2012-07-12

The CEO of General Motors’ European business has stepped down. Karl Friedrich Stracke, who was head of the loss making Opel, is moving aside despite

Russia and Ukraine’s leaders have failed to strike a deal that would see Kiev paying a lower price for gas from its former soviet overlord. The

France’s Pierre Rolland produced a superb display to clinch the 11th stage of the Tour de France, a 148-km trek from Albertville to la Toussuire on

Romania’s Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, has held talks with EU leaders in Brussels to explain his bid to oust President Triane Basescu. Senior

PSA Peugeot Citroen’s decision to shut its Aulnay plant has left workers fearing for their future. Staff said the closure will have an huge impact

In keeping with its support for President Bashar al-Assad, Russia has refused to back a tougher UN draft resolution on Syria. The proposal, which

British advertising agency Aegis saw its share price rocketed as it was bought by the Japanese leader, Dentsu. The two groups complement each

Wikileaks is claiming a court victory in Iceland against a partner of Visa and Mastercard over blocked donations. The whistle-blower says Valitor

A local councillor near Brussels has resigned from the Belgian far-right Vlaams Belang party after his name appeared on a list of alleged

With only two weeks to go before the London Games get underway, the military has been asked to provide up to 3500 extra troops to guard the event

Mafia groups are making billions from environmental crime, new research has found. Dumping toxic waste, illegal logging and trafficking of endangered

Outside the Health Ministry in Athens, people gathered to protest against pension cuts that are part of tough austerity measures. In the midst of

Will it work? That is the question Spanish newspapers are asking about the prime minister’s tough new austerity plan, imposed under

Mick Jagger has proved wrong. The Stones have been Rolling for 50 years. He said early on they’d probably last for two. This prediction is displayed

The UN on Thursday sent tanks into the eastern Congolese town of Goma to fend off a possible attack by M23 rebels. AFP reported a dozen tanks had

A fuel tanker fire in Nigeria has killed more than 100 people. The vehicle overturned in Ahoada near the oil hub of Port Harcourt, located in

Challenging Spain for the worst jobless total in Europe Greek unemployment has hit a record 22.5 percent of the workforce. That was the figure for

Peugeot’s 8,000 job cuts and closure of a plant near Paris comes as cash strapped Europeans buy fewer new cars and the region’s manufacturers ponder

The most deadly avalanche in the Alps since 2008 has killed nine climbers and injured several others. They were swept away early on Thursday

It stirred patriotic emotions when it was first made and now in Olympic year ‘Chariots of Fire’ has been remastered. When it was first released in

Visitors have flocked to the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou to see a three-dimensional art exhibition, interacting with the paintings depicting

The iPhone 5 has already gone on sale in China - the only problem is Apple hasn’t actually released the phone yet!   That is no setback in China

Alex Taylor: “What rights do animals have exactly? Who defends those rights and what happens to people who break the law? Are we all guilty of

China’s state broadcaster has released surveillance video showing a road-dividing fence in the city of Jinhua falling like a giant row of dominoes

Ever wonder how we are able to focus on what one person is saying in a crowded room full of animated conversations? Researchers at the University

Volunteers are coming from across Russia to help with the clean-up in Krasnodar, the region hardest hit by last weekend’s floods. In the state’s

Half a century to the day since their first gig, the Stones are still rolling. There is a new exhibition, a book, and the band say they are

Qatar’s royal family has bought the iconic Italian fashion house Valentino. The sellers are the London-based private equity fund Permira and

Carrefour has said that while trading remained weak in Europe’s austerity-blighted countries, it was not getting worse. That cheered investors fed