2011-10-26

Ireland goes to the polls on Thursday to choose a new president. Seven candidates are battling to succeed Mary McAleese who’s standing down after

Amy Winehouse died after drinking far too much alcohol, according to the coroner at the inquest into the British singer’s death in July. A hearing

An Egyptian court has jailed two policemen for seven years over what it called their “cruel” treatment of an activist whose death helped spark the

While the 27 eurozone leaders are in Brussels strategising and negotiating on the debt crisis, observers are speculating on the final outcome –

The European Council opened its doors again to the political elite the 14th crisis summit in 21 months. Sunday’s meetings failed to come up with

Words like ‘apocalypse’ and ‘tsunami’ have been used to describe flash flooding that has claimed at least six lives in northern and central

Turkey is no stranger to earthquakes, and neither are some of the victims in Van. For one man now living in his family in a tent after the recent

Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam is reportedly ready to turn himself in. According to Libya’s National Transitional Council he and former

A new United Nations report counting the world’s population at now seven billion is serious grounds for brainstorming, the organisation says. More

After five years without a race, The United States will play host to two Formula One Grand Prix from 2013 onwards after official confirmation on

Hundreds of fans lined up in the small Italian town of Coriano on Wednesday to pay their respects to MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli who died over the

The Swallow’s Nest castle near Yalta on the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine is hosting a unique exhibition of underwater paintings. They

One of the most anticipated films of the year is being unveiled in cinemas across Europe. The Adventures of Tintin – Secret of the Unicorn is

With Italy at the centre of Europe’s debt crisis, the strain is starting to show among its politicians who have been at each other’s throats – quite

Ford has posted its second best third quarter figures in the company’s history of 1.19 billion euros. It was the 10th consecutive quarterly profit

Libya’s interim leader has urged NATO to maintain its involvement in the country until the end of the year. NATO wants to halt their mission within

The Islamist party emerging as Tunisia’s most powerful political force after Sunday’s election has made more moves to reassure sceptics. Ennahda’s

Three days on and an other survivor has been pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s devastating earthquake which has killed nearly 500 people

Zoltan Pogatsa, University of Western Hungary on the question who is responsable for the current mortagage crisis in Hungary.

Single mothers must get more help, especially with economies so fragile today, says a recommendation from the European Parliament. It comes in a

Phone giant Nokia has launched two new smartphones aiming to hit key European markets by the Christmas holiday season. The Microsoft windows phones

Italy’s short-term borrowing costs rose to their highest in more than three years at an auction on Wednesday. Proof of investors focus on the

Brazil has ruled out the idea of buying European bonds to help ease the euro zone’s debt crisis. The country’s finance minister, Guido Mantega

It was a crucial parliamentary vote for Europe and it went Angela Merkel’s way.   With a large majority, the German Chancellor won the Bundestag’s

Ahead of Wednesday evening’s emergency EU summit, Angela Merkel warned Germany’s parliament that Europe was facing its most difficult situation since

Driving down the road and all of a sudden, a pedestrian appears. If your foot does not react as quickly as your brain there is going to be an

Meet Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom tycoon who has nudged Bill Gates into second position for the third year running, cementing his place as the

Despite the dust storm happening, a couple celebrates their marriage in Florence, Arizona.

All Nippon Airlines and planemaker Boeing had something to show off this morning; the first commercial flight of a 787 “Dreamliner”.

The EU’s 27 heads of state file into a summit today with sounds off suggesting they will not clinch a significant deal on the eurozone crisis. The