2012-02-05

Political leaders in Greece have failed to agree on austerity measures demanded by the EU and the International Monetary Fund perilously close to a

Finnish voters have chosen the pro-European conservative Sauli Niinistö as their next president. He took the second round poll with more than 60

There is a party atmosphere in a chilly Venice, where revellers have been defying the wintry weather at the start of the city’s carnival. Couples

The centre of Cairo has been gripped by a fourth day of violent protests against the army-led Egyptian government. Protesters are demanding a

The cold snap has spread across the Mediterranean and into North Africa with heavy snowfall in Algeria. Officials say at least 16 people have died

Maori protesters gave New Zealand Prime Minister John Key a frost reception at a national day ceremony in Waitangi. The protesters are angry about

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance at the launch of his memoirs in Havana. The 85-year-old was promoting ‘

Voters in Finland have been choosing their President in the country’s second round of voting. The front runner is the pro-European conservative

Britain’s Prince William has begun a deployment to the Falklands with the Royal Air Force, angering Argentina which lays claim to the islands. He

Russia has defended its veto of a UN Security Council resolution on Syria, saying it contained no measures against armed opposition

Supporters of Vladimir Putin have been found on the wrong side of the law in Russia. Moscow authorities have slapped organisers of a demonstration

Rome’s Colosseum was closed for a second successive day on Saturday, as tourists and locals faced disruptions following a rare snowfall which

Indigenous protesters are blockading the Pan-American Highway in Panama to demand that a mining ban in their homeland remain in place. The protest

Greece has got until the end of Sunday to agree a deal that will allow a vital second bailout loan of 130 billion euros. Negotiations continue

Former finance minister Sauli Niinisto is the favourite heading into Sunday’s presidential run-off in Finland. Niinisto of the conservative

After losing the general election in November, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba has been chosen to lead Spain’s Socialist Party. Having previously held the

Early results show Mitt Romney has won the Republican primary in Nevada. Partial counting of the votes puts him far ahead of his rivals –

With just one month to go until the election, masses of people braved degrees of -17 to show how they feel about Vladimir Putin’s third shot at the

The first snowfall in over 20 years in Italy’s capital has left the city eerily quiet. Iconic tourist attractions the Colosseum and Roman Forum have

Protesters gathered in the Slovenian capital on Saturday to demonstrate against an international treaty meant to protect intellectual property on the