2012-03-22

The family of Frenchwoman Florence Cassez, imprisoned in Mexico for 60 years on a charge of kidnapping she has always denied, says there is now hope

Violence continues to rage in Syria, where a United Nations Security Council call for an end to the bloodshed has fallen on deaf ears. At least 70

The Toulouse shootings suspect Mohamed Merah has refocused fears that there are dozens of so called ‘Lone Wolf’ terrorists in Europe. Like Anders

Residents in Toulouse have expressed their relief that the siege is over and that hopefully they no longer have to fear a killer is on the

“How is it possible that an extremist, known to the security services, can be out there without being arrested? Our Paris correspondent Giovanni

France is always volatile during elections, and Muslim integration has been a hot topic for this one. France’s Muslim community has already been

Mohamed Merah locked himself into his apartment in a small block in the Izards neighbourhood of Toulouse, where the police tracked him down and

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has paid tribute to police involved in the operation in Toulouse that ended in the death of suspected multiple

In an exclusive phone interview with euronews, a Spanish geologist currently working in Mali has described scenes of looting. Ignacio

Witnesses of Monday’s school killings were not mistaken. The murders were filmed. Mohamed Merah told investigators where to find the images which

Martin Schulz, the recently elected President of the European Parliament has been speaking with euronews about the public’s perception of Europe, as

More signs have emerged that the eurozone economy is likely in recession. Company surveys reveal German and French manufacturing suffered a sharp

France last year granted citizenship to 66,000 immigrants, although the figure is steadily being reduced; the government’s immigration policy is

After prehistoric cave paintings and bear enthusiasts, the acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog has turned his attention to a triple murder in

At Tokyo Fashion Week the traditional kimono gets a touch of the modern with the designs of Jotaro Saito. See how he mixes the two influences in

Governments are constantly searching for cost-effective education policies, while the private sector and industry offer their own funding solutions

A French medical team has developed an innovative prototype artificial heart, which could be tested in humans in two years.   The device weighs just

The Belgian town of Leuven came to a standstill for the funerals of seven children killed in last week’s bus crash in Switzerland. As with

Hermes’ confidence in the global luxury goods market was in evidence as it upped its dividend to shareholders by 33 percent. That reflects an

Royal Dutch Shell is pioneering shale gas development in China. In the first deal of its kind, the oil major has signed a production sharing

China’s economic momentum continues to slow. Factory activity shrank again in March according to the latest survey of company purchasing

For Mohamed Merah, the road to radicalisation ran from a delinquent childhood in Toulouse to Kandahar in Afghanistan. The Frenchman of Algerian

The gunman suspected of killing seven people in southwest France in the last two weeks is dead.   Police say Mohamed Merah, 23, was killed by a

  2007 – 6 May: Sarkozy is elected, leader of the UMP conservative party, beating Socialist rival candidate Ségolène Royal. – 16 May: He travels to

Difficult to categorise as left, right or centre, Cheminade managed just 0.28% of the vote when he ran for president in 1995. He failed to muster 500

The gunman at the centre of a huge police siege in the French city of Toulouse has been killed after special forces raided his apartment.    French

A 24-hour walkout in Portugal has brought the capital Lisbon to a virtual standstill. The action, which began at midnight, is in protest at

Uganda: corporal punishment Maintaining control in the classroom is essential but some methods of keeping order are controversial. While corporal

Some 9,000 people attended a ceremony in Lommel, Belgium to mourn the 17 victims the town lost in last week’s bus crash in Switzerland.

In Romania a new world record has been set for the length of a wedding veil. The veil – which is 2,823-metre long – was attached to a hot-air