2012-04-27

A Dutch court has ruled that an upcoming government ban on the country’s famous coffee shops is legal and can go ahead in three southern provinces on

Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos has said that the country’s place in the European Union must be defended. Against a backdrop of deep debt

German chancellor Angela Merkel has joined a group of her country’s doctors by saying Ukraine’s Yulia Tymoshenko would be better treated in

A man has been arrested by armed police, after a three-hour siege in central London. Officers surrounded an office block in Tottenham Court Road

Samsung has dialling up success overtaking Nokia as the world’s top mobile phone seller, while sales of its Galaxy smartphones beat out Apple’s

The Enterprise took to the skies for the last time over America today as the retired space shuttle was carried from Dulles airport in Virginia to New

Pilots at Spanish airline Iberia went on strike again on Friday, the latest in their scheduled Monday and Friday stoppages in protest at the

Romania’s centre-right government has collapsed following the loss of a vote of confidence just two months after taking office. The EU’s

Barcelona’s plans to outlaw street prostitution met with an angry protest on Friday by about 100 of the city’s sex workers. They say the proposed

The situation in the eurozone country with the highest unemployment has got even worse, as the latest reports show Spain’s jobless figure has

A gold coin, has been issued by the National Bank of Ukraine to mark Euro 2012. Weighing in at half a kilo and worth almost 35 thousand euros, the

The euro debt crisis is back on the front burner. The latest economic news from Greece and Spain is worrisome. Now political leaders in the

Rape as a weapon of war is something that women in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo know only too well. This week, we meet an

The famous Bodeguita del Medio bar in Cuba is celebrating seven decades in business. The Havana bar, owned by the government, has been frequented

Nine people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a Damascus mosque popular with Syrian anti-government protesters. State television showed the

Cut up the credit card or shop till you drop? Will austerity really clean up public debts? Politicians and ordinary Europeans are deeply worried

The US space agency NASA praised their Russian counterparts for one of the most pinpoint accurate landings of a Soyuz spacecraft. After a three

US economic growth cooled in the first three months of 2012 as businesses cut back on investment and restocked shelves at a moderate pace. However

Slovenian Eva Boto is just 16, the youngest contestant in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Still at school in a small town in the north of

Professionals from the animated film industries in Europe and South Korea got together in the Korean city of Busan for the 3rd edition of Cartoon

Several bombs have exploded in Ukraine’s fourth largest city Dnepropetrovsk, injuring at least 27 people and sending the city into a panic. Police

The Bank of Japan has announced more economic stimulus. It will pump the equivalent of another 94 billion euros into the economy. The central

French consumers cut back sharply on spending in March as unemployment hit its highest level in over 13 years. Consumer spending dropped 2.9

German carmaker Daimler has reported a surprise increase in first-quarter operating profit. It said that was partly thanks to stronger than

West African power bloc ECOWAS is sending troops to monitor transitions back to civilian rule in Mali and Guinea Bissau. Following a meeting in

It’s the end of the Pep Guardiola era at Barcelona football club. The inspirational manager, the most successful in the Catalan club’s history, had

Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy continues to seek ways to get the economy growing, to avoid lumbering into a prolonged recession and a cycle of

There have been four explosions confirmed in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk. The country’s Emergencies Ministry said at least 27 people have

Students of UWS technology university MIT dropped a piano from their roof to mark the last day on which they can miss classes without it appearing on

Strong winds in northern Spain saw planes making dramatic landings at Bilbao airport.