2012-06-08

Russia got their Euro 2012 Group B campaign off to a blistering start courtesy of a 4-1 drubbing of the Czech Republic in Wroklaw, Poland on

Millions of football fans around Europe have been glued to the first two opening games of the Euro2012. In Warsaw, tens of thousands of people who

A UN human rights expert has called for the “immediate release” of Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Al Sarsak who has been on hunger strike in an

A small group of homeowners facing eviction took direct action in Madrid today, storming a local branch of the recently nationalised Bankia. Part

Spain is going through what could be the calm before the storm. The government has already stripped spending down, but Spain’s chronically leaky

Those in Europe wanting an end to austerity got a significant boost on Friday when US President Barack Obama backed growth. Obama, in an election

When the world’s favourite sport attracts so many thousands of fans – most of them men – with a budget for high-energy fun, you can expect history’s

Around Europe the banking community has been holding its collective breath aware that if Spain’s banks did not get outside help their collapse would

Euro 2012 has kicked off in Poland and Ukraine. That gives the crisis-weary European public a bit of a distraction. Apart from that, there was not

A group of Ukrainians are offering free accommodation for hard-up fans during Euro 2012. Some say they are trying to fix the country’s tarnished

The Polish and Ukrainian governments have worked hard to try to dispel any fears of racism in the build up to the tournament. But following the

Euro2012 is finally underway, with thousands of Poles turning out in Warsaw to be part of the pre-match atmosphere ahead of the co-hosts’ opening

A bomb attached to the bottom of a bus hired to ferry government employees has killed at least 19 people in Peshawar in Pakistan. It is the latest

Former Bee Gees front man Robin Gibb has been buried in a ceremony in Thame, England. His brother Barry, now the last-surviving Bee Gee, led the

UN observers have arrived at the site in Hama province where Wednesday’s massacre is reported to have taken place. The group toured the village of

There are reports that Spain is expected to ask the eurozone this weekend for help for its stricken banks. According to Reuters, EU and German

Leoluca Orlando is back as Mayor in the Sicilian city of Palermo. As a former MP for the centrist ‘Italy of Values​​’ party, he won the mayoral

Football tops most lists as the most popular sport in the world today. So this week in Learning World we take a look at how the beautiful game can be

As Euro 2012 got underway in the midst of an economic crisis the famous sporting cry of “show me the money” from the film Jerry Maguire is as

Nothing less than the “survival of society” is at stake says Japan’s prime minister, justifying the decision to restart two nuclear reactors on the

A law making forced marriage a criminal offence is to be introduced in England and Wales. A pilot scheme began in Scotland in November. Prime

Russia’s largest lender Sberbank has clinched a deal to buy Turkey’s DenizBank from Dexia for two point eight billion euros. State-controlled

Scandal-hit Olympus is to cut 2,700 jobs – seven percent of its workforce – over the next two and a half years, mostly overseas in its manufacturing

France’s economy will contract slightly in the second quarter of the year, falling 0.1 percent, the country‘s central bank is

With the tournament curtain-raiser just a few hours away and the weight of the nation on their shoulders, co-hosts Poland will be desperate to start

With ISEG In this issue of U talk, a viewer is concerned about the influence of an oil rich state on Europe. Camille from Lyon asked: In what way

UN observers have arrived at the site in Hama province where Wednesday’s massacre is reported to have taken place. Activists have claimed that

Syrian state TV has broadcast a video of a line of dead babies, said to have been killed in Wednesday’s reported massacre at Mazraat al-Qabeer in

One of Fleetwood Mac’s early members, Bob Welch, has died in Nashville aged 66. He played guitar and sang on five of the band’s albums in the early

Israel’s Gay Pride has taken place in Tel Aviv, attracting tourists from all over the world. One survey named the city international Gay Capital