2012-03-16

As Syria’s uprising enters its second year, veteran negotiator Kofi Annan is pursuing his efforts to end the violence. After his own visit to

Thousands of Tunisians have rallied outside parliament to call for an Islamic state ruled by religious law. It is the latest sign of the struggle

Women’s rights activists have stepped up pressure to end laws that allow rapists to marry their victims. It comes after a 16-year-old killed herself

A man has been beaten to death and another seriously hurt after being attacked in a mosque in Arras in northern France. Police claim the suspect

Swiss investigators have ruled out excessive speed and alcohol as the cause of the school bus crash. They are probing other possibilites, including

George Clooney has been led away in handcuffs and it is nothing to do with his latest starring role. The Hollywood icon was arrested in Washington

In this edition of Business Weekly, we bring you the Federal Reserve’s plan to keep US interest rates close to zero until 2014. Host Stefan Grobe

The death of many children and their minders when their coach was returning from a ski holiday in Switzerland has affected Belgians on a national

Shares in the computer giant Apple hit a record high after the latest version of their tablet went on sale and proved to be hot property. Pavements

Ukraine authorities have moved to quash claims Yulia Tymoshenko is being mistreated by inviting euronews to take a look inside the jail where the

As the bodies of Belgium’s bus crash dead were brought back home from Switzerland, their classmates and teachers came together in grief. With 28

Large parts of Spain and Portugal are desperate for rain, nearing the end of the driest Iberian winter in more than 70 years. Spain got less than 30

Officials in Bangladesh say that at least 140 people are now known to have died in Tuesday’s ferry sinking in the country’s Meghna river. The

To participate in voting in France’s election of a President of the Republic, a French citizen must be at least 18 years of age and legally

A blue collar worker and committed union leader, Poutou continues his day job while running for president. Although he left school with little in the

In this edition of “Le Mag” we round up a few of Eastern Europe’s entries for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Which European animation movie will get into cinemas tomorrow? 2012’s Cartoon Movie, gathering over 700 participants from 35 countries in the French

Lommel, a sleepy Belgian town close to the border with the Netherlands, is still reeling from the dreadful accident that claimed the lives of 28

Britain is set to lend a hand to the United States with the release of strategic oil reserves. President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron have been

The eurozone halved its trade deficit with the rest of the world in January, thanks largely to a surge in exports of German cars and machinery. It

There has been a seismic shift in sexual politics in France, but only half the population may notice it. The government’s decided to drop the word

Shares in the computer giant Apple hit a record high as its latest version of the iPad proved to be in hot demand. Customers lined the streets to

A state election, likely due in May. will be a big test of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s popularity. Her Christian Democrat (CDU) Environment

Andrea, from Belgium, asks: “Will the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA, prevent students from sharing information among

Syrian forces on Friday continued their offensive into the northern province of Idlib, driving some 1,000 refugees across the Turkish border. The

Belgium is holding a national day of mourning for those who lost their lives in the Swiss bus crash. It is the country’s first since 2004, which

Each day Esed and over 400 others picks through the rubbish that trucks dump from a mine in Bosnia. They are looking for coal and it is their

More than 200 angry ArcelorMittal employees of a French steel mill facing closure demonstrated in front of Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign headquarters in

Military planes carrying the bodies of the 22 children that died in a bus crash in Switzerland have left an airport in Sion bound for Belgium

At least 12 people have died after a Turkish helicopter crashed outside the Afghan capital, Kabul. Turkey confirmed one of its helicopters had