma Bonino first entered the chamber of deputies 35 years ago, and is now one of the four vice-presidents of the Italian Senate

It has caused a storm of controversy and now it has cost the British Defence Secretary his job. Liam Fox has resigned over his friendship with a

Silvio Berlusconi, a master of the cool confident look, has many Italians in despair over the suffering reality of their country. When he called a

Battles have broken out in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, between revolutionary fighters and supporters of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi. It is the first

A ceremony has been held in North Korea to mark the start of a new train service to Russia. The repaired railway route links the economic zone of

A maths teacher has died, after setting herself on fire at a school in southern France. The 44 year old is said to have doused herself in petrol

A car belonging to a popular Bulgarian journalist has been blown up outside his home. Sasho Dikov was not in the vehicle at the time, no casualties

As New York’s Occupy Wall Street protesters are not facing the immediate prospect of being cleared off their site, the movement is gaining global

OK  Dismay over new Portuguese austerity measures    They are designed to slash national debt and help meet the terms of a 78 billion euro

Two more undersea volcanic eruptions have been identified off the coast of one of the Canary Islands making three in all. Authorities have kept the

British Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned. He has stepped down after it was revealed that his best man and ex-flat mate, Adam Werritty, had

The French Rugby Union squad are on familiar terrain preparing for their semi-final clash with Wales. It is their fifth consecutive time in the last

Young people of the middle class in Europe are increasingly joining the ranks of the deeply dissatisfied. The 99% movement in Italy is based on the

The banking sector is in the spotlight in this edition of Business Weekly. A growing number of European banks is threatened with downgrading by

Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has scraped through his 51st vote of confidence in three years, but it was by the narrowest of

The Spanish government says a cut in the country’s credit rating does not take into account how much is being done to rescue the economy. Standard

The United Nations’ top human rights official has called for “collective international action” to protect Syria’s civilians, warning of civil war

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has been awarded the Birgit Nilsson Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm. He received the prize from the Swedish King

Johnny Depp’s new movie is ‘The Rum Diary’ which is based on the novel by Hunter S Thompson, who Depp previously played in the film ‘Fear and

At the Albita checkpoint between Romania and Moldova, the police use sniffer dogs and the latest technology to control their borders. But despite

Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has survived a vote of confidence in parliament but by a slim margin. His centre right administration

Olli Rehn is the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, a key role in defining strategy against the back-drop of the debt crisis

The long awaited UN General Assembly in which the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, presented his request for full UN membership, came and went

Consumer inflation in China dipped last month. It was 6.1 percent compared with September last year. In July it hit a three-year high of 6.5 percent

Fitch has downgraded Swiss bank UBS and said it may do the same for several large and relatively highly rated European and US lenders including

October 17, 1931. Organised crime boss Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for income tax evasion. Born in 1899, Capone was expelled from

Following French efforts in brokering the Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap, President Nicolas Sarkozy has hosted his Palestinian counterpart

Italian opposition parties from the left and centre have boycotted a debate ahead of Friday afternoon’s confidence vote in Silvio Berlusconi’s

With only two days to go until it is decided which Socialist Party member will run for French President next year, pundits believe it will be a close