As expected the spotlight is now turning on the politicians in the Leveson inquiry into British press ethics. James Murdoch again gave evidence

A video of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez playing in a Cuban garden has been shown in an effort to quell speculation over his health. The

The socialist challenger in the French presidential election has accused his rival Nicolas Sarkozy of being a candidate for unemployment. François

Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on hunger strike in protest at an alleged beating by prison guards. Tymoshenko

French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen has proved her party is a force to be reckoned with, far from falling apart when she succeeded her father to

Hungary appears to have moved a step closer to ending its long-running dispute with the EU. In Brussels, to meet European Commission President

Less than a month before Facebook’s initial public offering of shares on the Nasdaq, its quarterly results disappointed investors on

The son of the owner of News Corporation, James Murdoch, who used to run his father’s UK operations as chairman of News International, has made his

The Spanish government has presented to parliament the country’s most austere budget since the Franco dictatorship. Another round of cuts worth 27

The Israeli government has decided to legalise three West Bank settlements built during the 1990s. The move angered Palestinian officials, who

To calm euro zone debt crisis fears, the Spanish conservative government plans to axe ten billion euros in spending on health and education to meet a

Greece’s economy is set to contract by a deeper than expected five percent this year according to the country’s central bank chief, worse than the

In this edition of U-talk Madeleine from Lyon, France asked: “I’m a university graduate from France. I found a fixed term contract in London from the

In this edition of U-talk, Marcel from Brussels asked: “What is Europe? I understand that it was founded to prevent wars in the countries of Europe

Norah Jones is back with her fifth album – Little Broken Hearts – a collaboration with producer Danger Mouse. The American singer-songwriter burst

Double Oscar-nominated director Greg MacGillivray’s ‘To The Arctic’ documents the struggle for survival for polar bears, amid rising temperatures and

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, on a visit to China, has told his hosts that Sudan has declared war on his country. Sudan is among China’s key

Three people have been wounded in a car bomb attack in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to state television. The explosion, in a popular

Luciano Benetton has handed over the helm of the Italian fashion clothing company he helped found to his son Alessandro. The younger Benetton –

The Russians say they have stopped an oil spill at the Trebs field in the Arctic. It is one of Russia’s most important oil production sites. The

Britain’s government met its deficit reduction target for the financial year just ended – but only just – and the figures that have been released

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy Mozambique-focused explorer Cove Energy for the equivalent of 1.37 billion euros. Cove’s directors recommended

The Netherlands’ long-term borrowing costs crept up as it sold bonds one day after the collapse of the Dutch government when it could not agree

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on hunger strike. Lawyers for the jailed opposition leader said she started her protest

Vivien Akerl from Hungary did her European voluntary service in the Netherlands. It changed her life. (video in English)

A group of hunger strikers are protesting against the Japanese government’s plans to restart two of the country’s nuclear reactors. The

The European Voluntary Service (EVS) enables young people to go abroad to provide unpaid service for a maximum of one year. The scheme is open to

Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders is in the spotlight after his party PVV refused to endorse deep austerity measures in the Netherlands

Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday renewed his bid to convince National Front voters to back him in the second-round of the French presidential

For one week the French city of Lyon became the worldwide capital of the web. Major players from around the globe came, along with the inventor of