2012-01-30

As street battles rage at the gates of Damascus, a diplomatic battle over Syria is looming at the UN. President Assad’s forces have fought back

German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared on Monday to have succeeded in pushing through her plan to force EU countries to adopt stricter budget

The eurozone’s problems are having a big impact on domestic politics in many member states. In France the Greens have made it a top priority in their

The Hungarian government wants to stop national airline Malev from going bankrupt. Companies deemed by law to be of “strategic importance” can be

Iran says it has manufactured laser-guided artillery shells able to locate and hit moving targets with a high degree of precision. The claim comes

Europe’s weaker economies are again having to offer much higher rates of interest to get investors to buy their government bonds. This comes as

A 28-year-old woman has become the first female metro driver in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East. Mariam Al Safar, a native Emirati

Adrian Nastase écope de deux ans de prison ferme. Il a été reconnu coupable de corruption par la Haute cour de cassation à l’issue d’un long procès

Residents on Peru’s central coast are recovering from the aftermath of a six point three earthquake. No-one was killed when the tremor struck on

Freezing temperatures have killed more than 30 people across central and eastern Europe. At least ten people have died in Poland where the cold

January 31, 1990: American fast-food restaurant McDonalds opens its first Soviet store in Moscow, marking a symbolic post-Cold War entry of a staple

European leaders arrived in Brussels on Monday for a key summit which they said would help bring about a return to growth but which economists

Soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have reportedly beaten back some rebels advancing on the capital. But fierce street fighting

Philips swung to a net loss in the final three months of 2011. It blamed cuts in government budgets for reducing healthcare equipment sales and said

Growth and job creation are high on the agenda as EU leaders gather in Brussels for their latest summit. The economic crisis is not far away, amid

As European leaders discuss the eurozone debt crisis in Brussels, Belgium’s three largest unions want their government to reconsider its approach to

The Screen Actors Guild awards recognise top performances in film and television. This year Jean Dujardin won the best actor award for his role in

The Angouleme International Comics Festival put the spotlight on Spanish and Swedish works this year. Ever-popular, more than 200,000 fans visited

The collapse of Spanair, Spain’s fourth biggest airline, has stranded more than 20,000 people in Europe and Africa. As Spanair filed for bankruptcy

Are they daring or disastrous? Opinion is divided in France after President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled tough measures that he hopes will get his

Ryanair has raised its profit forecast for its current financial year which ends in March. The Irish low-cost airline, which is Europe’s largest

It is all change at Carrefour Europe’s largest retailer. Out goes Lars Olofsson, who failed to revive the French group’s ailing hypermarkets, and

A newly-wed couple who survived the Costa Concordia disaster have made an emotional return to the scene of the accident to thank locals who helped

Coinciding with the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium’s first general strike in almost 20 years has brought much of the country to a standstill

The Cuban president has re-affirmed the communist island’s commitment to a one-party political system, dashing any faint hopes dissidents may have

The Italian emergency services have release underwater footage of divers working in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

January 30, 1948: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the iconic leader of the peaceful Indian independence movement, is shot and killed by Hindu extremist

During his Angelus address on Sunday, Benedict invites prayers for peace in the Holy Land and thoughts for those suffering from leprosy. Benedict

A group of Australians and New Zealanders living in Moscow took a plunge into ice-cold water on Saturday (January 28) to raise money for the homeless.